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Radar/EW

F-35 electronic warfare simulation testing solution delivered to U.S. Navy - News

May 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S. Navy officials at NAWCWD Point Mugu took delivery of Northrop Grumman's multispectral testing solution that recreates accurate mission-like conditions in the laboratory and on the range for the F-35 aircraft.

Radar/EW

Air Force moves ahead with defendable space missile-warning capabilities - News

May 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force is moving to award two sole-source contracts for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program, as it implements rapid-procurement practices. It is targeting the first Next-Gen OPIR launch in 2023.

Unmanned

InSight lander on its way to Mars - News

May 07, 2018

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

VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft -- built by Lockheed Martin and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- launched early in the morning on May 5 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket and has officially begun its six-month long journey to Mars. The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive on the Red Planet on November 26, 2018.

Unmanned

U.S. Marine Corps signs $10 million contract for "throwable" robots - News

May 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Endeavor Robotics

CHELMSFORD, Mass. Endeavor Robotics -- a developer and manufacturer of small, lightweight unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) -- has signed a contract worth $10 million with the U.S. Marine Corps to provide the Marines with its small, throwable FirstLook robots.

Comms

ESA, partners investigate space photons' role in secure cryptography - News

May 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems SES Techcom

PARIS. The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed an agreement with satellite communications company SES Techcom (Luxembourg) to develop what they call "QUARTZ" [Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System], a platform for quantum key distribution, and administer it from space.

Cyber

DARPA taps Charles River Analytics for space situational-awareness tool - News

May 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

CAMBRiDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics (CRA) has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) worth $1.3 million to help U.S. military commanders better understand different types of potential threats in space.

Unmanned

Analysts: Military UAV demand key to growth in global airborne ISR market over next several years - News

May 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. The global airborne ISR [intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance] market will rise at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 4.67 percent during the period 2018-2022, according to a new study by Technavio, "Global Airborne ISR Market 2018-2022."

Avionics

USAF announces hosting locations for upcoming B-21 aircraft - News

May 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has selected three existing bases at which the B-21 Raider will replace B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit aircraft beginning in the mid-2020s.

Unmanned

Study: Drone/UAV identification systems to grow at nearly 25 percent CAGR 2018-2022 - News

May 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. A new market study from Technavio, "Global Drone Identification Systems Market 2018-2022," forecasts that the global drone identification systems market will grow at a combined annual growth rate [CAGR] of 24.25 percent during the study period, 2018-2022.

Unmanned

Rugged UAV antenna launch from Hemisphere GNSS at AUVSI Xponential - News

May 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Hemisphere GNSS

XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Positioning technology company Hemisphere GNSS (Scottsdale, Arizona) introduced its rugged multi-GNSS, multifrequency four-helix HA32 antenna for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the AUVSI Xponential show.

Unmanned

Unmanned-craft equipment companies adopt Presagis UAV simulator, as seen at AUVSI Xponential - News

May 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Presagis

XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER and MONTREAL. Simulation software and solutions company Presagis has delivered its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) simulator platform, which it calls UAV CRAFT, to Laflamme Aero (Coleraine, Quebec, Canada), the company leading the LX300 unmanned helicopter project.

Comms

USAF: SBIRS GEO Flight-4 missile-warning satellite sends first pictures back to Earth - News

May 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) reports that its fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite has transmitted its first images back to Earth.

Unmanned

Augmented reality plus UAS tech for defense, public safety, automotive shown at Xponential 2018 - News

May 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Edgybees

XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Augmented-reality (AR) platform developer Edgybees -- based in Beit Herut, Israel -- is showcasing its new life-saving drone technology at the AUVSI Xponential show in Denver this week.

Unmanned

Companies partner at Xponential to intro VTOL UAVs with new engines - News

May 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems A-techsyn

XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. A-techsyn -- a manufacturer of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), target-acquisition drones, and communications/autopilot systems -- is introducing the first VTOL equipped with an engine from 3W-International's partner company Sky Power at Xponential 2018. The A-techsyn VTOL will be shown as part of the 3W-International booth.

Unmanned

Optical gas-imaging camera core for UASs shown at Xponential show - News

May 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sierra-Olympic Technologies

XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Sierra-Olympic Technologies (Hood River, Oregon), a maker of infrared (IR) and thermal imaging technologies and components, is premiering its new Ventus OGI, an optical gas imaging camera core, at the unmanned systems event.