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Comms

USSOCOM orders Polaris Defense MRZR tactical vehicles - News

August 26, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Polaris Government and Defense

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. Polaris Defense began deliveries of the MRZR off-road vehicle platform to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) earlier this month.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army tasks CACI to provide night vision and infrared technologies - News

August 25, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. In a 22-month task order under the Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract vehicle, CACI International Inc. has been selected to support specialized technologies for the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command's (RDECOM) Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).

Radar/EW

NAVAIR orders airborne self-protection jammers for IDECM program - News

August 25, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has ordered self-protection jammers from Harris for its integrated defensive electronic countermeasures (IDECM) program. The order totals an estimated $97 million.

Radar/EW

U.S. Air Force radar support services contract extends another year - News

August 24, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems has received a contract modification to continue providing the U.S. Air Force with operation and maintenance support services for the Solid State Phased Radar System (SSPARS). The original award started in 2006, with the modification the contract is now extended another year and has an estimated value of $550 million.

Radar/EW

DARPA seeks affordable, low-power designer ICs - News

August 21, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are seeking proposals for the three-phase Circuit Realization At Faster Timescales (CRAFT) program which aims at spurring development of integrated circuits (ICs) that are not only low power, but can be fabricated much more affordably than custom ICs used today that often exceed $100 million in development costs. They want to develop new fast-track circuit-design methods, multiple sources for integrated circuit fabrication, and a technology repository.

Comms

DARPA spectrum sharing solicitation for radar and communications announced - News

August 20, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of spectrum sharing between radar and communications systems. This solicitation follows on previous work carried out in Phase 1 of the Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications (SSPARC) program.

Comms

Military spending to increase in Angola, Azerbaijan, Peru, Qatar, and South Korea - News

August 20, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

LONDON. Defense spending by Angola, Azerbaijan, Peru, Qatar, and South Korea is expected to increase by amore than $16 billion over the next decade, industry analysts say.

Comms

NASA CubeSat initiative accepting applicants for next round - News

August 20, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, which provides access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA centers, accredited educational institutions and non-profit organizations. Applicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 24.

Unmanned

Worldwide UAV market to triple over next decade, say analysts - News

August 20, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Teal Group

FAIRFAX, Virginia. Global spending on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs is expected to triple over the next decade in military, commercial, and consumer markets, according to analysts at Teal Group in a new market analysis. They estimate that UAV production will rise from current worldwide UAV production of $4 billion annually to about $14 billion, totaling $93 billion over the next ten years. Military UAV research spending would add another $30 billion over the same decade.

Comms

Raytheon Blackbird Technologies selected for Special Forces mission support contract - News

August 19, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. Raytheon Blackbird Technologies won the U.S. Special Operations Command(SOCOM)-Wide Mission Support (SWMS) contract to provide program management and technical services to special operations forces (SOF) around the world.

Radar/EW

Gap-Filling Tracking Radar design & development agreement signed - News

August 19, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Weibel Scientific A/S

ROSKILDE, Denmark. Weibel Scientific A/S with the Danish Business Authority’s and Lockheed Martin have entered into an industrial cooperation agreement to design, develop, and test a Gap-Filling Tracking Radar (GFTR).

Cyber

Raytheon and SMU form a partnership for cyber research - News

August 18, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DALLAS. Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Raytheon have joined in a strategic cyber research partnership based on the company?s efforts to collaborate with Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security in SMU?s Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering. Together they will work on research projects in cybersecurity. Education initiatives as well as opportunities for SMU students to intern at Raytheon will be offered.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton enters anechoic chamber for electromagnetic compatibility testing - News

August 18, 2015

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

NAVAIR AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton is underway in Patuxent River.

Avionics

F-15 Strike Eagle replaces legacy displays in the cockpit - News

August 18, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Industrial Electronic Engineers (IEE)

VAN NUYS, Calif. The F-15E Strike Eagle program will be receiving IEE's 6x6 Multi-Purpose Display (MPD) replacing legacy avionics displays in the cockpit, but keeping the form, fit, and function of the existing unit.

Avionics

Air Force chooses COTS-based ILS from Thales - News

August 17, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Thales

ARLINGTON, Virginia. U.S. Air Force officials selected Thales provide Deployable Instrument Landing Systems (D-ILS) that will be used in airfield environments where the capability to enable precision guidance to aircraft on final approach during low visibility or low-ceiling weather conditions – while also being able to quickly set-up, activate, break-down, and re-locate – are essential.