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Avionics

U.S. Army Chinook helicopters undergo modernization effort to increase lifting power - News

July 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PHILADELPHIA. U.S. Army officials tasked Boeing to build and test three Army CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters as part of a modernization effort. The contract is valued at $276 million and is expected to validate technology advancements that will increase the helicopter?s lifting power.

Comms

Research of aerospace systems technologies contract won by Infoscitex - News

July 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Infoscitex

DAYTON, Ohio. Infoscitex Corp. (IST), a DCS Corp. subsidiary, received a contract modification on its indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Research of Aerospace Systems Technologies (RAST) contract. The contract is valued at $70 million.

Radar/EW

Marine Corps orders 23 additional aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles from Oshkosh Defense - News

July 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oshkosh Defense

OSHKOSH, Wis. Oshkosh Defense has obtained a delivery order valued at more than $16 million from the U.S. Marine Corps for an additional 23 P-19R Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Avionics

Gentex wins $13 million contract to deliver Apache aviator integrated helmets - News

July 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Gentex Corp.

CARBONDALE, Pa. Personal-protection/situational-awareness gear maker Gentex Corporation has won a $13 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army for the delivery of Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets (AAIH).

Avionics

Team completes electromagnetic testing on the KC-46 tanker - News

July 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

EVERETT, Wash. The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker has completed electromagnetic testing. This testing evaluates the aircraft?s ability to safely operate through electromagnetic fields produced by radars, radio towers, and other systems under mission conditions.

Radar/EW

Leonardo DRS to deliver combat computing upgrades to Australian army - News

July 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Australian army officials selected Leonardo DRS to provide its Battle Management System (BMS) hardware, called the Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS) for the army's M1A1SA main battle tanks and associated combat vehicles.

Comms

Army Research Lab energy discovery may aid soldiers in the field - News

July 27, 2017

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

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Scientists and engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) recently made a discovery that, if developed, could have important implications for future power and energy applications for military personnel in the field.

Unmanned

BAE Systems adds $73 million option on Air Force ICBM contract - News

July 27, 2017

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

ROCKVILLE, Md. BAE Systems has secured a contract option worth nearly $73 million in its work to integrate the U.S. Air Force's Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system.

Comms

Navy tasks Engility to assist with secure network-centric capabilities - News

July 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Engility Holdings

CHANTILLY, Va. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Program Executive Office of Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) selected Engility Holdings, Inc. for a $39 million contract for secure network-centric warfare capabilities.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin receives anti-ship missile contract from U.S. Navy and Air Force - News

July 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S Air Force and Navy officials selected Lockheed Martin for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production contract worth an estimated $86.5 million.

Unmanned

Leidos completes testing on Air Force multisensor ISR platform - News

July 26, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Science and technology company Leidos has completed testing of the sensor systems on the Air Force's AgilePod, a multi-intelligence, open architecture, reconfigurable prototype pod designed to increase the capabilities of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and Air Force Special Operations communities.

Radar/EW

Rockwell Collins awarded three-year contract for military test ranges - News

July 26, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has been awarded an Interim Contractor Support (ICS) contract by the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) Program Office at Eglin Air Force Base that includes field support, repair, and security maintenance of the currently fielded CRIIS program for Air Force, Navy, and Army test ranges.

Radar/EW

Navy's electromagnetic railgun is ready for field demonstration - News

July 25, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo that the Navy's electromagnetic railgun is ready for field demonstrations at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's new railgun Rep-Rate Test Site at Terminal Range.

Radar/EW

Analog to network radar video data converter released by Cambridge Pixel - News

July 25, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cambridge Pixel

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom. Officials at Cambridge Pixel released the HPx-346. It is a compact, low power, standalone primary radar input and network distribution card.

Radar/EW

Navy research into phase change may pave way for better battlefield chemical sensors - News

July 25, 2017

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

WASHINGTON. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated that monolayer 2-D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) ? which are atomically thin semiconductors ? undergo a change from semiconductor-to-metallic phase when exposed to airborne chemical vapors.