Military Embedded Systems
Industry News
Radar/EW
U.S. Army grants Elbit $102 million contract for mortar fire control systems - News
February 17, 2017
FORT WORTH, Tx. Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of Israel's Elbit Systems, has won a U.S. Army contract to provide field mortar fire control systems. If fully utlilized, the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract could extend to a five-year period and have a maximum value of $102 million.
Cyber
Raytheon to develop automated tool for wargame scenarios - News
February 17, 2017
DULLES, Va. Raytheon officials received a contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to develop an automated tool that assesses the effectiveness of using missiles and interceptors (kinetic) and cyber and electronic warfare (non-kinetic) weapons in wargames. The system automatically teaches participants which weapons to use in every possible scenario, ultimately better preparing warfighters to succeed.
Cyber
General Dynamics wins $170 million cyber contract from DIA - News
February 17, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has won a task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to provide a wide range of cybersecurity services intended to defend intelligence networks and systems for the DIA, combat commands, and several military services.
Radar/EW
Thales tasked to deliver GaN CWI transmitters to Royal Danish navy - News
February 17, 2017
LA DEFENSE, Paris, France. Officials at the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization tasked Thales to deliver 14 Continuous Wave Illumination (CWI) transmitters to be integrated in the current ESSM fire control systems on-board the Absalon and Iver Huitfeldt class vessels of the Royal Danish navy.
Radar/EW
Clemson team partners with DTRA to develop nuclear-activity sensor - News
February 16, 2017
CLEMSON, S.C. Research targeted at building a biosensor that would help the military detect signs of nuclear activities -- including indications of weapons development -- has been approved, to be conducted under the leadership of a former naval officer who is now a Clemson University faculty member. Nicole Martinez, an assistant professor in the Clemson environmental engineering and earth sciences department, is the lead investigator on the $866,884 project; the research will last three years and could be eligible for a two-year extension, boosting the total to about $1.5 million.
Cyber
U.S. Army selects ManTech to provide field software support - News
February 16, 2017
HERNDON, Va. U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) officials selected ManTech International Corp. to provide systems field and software support for the Army's intelligence and C3/LOG-IT systems.
Avionics
U.S. Navy approves full rate production of Lockheed Martin's avionics test system - News
February 16, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy officials approved a full rate production contract with Lockheed Martin for an additional 63 of the company's Electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS). The contract is worth an estimated $166 million.
Unmanned
Mayport named FOB for MQ-4C Triton UAS - News
February 16, 2017
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The U.S. Navy has named Naval Station Mayport (Jacksonville, Florida) as the forward operating base (FOB) for its fleet of MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). As the east coast FOB, Mayport will act as the launch and recovery site for four forward-based MQ-4C Triton UAS and will be the consolidated maintenance hub for up to four additional aircraft.
Radar/EW
FLIR lands $50 million Coast Guard contract for navigation electronics - News
February 16, 2017
WILSONVILLE, Ore. The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded FLIR Systems a $50 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide marine electronics systems under the Coast Guard's Scalable Integrated Navigation Systems 2 (SINS-2) program over a five-year period, with the option to extend delivery for an additional five years.
Radar/EW
RadioBio research effort aims to find the role of electromagnetic signaling in biological systems - News
February 15, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials launched a new program that seeks to establish if purposeful electromagnetic wave signaling between biological cells exists - and if evidence supports that it does - to determine what information is being transferred.
Comms
Orbital ATK wins U.S. Air Force satellite integration contract - News
February 15, 2017
DULLES, Va. Orbital ATK has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center to provide payload integration and support services for Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6), a multipurpose satellite program that is planned to demonstrate advanced communication capabilities, collect space weather data, and support nuclear-detonation detection in the Earth?s atmosphere or in near space.
Unmanned
G-CLAW missile successfully engages moving targets - News
February 15, 2017
WILMINGTON, Mass. Textron Systems Weapon and Sensor Systems, a division of Textron Inc., announced that it has successfully tested its G-CLAW precision-guided glide weapon against moving targets; the October 2016 flight tests were conducted at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.
Comms
Space Systems Loral and DARPA partner to service satellites in GEO - News
February 14, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials partnered with Space Systems Loral (SSL) for the Agency's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program with the aim to develop technologies that would enable cooperative inspection and servicing of satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and demonstrate those technologies on orbit. Depending on the outcome, the research effort could open the door towards lowering the risks and costs of operating in GEO.
Comms
U.S. Navy christens new littoral combat ship: USS Tulsa - News
February 14, 2017
MOBILE, Ala. U.S. Navy officials christened the new Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Tulsa (LCS 16) during a ceremony in Mobile, Alabama in honor of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Comms
IARPA launches crowdsourcing research effort - News
February 14, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has announced that it is embarking on a multiyear research effort to develop and test large-scale, structured collaboration methods to improve reasoning. If the project is successful, the Crowdsourcing Evidence, Argumentation, Thinking and Evaluation (known as "CREATE") program will improve analysts? and decisionmakers? understanding of the evidence and assumptions that support or conflict with their conclusions.
-
Hybrid-electric propulsion system research for U.S. Army to be performed by Electra
July 02, 2025
-
New NAVAIR HOST open standards framework website launches
July 02, 2025
-
A-29 Super Tucano aircraft delivered to Paraguayan Air Force
July 01, 2025
-
PODCAST: Military sustainment reform, obsolescence, aftermarket trends, and more
June 25, 2025
Unmanned
-
Protocol-based counter-drone tech integrated into Drone Dome system
July 01, 2025
-
Diehl, Sener to collaborate on remote carriers, UGVs, and hypersonic technologies
June 30, 2025
-
Wildcat drone completes forward flight transitions for DARPA
June 27, 2025
-
Newest MQ-4C Triton drone undergoes testing with U.S. Navy
June 26, 2025
-
GUEST BLOG: Achieving edge AI in space applications
June 27, 2025
-
How to Use Automated Synthetic Data Generation in AI Model Development for Object Detection
June 23, 2025
-
AI-enabled object detection in video processing software offered via Shield AI, Haivision teaming
June 19, 2025
-
AI/ML-enabled electronic warfare systems to be developed for U.S. Navy
June 18, 2025
-
Cybersecurity the focus of DARPA Resilient Software program
June 19, 2025
-
NSA approves Persistent Systems Wave Relay for classified information transfers
June 09, 2025
-
Moving beyond the label: How U.S. defense can successfully adapt the Cyber Trust Mark Program
May 08, 2025
-
Cubic launches DTECH Fusion Trust platform at SOF Week 2025
May 05, 2025