Industry News

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.

Cyber

IT contract worth $787 million signed for world's largest intranet, operated by U.S. Navy - News

September 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Information-technology (IT) services company Perspecta Inc. received a $787 million contract extension from the U.S. Department of the Navy to continue to provide IT services. The award calls for Perspecta to continue providing services for an additional year, through September 2019.

Avionics

USAF KC-135R legacy tankers gains real-time information capabilities in cockpit - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

WASHINGTON. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Rockwell Collins to advance advance communications capabilities for its KC-135R fleet with the implementation of a Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) system.

Radar/EW

GaN for radar and electronic warfare webcast Sept 20 at 11 am EDT - News

September 17, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems Qorvo

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The hottest RF and microwave technology in the military radar and electronic warfare community continues to be Gallium Nitride (GaN). The industry is still getting educated on all the possibilities that GaN brings to the design table from a performance standpoint especially in active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems. Experts from Mercury Systems and Qorvo will discuss these challenges in a webcast, titled "Benefits of GaN technology for Electronic Warfare and Radar Applications" on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 11 am EDT. They will cover how GaN components are changing the game for radar and electronic warfare designs and how best to leverage the technology.

Unmanned

USAF MQ-9 unmanned aircraft adds capability to automatically take-off and land - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) MQ-9 Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) automatically took-off and landed in a demonstration held last month. The Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) was developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to enhance mission capability.

Cyber

U.S. Navy to take delivery of integrated training tools from Mercury Systems - News

September 17, 2018

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

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $20.5 million follow-on order from the U.S. Navy to deliver integrated subsystems in support of both Navy and Air Force training environments.

Avionics

P-8A Poseidon training system to get updated software, courseware - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PLANO, Texas. U.S. Navy officials selected Boeing to update the courseware and software of the Navy's P-8A Poseidon training system. Under the four-year, $194 million contract, Boeing will upgrade devices at three locations for the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force to reflect the latest configuration of the Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Comms

USAF SBIRS satellite achieves operational acceptance - News

September 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials announced the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance.

Avionics

NASA's supersonic aircraft to be equipped with CoreAVI's VkCore - News

September 13, 2018

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

TAMPA, Fla. NASA officials selected Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) to provide its safety critical Vulkan driver ? VkCore SC ? for deployment into NASA?s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft.

A.I.

AI technologies the focus of DARPA's $2 billion "AI Next" campaign - News

September 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled a multiyear investment of more than $2 billion in new and existing artificial intelligence (AI) programs it is calling the ?AI Next? campaign.

Cyber

COTS cybersecurity spend to grow significantly in next five years, say analysts - News

September 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Spending on cybersecurity by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will hum along at a healthy rate over the next five years, as firms continue to emphasize the acquisition of dual-use commercial technologies, according to a recent market study by Frost & Sullivan, "U.S. DoD Cybersecurity Market, Forecast to 2023."

Unmanned

Japan's Aegis BMD completes flight test with upgraded configuration - News

September 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. Officials at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced the completion of an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) intercept flight test, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii.

A.I.

Machine learning algorithms used to find radio bursts in SETI initiative - News

September 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SETI Institute

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Researchers at the SETI Institute and the University of California, Berkeley SETI Research Center have applied machine learning techniques to detect 72 new fast radio bursts (FRBs) emanating from the "repeater" FRB 121102. The findings are part of the Breakthrough Listen initiative that aims to find signs of intelligent life in the universe.