Industry News

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.

Radar/EW

pSemi intros GaN FET driver for fast switching to solid-state LiDAR - News

June 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems pSemi Corporation

IMS 2018--PHILADELPHIA. pSemi Corporation (a Murata company, formerly known as Peregrine Semiconductor) announced at this week's International Microwave Symposium (IMS) the availability of the PE29101 gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistor (FET) driver for solid-state light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems.

Radar/EW

Keysight Technologies highlights radar, EW simulation innovations at IMS 2018 - News

June 13, 2018

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

IMS 2018--PHILADELPHIA. Test and measurement technology company Keysight Technologies (based in Santa Rosa, California) is showcasing design and test solutions aimed at accelerating millimeter wave innovation at this week's International Microwave Symposium (IMS), held in the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

Radar/EW

Mikros completes second installation of AN/SYM-3 in USS Freedom - News

June 12, 2018

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

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. Engineers at Mikros Systems Corp. completed the second install and testing of its AN/SYM-3 system - previously known as ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite (ADSSS) - on the Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom (LCS 1).

Radar/EW

Vetronics market to reach $3.13 billion in global revenue during 2018 - News

June 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. A recent study by business intelligence provider Visiongain, "Military Land Vehicle Electronics (Vetronics) Market Report 2018-2028," finds that the global military vehicle electronics (vetronics) market will generate revenues of $3.31 billion in 2018.

Radar/EW

Pentek releases new member of Jade family at IMS 2018 - News

June 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

IMS 2018 - PHILADELPHIA. Pentek officials announced the company is releasing a new member of its Jade family of high-speed data converter XMC FPGA modules at this year's International Microwave Symposium (IMS).

Avionics

Boeing will invest in UAS startup to further drone standards, safety - News

June 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing Kittyhawk

CHICAGO. Boeing announced that it will invest in Kittyhawk (San Francisco, California), a startup that offers a unified approach to the safe operation of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).

Radar/EW

GaN X-band FMEs for radar applications released by Qorvo - News

June 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Qorvo

IMS 2018 - PHILADELPHIA. RF solutions provider Qorvo is introducing X-band front end modules (FEMs) designed for use in next-generation active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar at this year's International Microwave Symposium (IMS).

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin will provide advanced targeting pod to Qatar Emiri air force - News

June 12, 2018

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

PARIS, EUROSATORY 2018. Lockheed Martin announced at the Eurosatory exhibition that the Qatar Emiri air force (QEAF) had selected the Lockheed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) for the QEAF Rafale aircraft.

Comms

CONTEXTS software will build interactive models of political, economic conflicts - News

June 11, 2018

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

BURLINGTON, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments sponsored program, which seeks to develop technology to model different political, territorial, and economic tensions that often lead to conflicts, helping planners to avoid unexpected outcomes.

Avionics

Australian army extends avionics support contract on its CH-47F Chinook fleet - News

June 11, 2018

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has extended its contract with the Australian army to provide avionics support for Australian fleet of CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The performance-based logistics (PBL) contract extends to 2020.

Comms

Contract aims to research, develop additive technologies for next-gen tactical shelters and air assets - News

June 08, 2018

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

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has won two subaward contracts -- worth a total of $1 million -- from Northeastern University, supporting the Army Research Laboratory, in the area of shelters and military structures.