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Avionics

U.S. Army's Apache AH-64 completes flight test with high energy laser - News

June 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

MCKINNEY, Texas. The U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office collaborated with the U.S. Special Operations Command and Raytheon to complete a flight test of a high energy laser system onboard an Apache AH-64 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The demonstration marks the first time that a fully integrated laser system engaged and fired on a target from a rotary-wing aircraft over a wide variety of flight regimes, altitudes, and air speeds, officials say.

Comms

iGov completes production test & evaluation under TACP-MCS program - News

June 23, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems iGov

RESTON, Va. Engineers at iGov completed Production Acceptance Test and Evaluation on the Tactical Air Control Party-Mobile Communications System (TACP-MCS) program. Officials say, more than 200 system requirements were tested successfully, including line-of-sight, range testing for voice, data, and video.

A.I.

Air Force Research Lab teaming with IBM on advanced neural-network chips - News

June 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio and ARMONK, N.Y. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced that it is collaborating with computing giant IBM on a novel brain-inspired supercomputing system powered by a 64-chip array of the IBM TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System.

Avionics

ViaSat garners multiyear contract for terminals used on Apache helicopters - News

June 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Boeing has awarded broadband services and technology company ViaSat a multiyear contract to produce the KOR-24A Link 16 terminal, a two-channel small tactical terminal (STT) used in the U.S. Army's AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, for U.S. Army and International Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases. The base contract -- which calls for at least 534 terminals to be produced over the next four years -- will eventually contain options.

Comms

Leonardo wins NATO ground surveillance system bid - News

June 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo

ROME. Defense and aerospace company Leonardo has been chosen to develop and deliver the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Logistics Information System (ALIS) integrated logistics platform. Leonardo has already served as a member of the Northrop Grumman-led industrial team for the delivery of the NATO AGS Core System.

Radar/EW

Precision guided munition GPS receivers complete testing by Rockwell Collins - News

June 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins completed a series of seven ballistic and guided flight tests of the company's Military-Code (M-Code) Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. Each test demonstrated live fire tracking for precision guided munitions.

Radar/EW

Radar mission integration support contract won by Gryphon Technologies - News

June 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency Gryphon Technologies LC

WASHINGTON. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials selected Gryphon Technologies, LC for a single award contract to provide Mission Integration services in support of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar as it conducts its mission.

Cyber

General Dynamics will develop incident-modeling software for U.S. Army - News

June 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

FAIRFAX , Va. General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded the Joint Effects Model (JEM) program contract by the U.S. Army Contract Command. JEM is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD's) primary web-based software system for modeling the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapon strikes and possible toxic industrial chemical and material incidents.

Avionics

U.S. Navy flight-deck systems will soon go digital - News

June 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions program has sponsored the development of the Deployable Ship Integration Multitouch System (DSIMS) -- a mobile software package for use on the flight decks of ships including aircraft carriers -- that features a digital touchscreen image of a ship?s flight deck or hangar bay that can be used by ship personnel on a laptop or desktop computer.

Cyber

Northrop Grumman, UTC Aerospace announce technology pact - News

June 21, 2017

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

PARIS AIR SHOW. Northrop Grumman and UTC Aerospace Systems announced at the Air Show that they would be joining forces to collaborate on products and systems to better serve their joint customers.

Avionics

Telephonics wins Navy ARPDD retrofit contract from Lockheed Martin - News

June 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Telephonics Corporation

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Communication and information systems provider Telephonics Corp. has been awarded year two of a multiyear, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) production contract -- valued at approximately $37 million -- by Lockheed Martin for providing naval helicopters with AN/APS-153(V)1 radar retrofit kits with automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination (ARPDD) capability.

Radar/EW

Air Force taps Lockheed Martin to develop a radar threat simulator system - News

June 21, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

PARIS. U.S. Air Force officials selected Lockheed Martin to develop, produce, and field a threat simulator for future combat aircrew training. The contract is worth an estimated $104 million for the Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 2 (ARTS-V2) program.

Cyber

Virginia Tech & ONR develop operating system to improve computing power - News

June 21, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)

ARLINGTON, Va. Virginia Tech with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) developed an operating system that can compile different programming languages into a single cyber tongue called Popcorn Linux.

Avionics

Honeywell, NASA get closer to wider adoption of supersonic flight - News

June 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Honeywell NASA

PARIS AIR SHOW. Honeywell and NASA announced the completion of a two-year test to determine the most effective way to show pilots flying supersonic jets where people on the ground may hear sonic booms; the technology may potentially eliminate one of the primary barriers to the broad adoption of supersonic flight.

Comms

Thales Alenia Space acquires portion of Airstar Aerospace - News

June 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales Leonardo

PARIS AIR SHOW. Satelllite and spacecraft company Thales Alenia Space -- the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo -- confirmed that it has acquired a minority stake in French company Airstar Aerospace, a company that manufactures airships and flexible structures that are capable of operating at all altitudes.