Industry News

Unmanned

Army selects BAE Systems, General Dynamics for Mobile Protected Firepower program - News

December 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems General Dynamics Land Systems

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. U.S. Army officials selected BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems -- a General Dynamics business unit -- for the Section 804 Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) Rapid Prototyping contracts under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program.

Avionics

ADLINK's DDS-based TSS Software is Aligned to the FACE Technical Standard for the Aviation Sector - News

December 18, 2018

ADLINK Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif. ADLINK has developed its Vortex DDS implementation as a reference to align to the FACE Technical Standard Edition 2.1.1 TSS, using DDS as the underlying transport layer. This is fully compatible and interoperable with the commercially supported Vortex OpenSpliceTM V6.10 solution.

A.I.

Automated test system to help DoD lower $2 billion intermittent-fault issue - News

December 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Universal Synaptics Corporation

BETHESDA, Md. and ROY, Utah. Lockheed Martin and Universal Synaptics Corp. recently signed an agreement to help the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) tackle an issue known as intermittent fault anomaly, an occurrence that currently drives an estimated $2 billion in annual DoD maintenance costs.

Radar/EW

Ground sensors market to register CAGR over 6 percent to 2022, says report - News

December 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. Miniaturization of parts and components is identified as a key trend fueling the growth of the unattended ground sensors (UGS) market, forecast to grow by over $102.5 million by 2022, according to a new report from Technavio, "Global Unattended Ground Sensors Market 2018-2022."

Comms

Global space-robotics market could reach $4.6 billion by 2023 - News

December 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The space-robotics market, estimated to be $2.88 billion in 2018, is projected to reach $4.36 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 8.64% from 2018 to 2023, according to a new study from MarketsandMarkets, "Space Robotics Market by Solution, Services (Satellite Servicing, On-orbit Assembly & Manufacturing, De-orbiting Services, Re-supply, Surface Mobility, & Launch Support), Application, End-User, and region - Global Forecast to 2023."

Radar/EW

Intelligent SDRs for Navy aircraft, subs, UAVs get $10 million in delivery orders - News

December 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Azure Summit Technology

FAIRFAX, Va. Radio-frequency (RF) products provider Azure Summit Technology has secured third and fourth delivery orders on its five-year, $48.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Navy to support the AN/ZLQ-1 V2 Common Chassis for the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA), Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMUAS), and Submarine Sensor Systems programs.

Radar/EW

Display systems for Army vehicles to be supplied by Palomar Display Products - News

December 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Palomar Display Products

CARLSBAD, Calif. Palomar Display Products has signed two contracts totaling $1.3 million with the U.S. Army to deliver military display systems for the Army's armored vehicles.

Comms

Serco awarded two $46 million task orders to assemble IT Networks in hardened shipboard racks - News

December 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Serco, Inc.

HERNDON, Va. Officials at the Department of the Navy Program Executive Office (PEO) for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) program office selected Serco Inc. for two production task orders worth approximately $46 million. Under the task orders, Serco will source and assemble the required IT Network systems in hardened shipboard racks.

Comms

ASU-led team to identify emerging tech to improve military medical patient care - News

December 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

TEMPE, Ariz. In partnership with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) officials selected the Arizona State University (ASU) W.P. Carey School of Business, Active Innovations, LLC, Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), and Expression Networks, LLC to facilitate modernization of the open architecture, web-based Defense Medical Logistics ? Enterprise Solution (DML?ES).

Radar/EW

DARPA seeks proposals to bring ERI program innovations to defense applications - News

December 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are hosting a Proposers Day on December 19 to convene leaders within the defense industry base (DIB) to discuss opportunities to further develop and demonstrate Electronics Resurgence Initiative's (ERI) technological advances for Department of Defense (D0D) needs.

Radar/EW

Over-The-Horizon Radar (OTHR) contracts won by D-TA Systems - News

December 12, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems D-TA Systems, Inc.

OTTAWA, Ontario. D-TA Systems won three Over-The-Horizon Radar (OTHR) projects worth more than $14 million this year.

Unmanned

Airbus UASs to get extended operation contract in Afghanistan and Mali - News

December 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Airbus

BREMEN, Germany. Germany's air force has extended the successful operation of the Heron 1 unmanned aerial systems (UASs) -- built and supported by by Airbus DS Airborne Solutions GmbH, an Airbus company -- in Afghanistan and Mali until midyear 2020.

Radar/EW

SM-3 Block IIA test successfully intercepts ballistic missile - News

December 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) reports that U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) successfully conducted Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03), an operational live-fire test demonstrating the Aegis Weapon System Engage On Remote capability to track and intercept an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target with an Aegis Ashore-launched Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor.

A.I.

AI in warfare book released - News

December 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SparkCognition

AUSTIN, Texas. At this years' Time Machine 2018 (TM18) conference, SparkCognition officials released a new book titled: ?Hyperwar: Conflict and Competition in the AI Century,? a collection of essays by defense and emerging tech leaders that addresses the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare today and in the future.

Comms

DLA grants QML Q/Q+ qualification to Cobham's UT32M0R500 microcontroller - News

December 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions' (Cobham) UT32M0R500 Arm Cortex-M0+ 32-bit processor completed the qualification process and received Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Qualified Manufacturer?s List (QML) Q and Q+ qualification.