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Navy awards $765 million ID/IQ contract for tactical radios - News

October 16, 2017

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

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Harris Corp. has signed a five-year, $765 million (ceiling) single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide tactical radios and ancillary devices to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Unmanned

DARPA program seeks teams to innovate in unmanned "swarm" systems - News

October 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking teams to propose on its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program -- which envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments -- in an effort to enable rapid development and deployment of breakthrough capabilities to the field.

Unmanned

Initial operational capability achieved by Navy's COBRA mine detection system - News

October 13, 2017

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

WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials announced that its AN/DVS-1 Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) system airborne mine detection system achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on October 10.

Comms

M1 Abrams tank fleets will get additional display systems - News

October 13, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Palomar Display Products

CARLSBAD, Calif. Military specialized display maker Palomar Display Products announced that it has been awarded a firm fixed-price contract totaling $5.3 million to deliver optically coupled military display systems for M1 Abrams tank fleets in the U.S. and its allies.

Unmanned

Study: Directed-energy and military laser market to grow to $12.3 billion by 2022 - News

October 13, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BCC Research

WELLESLEY, Mass. The global market for directed-energy and military lasers -- which amounted to $6.6 billion in 2016 -- will reach $7.4 billion in 2017 and will grow to $12.3 billion in 2022, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7 percent over the 2017-2022 time frame, according to a market study from BCC Research.

Unmanned

Dept. of the Navy declares Joint Standoff Weapon at full operational capability - News

October 12, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Department of the Navy recently declared the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 ready for full operational capability.

Radar/EW

Upgrades to NATO air surveillance radar to come - News

October 12, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

STOCKHOLM. Defense and security firm Saab has signed a contract with NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in Luxembourg to upgrade three SINDRE I air surveillance radars in Norway. Saab?s upgrade, say company officials, will include replacing obsolete hardware and upgrading software.

Avionics

Partnerships, VITA, avionics computers featured by Curtiss-Wright at AUSA 2017 - News

October 12, 2017

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

WASHINGTON ? AUSA. Officials at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions made several announcements during this year?s Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA) that include partnerships, covering the latest information on the VITA cooling standard, and the introduction of the SPIRIT family for airborne computer applications.

Comms

Biocular viewing devices for tanks enable lower-strain viewing in the field - News

October 12, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kent Periscopes

WASHINGTON--AUSA. Kent Periscopes (St. Asaph, Wales) -- the U.K.-based supplier of unity vision periscopes, vehicle sights, and related equipment for military armored vehicles -- is talking up its straight biocular display at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA). Company officials say that the design provides users with higher-fidelity relaxed viewing for armored fighting vehicles in the field.

Comms

U.S. Navy to increase use of immersive game-based training - News

October 11, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Simulation and training company Cubic announced that it has received four additional delivery orders -- totaling $22 million -- from an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the U.S. Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) with the creation and delivery of immersive game-based courseware.

Unmanned

Laser-guided rocket launcher concept can support combat operations - News

October 11, 2017

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

WASHINGTON--AUSA. Arnold Defense has introduced FLETCHER, a land-vehicle-mounted, laser-guided, 2.75-inch rocket launcher concept to the U.S. defense market at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA).

Unmanned

Off-the-shelf brakes introduced, intended for heavy armored vehicles - News

October 11, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Alcon

WASHINGTON--AUSA. Specialist brake and caliper maker Alcon introduced its new CIR55 custom heavy armored vehicle brake caliper into the U.S. defense market at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA). The recently introduced CIR55 has been designed and developed to fit 8x8-type military vehicles operating at 30 to 40-plus metric tons, gross vehicle mass (GVM).

Unmanned

AeroVironment to continue expansion of Blackwing UAS program under $2.5 million contract - News

October 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems AeroVironment, Inc.

WASHINGTON. At Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exposition, AeroVironment, Inc. officials announced the receipt of a contract award from the U.S. Navy on September 29, 2017 for continuation and expansion of its Blackwing small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) program.

Unmanned

BAE Systems receives $59.5 million order for its APKWS guidance kits - News

October 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

HUDSON, N.H. U.S. Navy officials opted for additional Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance kits to transform unguided 2.75-inch (70-millimeter) rockets into laser-guided precision munitions. The new contract is worth an estimated $59.5 million.

Radar/EW

VITA and ANSI ratify air flow through cooling standard for VPX - News

October 10, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems VITA Standards Organization

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical and intelligent embedded computing systems markets, announces the ratification by ANSI and VITA of ANSI/VITA 48.8-2017, ?Mechanical Standard for Electronic VPX Plug-in Modules Using Air Flow Through Cooling.? The standard has completed the VITA and ANSI processes, reaching full recognition under guidance of VITA.