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Unmanned

L3's unmanned maritime portfolio grows with ASV Global acquisition - News

September 24, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies officials acquired unmanned surface vessel (USV) and autonomous vessel control systems company ASV Global.

Comms

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses BAE Systems for data network - News

September 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems has garnered three contract awards from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) aimed at strengthening NGA's near-real-time access to commercially created geospatial data, enriched content, and community-sourced information; such data is used to improve decision timelines for policymakers, the military, and emergency networks.

Radar/EW

Programmable fuze order demand keeps up for Kaman - News

September 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kama Corporation

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. Kama Corp.'s aerospace business unit received a direct commercial sale order for the procurement of Joint Programmable Fuzes (JPF). The total expected value of the contract is $48.6 million.

Avionics

Korea's $2.1 billion FMS requests six P-8A aircraft - News

September 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Republic of Korea (ROK) of six P-8A aircraft for an estimated cost of $2.1 billion.

Comms

Secure two-channel SDR order placed by U.S. Army with Harris Corp. - News

September 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Harris Corp. recently received an order for 1,540 AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios and related equipment and services as part of the U.S. Army?s two-channel Leader radio indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.

Comms

MUOS-capable airborne radios contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

September 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials selected Rockwell Collins for a long-term contract to supply Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)-capable airborne radios and ancillaries for Department of Defense (DoD) platforms including fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, ships, and ground installations.

Unmanned

USAF ISR systems leverages agile development methods in modernization effort - News

September 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin engineers teamed up to modernize the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS), the Air Force?s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system, by using agile development methods.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy modifies existing contracts to add three additional LCS vessels to the fleet - News

September 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials modified Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contracts with Lockheed Martin and Austal USA this month. Lockheed Martin will build an additional LCS, while Austel will build two more ships.

Avionics

Cubic to deliver F-35 air combat training systems to Lockheed Martin - News

September 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SAN DIEGO. Lockheed Martin officials selected Cubic Global Defense -- a Cubic Corp. business unit -- to deliver its Air Combat Training System (ACTS) for the F-35 Lightning II. Cubic is scheduled to deliver more than 500 F-35 Training Subsystems over the next four years as part of Lockheed Martin?s F-35 production Lots 12-14.

Comms

Navy divers now able to digitally track dives via new software application - News

September 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global TechSolutions program and industry partners have created a new tool called the Scuba Binary Dive Application (SBDA) 100 to digitally plan, record, and report dive-profile information to Dive/Jump Reporting System (DJRS).

Unmanned

EMCORE selected to deliver fiber optic gyroscope modules - News

September 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ALHAMBRA, Calif. Raytheon officials selected EMCORE Corp. to deliver high-performance Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) modules for use in airborne optical targeting systems. The four-year contract is worth approximately over $18 million.

Avionics

Army, CoreAVI collaboration resulted in FACE-complient CMS for UH-60 Blackhawk program - News

September 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. U.S. Army officials selected Core Avionics & Industrial Inc.'s (CoreAVI) Crew Mission Station (CMS) for a Limited User Evaluation (LUE). The selection comes after a technology demonstration program for UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft.

Radar/EW

GaN MMIC process is focus in AFRL, BAE Systems agreement - News

September 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

NASHUA, N.H. U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and BAE Systems officials signed a cooperative agreement for Phase 1 of a technical effort to transition gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology developed by the U.S. Air Force to our Advanced Microwave Products (AMP) Center.

Radar/EW

Sensors wins: KeyW obtains $5 million in contracts - News

September 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KeyW Holding Corporation

HANOVER, Md. The KeyW Holding Corporation has won a number of short-term sensors research, development, and design-related contracts totaling approximately $5 million, most of which will be completed in 2018; these agreements are expected to serve as precursors to follow-on programs that will deliver in 2019 and beyond.

Avionics

F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft to get upgraded flight incident recorder - News

September 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS will develop upgraded Deployable Flight Incident Recorder Set (DFIRS) technology for new and in-service F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft under a contract awarded by The Boeing Company.