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Cyber

IARPA prize challenge involves fusion algorithms to improve facial recognition - News

June 15, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. In partnership with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) officials launched the Fusion of Face Recognition Algorithms (FOFRA) prize challenge, which aims to improve recognition of face images through fusing the outputs of multiple algorithms applied to the same input imagery.

Cyber

Project aims to drastically improve computing by improving topological material, reducing noise - News

June 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HRL Laboratories Boeing General Motors

MALIBU, Calif. Research and development lab HRL Laboratories -- a joint venture of Boeing and General Motors -- is embarking on a project aimed at developing topological building blocks that will keep fragile quantum information safe from environmental effects.

Unmanned

Drone risk tolerance assessment in national airspace becomes focal point in report - News

June 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. A newly released congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine states that introducing drone operations into U.S. airspace can provide substantial benefits to society, such as preventing derailments, inspecting cell phone towers, delivering medical devices to patients in cardiac distress, and assisting firefighters.

Comms

Military SDR from Rockwell Collins passes crucial DoD test - News

June 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins reports that its AN/PRC-162(V)1 software-defined radio (SDR) is now the first tactical ground radio to pass one of the critical tests needed to meet the security requirements required for operation with the Department of Defense (DoD) final version of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).

Avionics

Lockheed Martin chooses Raytheon to perform F-35 sensor system upgrade - News

June 14, 2018

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

FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin has chosen Raytheon to develop and deliver the next-generation Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 fighter jet. Northrop Grumman had previously held the contract for the F-35 DAS.

Radar/EW

USAF signs $866 million contract to sustain missile warning/missile defense and space tracking radars - News

June 14, 2018

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

MCLEAN, Va. Northrop Grumman has won a competitive bid from the U.S. Air Force to sustain and modify a worldwide network of ground-based radars deemed critical to the success of the Air Force's missile warning/missile defense and space tracking missions.

Unmanned

GA-ASI team demonstrated UAS Ikhana detect and avoid technology in national air space - News

June 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) engineers developed a detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system that enabled an unmanned aircraft to fly through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from southern California this week.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin to continue MK48 torpedoes maintenance under $65 million follow-contract - News

June 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

EWA BEACH, Hawaii. Naval Sea Systems Command officials selected Lockheed Martin for a follow-on contract option to continue supporting Navy?s intermediate-level maintenance activities for MK48 torpedoes at the Pearl Harbor Heavyweight Torpedo Intermediate Maintenance Activity (IMA). The contract is worth approximately $65 million.

Radar/EW

Safran, Raytheon sign MOU to develop combat vehicle sighting systems - News

June 14, 2018

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

PARIS. Officials at Safran and Raytheon signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the next generation of combat vehicle sighting systems.

Comms

Integrated targeting system from Rockwell Collins aimed at mobile battlefield use - News

June 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

PARIS, EUROSATORY 2018. Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is showcasing its new FasTAK tactical combat targeting system and secure communications gateway at the Eurosatory 2018 exhibition, held this week in Paris.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin's Miniature Hit-to-Kill intercepter moves to development phase - News

June 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin engineers will mature the Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor, evaluate its effectiveness, and demonstrate manufacturing readiness as part of the Extended Mission Area Missile program under a $2.6 million contract with the U.S. Army Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office.

Unmanned

Army modifies contract with Raytheon for additional TOW weapon systems - News

June 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

PARIS. U.S. Army officials modified an existing contract to continue production of Raytheon's tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided TOW weapon system. The original contract is worth $320 million.

Unmanned

UUV swarms demonstration in Navy test facility approved - News

June 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aquabotix

FALL RIVER, Mass. Undersea robotics company Aquabotix has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to gain access to the Navy's Narragansett Bay Test Facility (NBTF) in Newport, Rhode Island, including its ranges and personnel, in order to test and demonstrate the Aquabotix?s SwarmDiver product and other relevant technologies.

Radar/EW

MACOM showcases at IMS 2018 double-balanced mixers for T&M, radar applications - News

June 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MACOM

IMS 2018 - PHILADELPHIA. Officials at MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. are showcasing a new portfolio of wideband double-balanced mixers, covering the 8 ? 43 GHz and 18 ? 46 GHz frequency ranges, at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) this year [Booth #1125]. The system delivers loss, high linearity and a wide intermediate frequency (IF) bandwidth that is suited for test and measurement (T&M), microwave radio, and radar applications.

Comms

New test assemblies, 5G testing solutions from W.L. Gore at IMS 2018 - News

June 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

IMS 2018--PHILADELPHIA. W.L. Gore and Associates is featuring several aerospace and defense testing and 5G products at this week's International Microwave Symposium in Philadelphia, including its new Phaseflex microwave/RF test assemblies (Type 0N) for high density test/interconnection, which the company says ensures consistent, repeatable measurements with stable electrical performance up to 50 GHz.