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A.I.

DARPA looks to interface human brain with digital world - News

January 29, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA officials have created a new program that looks to develop an implantable neural interface that would provide unprecedented signal resolution and data-transfer bandwidth between the human brain and the digital world. They are also looking for partners to help them on this quest, hosting an overview of the program, dubbed Neural Engineering System Design (NESD), next week. DARPA anticipates investing up to $60 million in the NESD program over four years.

Comms

Military space launch is key topic at Senate Armed Services Committee - News

January 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. On January 27, before the Senate Armed Services Committee Air Force Secretary (SecAF) Deborah Lee James and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall testified on the use of Russian-made rocket engines and on military space launch, highlighting space capabilities' role in national security, the importance of modernization, and the need for end-to-end space launch services.

Radar/EW

JSTARS Recap program includes upgrades to AESA radars - News

January 28, 2016

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

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. The U.S. Air Force Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) is in the middle of its recapitalization program, which includes upgrading from its current radar system to the active electronically scanned array, (AESA) radar.

Cyber

U.S. Army officials select Parsons for cybersecurity contract - News

January 27, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Parsons

PASADENA, Calif. U.S. Army officials selected Parsons for a technology initiative contract for Deployable Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) Infrastructure (DDI) in support of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.

Unmanned

Military officials green light the RQ-21A Blackjack UAS for operation - News

January 27, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system (UAS) received the green light for operation on January 13 by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials.

Comms

CompactPCI Serial standard working group looking to extend tech into space - News

January 26, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems PICMG

WAKEFIELD, Ma. PICMG officials are seeking additional companies to form a working group that will help plan and develop a Space CompactPCI Serial standard and extend the technology to space applications.

Cyber

Merger process of Leidos and Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions begins - News

January 26, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos Lockheed Martin

RESTON, Va. In a Reverse Morris Trust transaction, Leidos and Lockheed Martin’s realigned Information Systems & Global Solutions business (IS&GS) will merge into one company.

Comms

Command and control system completes demo on unmanned vehicle, adds to U.S. Navy portfolio - News

January 25, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. During a series of underwater missions at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport in Puget Sound, Washington, the Navy completed testing of the Common Control System (CCS) with a submersible unmanned vehicle. The test results demonstrated the CCS capability to provide command and control to a surrogate Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV).

Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman and MACOM team up on developing radar arrays - News

January 25, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MACOM Northrop Grumman

LOWELL, Mass. Northrop Grumman and M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (MACOM) have entered into a teaming agreement that establishes MACOM as the exclusive partner to develop and manufacture radar arrays using MACOM’s active antenna technology, targeting defense programs and platforms.

Cyber

Under cyber research network subcontract with AFRL, NCI continues IT support - News

January 22, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NCI Information Systems

RESTON, Va. In a subcontract valued an estimated $9 million, NCI engineers will continue to provide IT support services to U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site (RRS) in Rome, New York.

Comms

U.S. communications terminal becomes operational in Qatar - News

January 22, 2016

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

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar. At the Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the first fully funded modernization enterprise terminal (MET) outside the U.S. is now operational. Costing $15 million, MET provides secure communications capabilities that include voice, video, and data services. The terminal links service members in the U.S. Central Command area with military leaders around the world.

Comms

U.S. Army's Project Director, Network Enablers contract won by Booz Allen Hamilton - News

January 21, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Booz Allen Hamilton

MCLEAN, Va. The General Services Administration (GSA)Federal Systems Integration and Management center (FEDSIM) executed a five-year task order totaling an estimated $159 million for Booz Allen Hamilton to provide the U.S. Army - Project Director, Network Enablers (PD Net E) systems engineering services to streamline the Army’s tactical and data network capabilities under the GSA Alliant contract.

Comms

Satcom division at CPI will continue to provide X-band traveling wave tube amplifiers to the military - News

January 21, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI)

PALO ALTO, Calif. The Satcom division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) will continue to provide high-power, X-band traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) and related products for a military communications program.

Radar/EW

Sonar system to be designed for smaller naval ships and unmanned platforms - News

January 20, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

SINGAPORE. In a collaboration agreement between Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions’ INDAL business unit and GeoSpectrum Technologies, engineers will design a sonar system for smaller surface ship and unmanned surface vehicle (USV) markets.

Radar/EW

VITA 48.8 air-flow through cooling standard working group formed - News

January 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems VITA Standards Organization

HOUSTON. At Embedded Tech Trends, VITA officials announced the formation of a working group that will develop new air-flow through (AFT) cooling standard, VITA 48.8, for use in size, weight, power, and cost (SWAP-C) constrained 3U and 6U VPX module-based systems.