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Cyber

Security at the hardware level is the goal of DARPA's SSITH program - News

April 10, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials launched a new program that aims to protect against cyberintruders at the hardware and circuit level, rather than relying only on software-based security patches. The System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware (SSITH) program aims to design security directly at the hardware architecture level.

Avionics

Navy signs $142 million contract for tactical combat-training system - News

April 10, 2017

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy has signed a contract worth $142 million with Leonardo DRS and Rockwell Collins to develop its Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II).

Unmanned

Air Force, Lockheed Martin demo manned/unmanned aircraft teaming - News

April 10, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

PALMDALE, Calif. The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and technology contractor Calspan Corp. recently successfully demonstrated manned/unmanned teaming of aircraft aimed at improving efficiency in combat and operational effectiveness for the warfighter.

Cyber

Army Research Laboratory releases open source policy to share software - News

April 07, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army Research Laboratory officials developed an Open Source policy for the sharing ARL-developed software. The goal is to increase collaboration and incentivize innovative ideas among federal and nonfederal research organizations.

Avionics

U.S. Navy selects Elbit Systems to deliver helmet display and mission processor for MH-60S - News

April 07, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems of America

FORT WORTH, Texas. U.S. Navy officials selected Elbit Systems of America, LLC - a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. - for a $50 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide the Helmet Display and Tracker System (HDTS) with the Continuously Computed Impact Point (CCIP) algorithm for the MH-60S.

Comms

U.S. Army taps BAE Systems for M88 support, sustainment - News

April 07, 2017

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

DETROIT ARSENAL, Michigan. The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command -- which generates and sustains mobility, technology, and logistics solutions for U.S. armed forces -- has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $112 million to perform technical support and sustainment of M88 recovery vehicles over the next four years.

Avionics

CH-53K helicopter approved for low-rate initial production funding - News

April 07, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company

STRATFORD, Conn. Lockheed Martin announced that its Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter has successfully passed its Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) review and achieved a Milestone C decision, a determination that enables the craft to enter low-rate initial production funding.

Radar/EW

Air Force awards $95.7 million contract for EW services - News

April 07, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems SRC

SYRACUSE, N.Y. The Air Force has awarded defense and intelligence contractor SRC, Inc. a contract worth $95.7 million contract to continue development on the Sensor Beam program.

Radar/EW

Missile Defense Agency selects Raytheon for AN/TPY-2 GaN upgrade - News

April 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Missile Defense Agency officials tasked Raytheon to continue the development of hardware and software that will add gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology to the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar. The contract with the modification is worth an estimate $10 million.

Unmanned

Aurora Flight Sciences' LightningStrike VTOL aircraft completes flight test program - News

April 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aurora Flight Sciences

MANASSAS, Va. Engineers at Aurora Flight Sciences completed its planned flight test program of the company's XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane subscale vehicle demonstrator (SVD) aircraft. The project, which is funded through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), demonstrated technical features of the XV-24A including outbound and inbound transition flight.

Radar/EW

PICMG adds server-grade functionality to COM Express specification - News

April 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems PICMG

WAKEFIELD, Ma. Officials at PICMG announced the release of Revision 3.0 of COM Express, which adds adds server-grade functionality to COM Express embedded computing systems.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton completes software upgrade test - News

April 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy engineers completed formal lab testing of the Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton. Engineers also conducting a flight test with an upgraded software suite that enhances the autonomous unmanned system?s operational capabilities and enables Early Operational Capability (EOC) deployment in early 2018.

Unmanned

L3 Technologies acquires UUV-based tech company: OceanServer Technology - News

April 05, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. L3 Technologies officials announced the acquisition of OceanServer Technology, Inc. at this year's Sea-Air-Space, the Navy League's Global Maritime Exposition. The business unit has been renamed L3 OceanServer and will be integrated into the company?s Sensor Systems segment. The terms were not disclosed.

Unmanned

RQ-4 Global Hawk RPA passes deployment milestone - News

April 05, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. The U.S. Air Force Central Command reports that a 380th Air Expeditionary Wing RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), carrying a communications-enhancing payload, has completed 1,000 continuous sorties without a single maintenance cancellation while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria.

Avionics

Boeing signs $2.2 billion contract for P-8A aircraft - News

April 04, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

SEATTLE. Boeing has signed a contract worth $2.2 billion with the U.S. Navy, the Australian air force, and the United Kingdom royal air force to supply at least 17 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the purposes of global maritime patrol and intelligence.