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Radar/EW

U.S. Navy: Antisubmarine warfare technology passes two critical tests - News

July 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy -- Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs -- recently announced the successful completion of two antisubmarine warfare (ASW) mission package testing milestones.

Comms

NATO countries to get battlespace intelligence system - News

July 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Thales Raytheon Company

BETHESDA, Md. and FULLERTON, Calif. Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems are teaming to provide the NATO Alliance with a territorial ballistic missile defense (BMD) command-and-control capability.

Unmanned

U.S. Army to employ Raytheon UAS and radar for counter-UAS missions - News

July 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon will supply the U.S. Army with its Coyote unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and KRFS (Ku-band radio frequency system) radar to help the Army counter the escalating threat of enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the skies above the battlefield.

A.I.

Future UTM solutions will feature AI, blockchain technologies - News

July 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing SparkCognition

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. SparkCognition and Boeing officials announced they will be collaborating to deliver unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) solutions.

Radar/EW

Family of compact embedded systems released by GET Engineering - News

July 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems GET Engineering

EL CAJON, Calif. GET Engineering officials are releasing a family of Compact Embedded Systems (CES) in a small form factor (SFF) bulk mount chassis.

Avionics

FAA certifies ADS-B Out to meet 2020 mandated deadline - News

July 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

FORT WORTH, Texas. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials granted Rockwell Collins Part 25 approved model list supplemental type certificate (AML-STC) for the Applied Avionics-built Automatic dependent surveillance ? broadcast (ADS-B) Out.

Avionics

UAE F-16 head-up display to feature Raytheon's projector - News

July 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company BAE Systems

LONDON. BAE Systems officials selected Raytheon to design, develop, and manufacture the projector for the Digital Light Engine (DLE) head-up display (HUD) on the F-16 Fighting Falcon for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces.

Cyber

Training and simulation contract won by Riptide Software team - News

July 16, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Riptide Software Cole Engineering Assured Information Technology

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Marine Corps officials selected Riptide Software, Cole Engineering, and Assured Information Technology to support and enhance the Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer (SAVT). The contract is worth an estimated $49 million.

Avionics

Flight-training device for military helicopters integrates tactical and visual input - News

July 16, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CAE USA

ST. HUBERT, Quebec, Canada. Fight-simulator manufacturer CAE has launched its CAE 700MR Series flight-training device (FTD), a next-generation FTD designed specifically for military helicopter flight and mission training.

Radar/EW

Pilot-worn sensor systems will provide info on physical effects of extreme flight conditions - News

July 16, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

ARLINGTON, Va. Cobham announced that it will be supporting U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) F-18 and T-45 test flights with its Cobham VigilOX breathing sensors.

Avionics

Skunk Works, DARPA team demo key capabilities in SoSITE program - News

July 13, 2018

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

FORT WORTH, Texas. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works engineers performed a series of flight tests under a five-year DARPA program dubbed System of Systems Integration Technology and Experimentation (SoSITE).

Radar/EW

Cambridge Pixel radar display selected for integration into the CMS 330 - News

July 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Cambridge Pixel

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom. Lockheed Martin Canada officials tapped Cambridge Pixel to supply its radar acquisition and display technology for integration with the naval Combat Management System 330 (CMS 330).

Radar/EW

FPGA boards featuring NanoRF module released by Annapolis Micro Systems, TE Connectivity - News

July 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Annapolis Micro Systems TE Connectivity

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Annapolis Micro Systems and TE Connectivity teamed up to release three new high performance FPGA [field-programmable gate array] boards featuring the NanoRF module, which is designed to fit into the VITA 67.3 form factor and supports 70 GHz bandwidth, with more than double the RF contact density of existing VITA 67 solutions.

Avionics

CPI division will replace radomes on USAF B-52 aircraft - News

July 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Radant Technologies Division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI)

PALO ALTO, Calif. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation officials selected the Radant Technologies Division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) for a two-year contract to replace existing radomes on the U.S. Air Force B-52 aircraft. The firm-fixed price contract is worth approximately $4.1 million.

A.I.

Reducing the data demands of machine learning is the focus of DARPA initiative - News

July 12, 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) has announced a new initiative it calls Learning with Less Labels (LwLL), in which the agency will research new machine learning (ML) algorithms that require greatly reduced amounts of information to train or update.