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Raytheon to expand Southern Arizona facility with two thousand job hires - News

November 29, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. Officials at Raytheon Co. announced the company's plan to expand by adding approximately two thousand jobs at its Southern Arizona operations facility at the Missile Systems business headquarters over a five-year period. The company plans to hire workers at all skill levels with an emphasis on engineering and other higher-wage, technical positions.

Comms

NASA and AT&T work together to research traffic management solutions - News

November 29, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA AT&T

VIENNA, Va. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and AT&T engineers are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in order to find an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe and secure operation of drones in the national airspace.

Unmanned

Navy teams demo enhanced situational awareness for UAVs at innovation challenge - News

November 29, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION, CHINA LAKE, Calif. For the Naval Air Systems Command?s second innovation challenge, two teams presented their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-focused projects designed to enhance the warfighter?s situational awareness.

Comms

Raytheon, UMass granted $1.9 million to research flexible RF devices for GPS - News

November 28, 2016

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

TEWKSBURY, Ma. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and University of Massachusetts Lowell have received a grant of $1.9 million to advance the commercialization of flexible hybrid radio-frequency (RF) electronics that are aimed at use in military global positioning systems (GPS), among other applications.

Radar/EW

Sonar upgrades to Australian submarines to be provided by Thales - News

November 28, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Thales

PARIS, France. Thales engineers will be upgrading Australia?s Collins class submarine sonar systems a design and pre-production contract.

Comms

Navy awards BAE $192 million contract for post-construction work on Zumwalt-class ships - News

November 22, 2016

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to perform post-construction work aboard the guided-missile destroyers USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001). The contract's initial award is worth $10.3 million and carries a maximum value of $192.7 million for work performed through September 2021.

Cyber

DoD announces two cybersecurity initiatives - News

November 21, 2016

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON, D.C. In an effort to draw on the success of last summer's ?Hack the Pentagon? bug-bounty pilot -- in which hackers from across the country were given free rein to spot vulnerabilities in specific Department of Defense networks in return for cash payments -- the Department of Defense (DoD) today unveiled two new initiatives designed to further enhance the DoD's cybersecurity position.

Avionics

Avionics, radar upgrades coming to Korean F-16s from Lockheed Martin - News

November 21, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin won a $1.2 billion contract to provide avionics and radar upgrades 134 F-16 fighter jets for the Republic of Korea air force (ROKAF).

Unmanned

DARPA orders second Tern UAS test vehicle - News

November 18, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Va. DARPA [Defense Advanced Researched Projects Agency] has asked Northrop Grumman to build it a second "Tern" test vehicle as part of its mission to equip forward-deployed small-deck ships -- such as destroyers and frigates -- with their own specially designed unmanned air systems (UASs).

Avionics

U.S. Army CH-47F cockpit equipment support contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

November 18, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. The U.S. Army awarded Rockwell Collins a follow-on service and support contract for its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) for the Army's CH-47F helicopter fleet.

Unmanned

Northrop Grumman Smart Node Pod demonstrates C4ISR interoperability - News

November 17, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated how its Smart Node Pod -- a small, self-contained, aircraft-mounted system -- can aid in battlefield communications and information-sharing across a wide variety of networks and mission threads. The Smart Node Pod's capabilities were presented during Bold Quest, a coalition demonstration and assessment event sponsored twice yearly by the Joint Staff at the Department of Defense (DoD); Bold Quest 16.2 was conducted in the Savannah, Georgia, area from mid-October through early November.

Unmanned

Air Force exercises $76 million option on Raytheon aerial decoy jammer contract - News

November 16, 2016

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missile Systems has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue production of vehicles and support equipment for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer (MALD-J), a low-cost, air-launched programmable craft that can deceive opponents' radars and air-defense systems by duplicating all combat flight profiles and aircraft radar signatures.

Avionics

F-22 sustainment contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

November 16, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $536 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for sustaining the F-22 Raptor.

Avionics

U.S. Army chooses Rockwell Collins to assess technologies for FVL systems - News

November 15, 2016

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. The U.S. Army has selected Rockwell Collins to conduct collaborative studies on advanced system designs and integration processes for the Architecture Implementation Process Demonstration (AIPD).

Comms

Coast Guard Cutters get C4ISR and machinery control systems from Northrop Grumman - News

November 15, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia. Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers will design C4ISR and machinery control systems (MCS) for the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) under a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG). As many as 25 OPCs are expected to be built by the Coast Guard to replace its entire fleet of medium endurance cutters.