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Avionics

KC-135 tanker fleet support contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

April 16, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Air Force officials selected Rockwell Collins for multiple repair contracts to support Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) components on the entire KC-135 tanker fleet. These contracts, valued at approximately $27 million over the next five years, will keep the aircraft flying and in compliance with Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) mandates.

Cyber

Polaris Alpha acquires Fourth Dimension Engineering - News

April 16, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Polaris Alpha

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense/intelligence software vendor Polaris Alpha announced that it is acquiring Fourth Dimension Engineering, a cybersolution provider located in Columbia, Maryland. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Comms

Study: Command and control market to reach $35.65 billion by 2022 - News

April 16, 2018

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

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The command and control systems market -- estimated to be at $29.10 billion in 2017 -- is projected to reach $35.65 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.15 percent during the forecast period, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, "Command and Control Systems Market by Platform, Solution, Application And Region -- Global Forecast to 2022."

Radar/EW

Companies to perform A-Kit manufacturing and modification for C-130H aircraft - News

April 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Tyonek Services Group, Inc.

MADISON, Ala. Tyonek Services Overhaul Facility ? Stennis, a subsidiary of Tyonek Services Group, Inc. (TSG), will work with primary contractor Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) on manufacturing services and modification of C-130H model aircraft with the updated all-digital radar warning receiver AN/ALR-69A(V) RWR.

Cyber

Air Force selects five firms for $950 million cyber contract - News

April 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has chosen five small businesses to participate in a potential five-year, $950 million contract vehicle to research and develop cyber technology platforms.

Avionics

USAF to test device that may prevent adverse physiological symptoms in pilots during flight - News

April 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center?s Agile Combat Support Directorate recently awarded a $195,000 contract to military-equipment vendor Spotlight Labs to test a device the company calls the SPYDR, which is designed to immediately alert T-6 aircrew of low oxygen in the bloodstream; the fliers may then act to prevent physiological symptoms in flight.

Unmanned

U.S. Army contracts with Raytheon for demo of mobile intel platform - News

April 11, 2018

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

STERLING, Va. Raytheon has won a U.S. Army contract that will allow it to demonstrate the company's commercially available mobile intelligence platform that enables soldiers to quickly collect and access information on the battlefield.

Unmanned

Systel garners MQ-8C Fire Scout support contract, showcases rugged computer at Sea Air Space - News

April 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Systel, Inc.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. At the the Navy League Sea Air Space Maritime Exposition, Systel, Inc. officials announced they were selected to support the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command MQ-8C Fire Scout program with rugged, SWaP optimized high density computing servers.

Avionics

U.S. Army chooses flight-management system for Black Hawk fleet - News

April 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Universal Avionics

TUCSON, Ariz. Universal Avionics -- in concert with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Engineering Development Center (AMRDEC), Prototype Integration Facility (PIF), and prime contractor Redstone Defense Systems -- has completed a project to integrate an IFR [Instrument Flight Rules]-capable flight management system (FMS) for the U.S. Army's Sikorsky HH/UH-60L/M Black Hawk Federated Advanced Navigation System (FANS) program.

A.I.

Analytics at the fore in Lockheed Martin-SAS collab for aircraft programs - News

April 10, 2018

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

FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin has announced a collaboration with data analytics firm SAS that aims to deliver next-generation analytics across Lockheed Martin's F-35, C-130J, and LM-100J military and civil aircraft programs.

Unmanned

Germany seeks to purchase MQ-4C Triton UAS in FMS valued at $2.5 billion - News

April 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Germany of MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for an estimated cost of $2.50 billion.

Avionics

Rockwell Collins to upgrade the avionics of the USAF T-1A Jayhawk trainer fleet - News

April 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins will upgrade the U.S. Air Force's T-1A Jayhawk trainer fleet with the company's Pro Line 21 avionics suite as part of a contract awarded to Field Aerospace. Rockwell Collins, working with Field Aerospace, Nextant Aerospace, Flight Safety International and others, will supply the avionics system, which best satisfies the Air Force?s Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) requirements and sets the stage for growth as missions evolve.

Radar/EW

DARPA to hold first annual ERI summit 2018 - News

April 06, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is holding the first annual Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) Summit from July 23-25, 2018 in San Francisco, California.The three-day event will bring together those most impacted by the coming inflection in Moore?s Law, including senior representatives from the commercial sector, defense industrial base, academia, and government.

Avionics

TPG to acquire Wind River from Intel - News

April 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Wind River

ALAMEDA, Calif. Global alternative asset firm TPG will acquire Wind River from Intel, officials say. The transaction, for which Allen & Company LLC served as financial advisor to Intel, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.

Radar/EW

Multiple Mercury Systems facilities received aerospace AS9100D certification - News

April 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems announced that its facilities in Huntsville, Alabama, Cypress and Oxnard, California, West Lafayette, Indiana, and Geneva, Switzerland received the Aerospace Standard 9100D (AS9100D) certification, which adds to the existing AS9100C and/or ISO 9001 certifications the company currently holds at its other sites.