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Cyber

U.S. Navy cybersecurity research and support contract won by Raytheon - News

October 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected Raytheon for a cybersecurity research and support contract worth an estimated $98 million for cyberspace science, research, engineering and technology integration.

Radar/EW

3U power supply combines XMC mezzanine slot expansion and 6-port PCIe switch - News

October 06, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. At the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) meeting, Curtiss-Wright?s Defense Solutions division introduced the 3U embedded power supply that also delivers system I/O expansion without increasing slot count. The PSU3-THOR power supply combines dual XMC mezzanine slot expansion and a 6-port PCI Express (PCIe) Gen2 switch into a 3U VPX slot unit.

Comms

Synturian product family of control and collaboration tech introduced at AUSA by Textron Systems - News

October 05, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Textron

WASHINGTON. Officials at Textron Systems Unmanned systems introduced the Synturian ? part of the Ground Control Station (GCS) family of products. It is a family of multi-domain control and collaboration technology that enables enhanced situational awareness.

Radar/EW

Secure rackmount server introduced by Mercury Systems at AUSA - News

October 04, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

WASHINGTON. Mercury Systems, Inc. introduced a rackmount secure server for the defense market at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) this year. The ATX-class servers are designed to drive mission processing, sensor processing, and cybersecurity applications.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army's AH-64E Apache helicopter to receive sensor upgrades - News

October 03, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers will upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) on the AH-64E Apache helicopter under a U.S. Army contract worth an estimated $49.3 million.

Comms

USAF new command and control facility to receive support from SAIC - News

September 30, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SAIC

MCLEAN, Va. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Pacific officials placed a tasked order with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to provide technical engineering and installation services to support a command and control facility (C2F) for the U.S. Air Force.

Unmanned

Interoperable tech opportunities growing in U.S. UAS market, analysts say - News

September 29, 2016

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

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The U.S. military, looking to minimize training requirements, is channeling funding toward platform upgrades and autonomy especially in unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), say analysts at Frost & Sullivan. The U.S. Air Force wants to upgrade its UAS programs by deploying an open architecture, ensuring standards-based modularity to enable plug and play sensors and implementing quick hardware and software upgrades, according to Frost & Sullivan.

Radar/EW

Aitech rugged GPGPU system provides 1 teraflop to the sensor - News

September 28, 2016

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

CHATSWORTH, Calif. Officials at Aitech Defense Systems Inc., announced a new fanless, rugged GPGPU supercomputer that measures only 20 cubic inches, while providing 1 TeraFLOP of parallel processing. Dubbed the A176 Cyclone, it comes in a custom small form factor design and provides 60 GigaFLOPs/Watt in a low-power high performance embedded computer (HPEC).

Radar/EW

Handheld tactical sensor developed to detect RF signals for DARPA program - News

September 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

Merrimack, N.H. BAE Systems engineers developed a handheld tactical sensor that soldiers can use to understand radio frequency (RF) signals for enhanced situational awareness.

Cyber

NCI to provide IT support services to Fort Stewart, Southeast region - News

September 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

RESTON, Va. NCI, Inc. will provide information technology (IT) services in support of the Southeast Regional Network Enterprise Center (R-NEC) at Fort Stewart, Georgia under an ITES-2S contract valued an estimated $11 million.

Radar/EW

Oshkosh Defense receives $42 million JLTV order from U.S. Army - News

September 27, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oshkosh Defense

OSHKOSH, Wis. U.S. Army officials placed a $42 million order with OshKosh Defense, LLC for the the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program including vehicles, installed kits, and packaged kits. The order exercises available options under the awarded contract from August 2015.

Avionics

MQ-4C Triton receives milestone C approval - News

September 26, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Department of the Navy officials announced the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) received milestone C approval, which will enable the program to enter into Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP).

Unmanned

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers test counter-unmanned aerial system capabilities - News

September 26, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

GULF OF MEXICO. The USS Lassen (DDG-82) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) completed an exercise demonstrating its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities.

Avionics

U.S. Marine Corps complete operational test of Common Aviation C2 System - News

September 23, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. U.S. Marine Corps representatives completed an operational test of the General Dynamics-built Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) during a Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course in Yuma, Arizona.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin selects General Atomics lithium-ion battery system for submersible vehicle - News

September 23, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Lockheed Martin selected General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' (GA-EMS) Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system to power the U.S. Special Operations Command?s (USSOCOM) Dry Combat Submersible (DCS) propulsion and internal support systems.