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Comms

Companies finalize alliance for small-sat manufacture - News

March 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Spaceflight Industries

SEATTLE. The Space Alliance -- a group formed by Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, and Leonardo -- announced that it has officially taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries after having received all government approvals for the transaction.

Comms

Qatar government chooses COTS software from Boeing subsidiary for logistics, business readiness - News

March 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Tapestry Solutions

SAN DIEGO. Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has signed a five-year agreement to implement an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning/Logistics Management Information System (ERP/LMIS) for the Qatar armed forces that will maximize readiness for troops on land, air,and sea.

A.I.

ARL scientists demo factors integers at faster pace, computing architectures have more options in SWaP-constrained environments - News

March 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are leveraging emerging brain-like computer architectures for an age-old number-theoretic problem known as integer factorization. The resulting factor is that Army scientists are opening up a new solution space that moves away from traditional computing architectures and towards devices that are able to operate within extreme size, weight, and power (SWaP)-constrained environments.

Avionics

U.S. Army helicopter upgrade program to implement Techaya switch for enhanced networking - News

March 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems MilSource

LOS ANGELES. MilSource, the sole distributor for Techaya ruggedized switching and routing solutions in the U.S., announced that Techaya was selected by a leading defense systems integrator to provide its MILTECH 912 to implement advanced Ethernet switching and networking capabilities for a U.S. Army helicopter upgrade program.

Avionics

Terma, Scandinavian Avionics team up to open Avionics Test Center - News

March 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Scandinavian Avionics

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Terma and Scandinavian Avionics officials announced they are teaming up to form the Avionics Test Center in Denmark to support the F-35 fighter aircraft maintenance capabilities.

Unmanned

State Dept. greenlights $270 million Sidewinder sale to UAE - News

March 14, 2018

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- worth a potential $270.4 million -- of Raytheon-built AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Block II missiles, related components, and services from the U.S. government.

Radar/EW

DARPA DREaM program on track to develop new GaN transistors for use in radar, radio communications - News

March 14, 2018

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

MALIBU, Calif. Research and development laboratory HRL Laboratories is working with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to develop the next generation of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors with dramatically improved linearity and reduced power consumption for use in electronic devices in such applications as radio communications and radar.

Comms

Viasat SATCOM demo opens gateway to offer over 100Mbps speeds for military applications - News

March 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

WASHINGTON. Viasat officials conducted a ViaSat-2 satellite communications (SATCOM) demonstration showing a number of cloud-based government applications. The demonstration - attended by U.S. Armed forces representatives - enabled over 100Mbps speeds on the ViaSat-2 satellite system. Viasat is now offering these capabilities to for government, defense, and military applications.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin completes TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar site acceptance test - News

March 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

RIGA, Latvia. Lockheed Martin officials announced they met on-time delivery of the first three radars to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Latvia with a successful site acceptance test of the third TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar (TPS-77 MRR).

Comms

University, NSWC Dahlgren partnership seeks to further 3-D manufacturing research, tech - News

March 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Students and professors at the University of Virginia (UVA) and engineers and scientists from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) are working together through the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) to develop a better understanding of the capabilities and limitations of additive manufacturing (3-D printing).

Avionics

U.S. Army orders 35 UH-72A Lakota helicopters from Airbus Helicopters - News

March 13, 2018

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

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. Airbus Helicopters, Inc. recently won a contract valued at approximately $273 million to deliver 35 additional UH-72A Lakota rotary-wing aircraft to the U.S. Army.

Radar/EW

Global electronic warfare market to reach $30.32 billion by 2022, study says - News

March 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Markets and Markets

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The electronic warfare (EW) market is projected to grow from an estimated $24.20 billion in 2017 to $30.32 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.61 percent during that time period, according to a new market study, "Electronic Warfare Market by Capability (Electronic Support, Electronic Attack, Electronic Protection), Platform (Airborne, Naval, Ground, Space), Product (EW Equipment, EW Operational Support), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022" from MarketsandMarkets.

Unmanned

Missile Defense Agency signs $80 million contract with Lockheed Martin-led team for ballistic re-entry vehicles - News

March 12, 2018

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin will lead a team that will work on an $80.6 million fixed-price contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on modified ballistic re-entry vehicles and separation modules for missile defense tests.

Unmanned

U.S. DoD awards Booz Allen key role in $8.27 billion chemical/biological defense contract - News

March 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Booz Allen Hamilton

MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a key place on the $8.27 billion Joint Enterprise Research Development, Acquisition and Procurement (JE RDAP) contract.

Avionics

Contract aims to improve aircrew helmet systems, pilot safety - News

March 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Gentex Corp.

CARBONDALE, Penn. Gentex Corporation -- which produces personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel -- has won a three-year contract from Bristow Helicopters (Dyce, Scotland) to manage and perform maintenance on their U.K. inventory of Gentex?s ALPHA 900 Cross Platform Helmet Systems.