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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.

Avionics

New avionics decks chosen for F-5 adversary-support training fleet - News

July 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Tactical Air Support, Inc. (TACAIR)

OLATHE, Kan. Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd., has been selected by defense contractor Tactical Air Support, Inc. (TacAir) to install the Garmin tandem integrated flight deck for TacAir's fleet of supersonic F-5 fighter aircraft.

Radar/EW

RF research to get support from new $24 million contract, says AFRL - News

July 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Altamira Technologies

McLean, VA. Defense intelligence company Altamira Technologies has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for $24.6 million to provide next-generation radio frequency (RF) sensing technologies through advanced research and development of RF systems and subsystems.

Unmanned

Contract with KBRwyle enables technical, engineering support for Patriot missile - News

July 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KBR

HOUSTON. Professional-services and technology firm KBR announced that its global government services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a $133 million task order by the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Project Office to provide technical and engineering services to the Patriot missile system.

Radar/EW

Contract extension covers maintenance system development for Navy's MK 99 FCS - News

July 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mikros Systems Corporation

PRINCETON, N.J. U.S. Navy officials extend a contract with Mikros Systems Corp. to continue to develop to Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) systems for the Navy?s MK 99 Fire Control System (FCS). The follow-on contract is worth $2.5 million.

Avionics

Enhanced Link Navigation System prototype completes flight test - News

July 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. L3 Technologies and CTSi engineers completed flight-testing of the Enhanced Link Navigation System (ELNS), an integrated communication and navigation system for use in highly contested and GPS-denied environments.

Comms

L3 looks to strengthen its C6ISR portfolio with new acquisitions - News

July 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies officials entered into definitive agreement to acquire Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs, two information security businesses that will strengthen L3?s existing C6ISR [Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber-Defense and Combat Systems, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance].