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Avionics

U.S. Navy looks to leverage augmented, virtual reality training tech for the T-45 aircraft - News

May 24, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Bohemia Interactive Simulations

STUTTGART, Germany. U.S. Navy officials selected Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to deliver air crew training technology that leverages emerging augmented and virtual reality technologies.

Unmanned

Polaris and partners win spot in U.S. Army robotic trial program - News

May 24, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Polaris Government and Defense

MEDINA, Minn. Polaris Government and Defense -- along with its teammates Applied Research Associates and Neya Systems, known collectively as Team Polaris -- has won a contract from the U.S. Army to supply its optionally manned MRZR X multimode vehicle platform as one of the robotic systems used by infantry brigade combat teams for the next year of trials as part of the Army's Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) program.

Unmanned

U.S. military branches order $111 million in AeroVironment mini-UAS hardware, support - News

May 24, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems AeroVironment, Inc.

TAMPA, Fla. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) provider AeroVironment -- which supplies UASs to both military and commercial users -- won contract awards from the U.S. Army during April 2018 for procurement of the company?s Switchblade Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) and Contractor Logistics Support. This most recent announcement brings the total value of Switchblade awards to $111 million since August 2017.

Radar/EW

Saab receives FMS sale for its Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar system - News

May 23, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deal between the U.S. and the Philippines, Saab will supply its Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar system to the U.S. Navy for installation in the Philippine navy.

Unmanned

Raytheon to integrate Persistent's Wave Relay MANET tech into specific platforms - News

May 23, 2018

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

NEW YORK. Persistent Systems and Raytheon officials entered into a five-year agreement, in which Raytheon will incorporate Persistent?s Wave Relay MANET technology into Raytheon?s family of manned and unmanned systems and sensors.

Radar/EW

ARFL, MIT laboratories are testing advanced waveforms in high frequencies - News

May 23, 2018

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

ROME LABORATORY, New York. Officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-LL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (ARFL) Information Directorate signed a commercial test agreement (CTA) to work together to test advanced waveforms that can work at high frequencies (i.e. HF-band).

Unmanned

"Game of Drones" demo to investigate, showcase new UAS capabilities - News

May 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sierra Nevada Corporation

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada. Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and its partners, Ascent Vision and RADA Technologies, will participate in the SOFWERX ThunderDrone Rapid Prototyping Event (RPE) III demonstration, to be held at Nellis Air Force Base in June 2018. SOFWERX is a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between Doolittle Institute and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), created to investigate new technology for U.S. warfighters.

Cyber

Parsons agrees to acquire Polaris Alpha - News

May 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Parsons

PASADENA, Calif. Security and defense contractor Parsons has agreed to acquire defense/intelligence firm Polaris Alpha.

Radar/EW

JTAGS gets enhanced early missile warning capabilities in Japan - News

May 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan. The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corp. report that they have deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in Japan in order to advance battlespace awareness and missile defense.

Avionics

F-35 electronic warfare systems readiness contract won by BAE Systems - News

May 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin BAE Systems

NASHUA, N.H. Lockheed Martin officials selected BAE Systems to ensure the readiness of critical electronic warfare (EW) systems on the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Under the five-year contract, BAE Systems will manage the supply chain and establish the infrastructure necessary to make sure the systems are mission capable and available to warfighters.

Cyber

Charles River Analytics is using game-theoretic tools to identify cyber vulnerabilities - News

May 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. For the Game-Theoretic Reasoning and Analysis of Vulnerability (GRAVITY) effort, Charles River Analytics is developing a cyber defense tool for the U.S. Air Force that will identifying vulnerabilities in strategic systems and increasing these systems? resilience to cyberattacks.

A.I.

NAWCAD engineer working with AI to sort radar interference - News

May 22, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. An engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is working on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system that could potentially teach itself how to recognize and remove external interference from radar signals.

Unmanned

UAS win: $38 million for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions - News

May 22, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Security implementation company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions reports that its Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) recently won approximately $38 million in high-performance unmanned aerial drone aircraft, systems, and related product contract awards.

Avionics

Graphics module aimed at use in avionics, video streaming, surveillance - News

May 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems EIZO Rugged Solutions

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. Ruggedized graphics/video company Eizo Rugged Solutions has released its Condor GR4 3U VPX 3G-SDI capture board, a rugged single-slot graphics/capture board with four 3G-SDI inputs and outputs that the company intends for use in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications such as avionics, manned and unmanned video streaming, and security/surveillance.

Unmanned

Raytheon next-gen mine-neutralization system leverages Sparton tech - News

May 21, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company Sparton Navigation & Exploration

DELEON SPRINGS, Florida. Sparton Corp. and Raytheon are joining hands design, test, and deploy the next-generation Barracuda Mine Neutralization system.