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L3 Technologies to develop Free Space Optics capabilities for DoD - News

November 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. Officials at L3 Technologies received multiple contracts to develop Free Space Optics (FSO) capabilities for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and space customers.

Comms

Multinational spectrum coordination now available on a mobile app - News

November 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Information Systems Agency

FORT MEADE, Md. The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) reports that the mobile application version of the "Mercury" tool ? a central repository used to coordinate electromagnetic spectrum frequencies during humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) operations ? is now available for download on both Apple and Android devices.

Avionics

Protecting pilots from laser attack - News

November 22, 2017

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

LONDON. Engineers at BAE Systems have developed what they call a low-cost, flexible system to block hostile laser attacks against aircraft and their crews.

Avionics

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye trainer contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

November 21, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. U.S Navy officials tapped Rockwell Collins to provide a new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Tactics Trainer in support of the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems (HITS) III program.

Comms

U.S. Army orders ISR receiver devices from IMT Vislink - News

November 21, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems IMT Vislink

SARASOTA, Fla. U.S Army officials selected IMT Vislink - a xG Technology, Inc's business unit - to supply hand-held intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) receiver devices.

Unmanned

NASA finishes 100 days of cryogenic vacuum testing on Webb space telescope - News

November 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, Texas. On November 18, NASA unsealed the 40-metric-ton doors of a cryogenic test chamber at the Johnson Space Center, marking the end of a 100-day cryogenic test phase for the James Webb Space Telescope, to make sure that the telescope's sensitive instruments will work as expected in the cold, airless environment of space. The cryogenic test phase was an important step toward the launch and operation of the telescope, which is considered to be a replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope.

Avionics

Sensors developed that can detect aircraft damage as it happens - News

November 20, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Researchers with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center have developed and tested networked acoustic emission sensors that can detect airframe damage on conceptual composite UH-60 Black Hawk rotorcraft.

Radar/EW

U.S. Air Force awards $349.6 million Joint STARS contract extension - News

November 20, 2017

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

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a 12-month, $349.6 million contract for Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet, which is a command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C2ISR) aircraft designed to support combatant commanders in-theater.

Comms

DARPA's new program aims to turn plants into sensors - News

November 20, 2017

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials launched a new program to pursue technologies to engineer robust, plant-based sensors that are self-sustaining in their environment and can be remotely monitored using existing hardware. The program - Advanced Plant Technologies (APT) - aims to utilize simple plants as the next generation of intelligence gatherers.

Comms

Delta II rocket launches carrying NASA and NOAA satellites, sensors - News

November 20, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems United Launch Alliance NASA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) for NASA and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lifted off on November 18 from Vandenburg AFB's Space Launch Complex-2.

Comms

Navy's new telemetry system will offer multirole capabilities - News

November 17, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Raytheon received a $79 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a new advanced telemetry system for the service's Range Support Aircraft. The high-tech plane will replace the Navy's aging telemetry test aircraft, which has been in service since the 1970s.

Cyber

Cybersecurity support is now part of Navy's 24/7 Watch program - News

November 17, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

PORT HUENEME, Calif. Officials at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) are adding a cyber incident response capability to its 24/7 Watch program.

Radar/EW

Ballistic-missile defense radar passes crucial milestone - News

November 17, 2017

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

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) portion of testing with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR). Passage of this goal means that the LRDR has demonstrated compliance to all technical performance measures and requirements. The radar system will be part of a layered ballistic-missile defense strategy to protect the U.S. from ballistic-missile attacks.

Unmanned

State Dept. approves possible AMRAAM sale to Norway - News

November 17, 2017

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of 60 AIM-120 C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), plus guidance-section spares, to the government of Norway.

Comms

Mapping software aims to make live-fire training safer - News

November 17, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions program has shepherded the development of a new software tool to be used during live-fire exercises that will map out training areas in great detail.