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Unmanned

UAS sensor engineering firm, Sensintel bought by Raytheon - News

January 30, 2015

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon purchased unmanned aircraft system (UAS) solution provider Sensintel, Inc., which will become part of Raytheon Company's Missile Systems business.

Unmanned

DARPA to leverage open architectures, enabling UAS to fly as collaborative units - News

January 29, 2015

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

WASHINGTON. DARPA officials announced that the agency's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program is offering the opportunity to participate in discussions to enable development of "groundbreaking" software that will allow unmanned aircraft to work together with minimal supervision.

Cyber

British cyber security contract won by Northrop Grumman - News

January 29, 2015

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

LONDON. United Kingdom government officials selected Northrop Grumman to provide a variety of cyber security solutions. Under the contract company personnel will deliver engineering and development services to support information assurance and data security.

Avionics

Updates made to VxWorks RTOS by Wind River - News

January 28, 2015

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

ALAMEDA, Calif. Officials at Wind River released updates to the company's VxWorks 653, which has support for multi-core silicon and partitioning for applications that enable certification to multilevel RTCA DO-178. Wind River also announced support for the Safety Base Profile of Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) 2.1 Technical Standard.

Radar/EW

Radar system design and open architectures, webcast today at 2 pm Est. - News

January 28, 2015

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

FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. Embedded software experts from RTI discuss how radar designers can leverage standards-based communications technologies to architect your future radar systems in a webcast titled "Two Approaches You Must Consider when Architecting Radar Systems" happening today, Jan. 28 at 2 pm Est. The event is hosted by Military Embedded Systems online and OpenSystems Media.

Radar/EW

Navy Super Hornet's long-range sensor system gets green light for LRIP - News

January 26, 2015

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

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy officials granted approval for the infrared search and track (IRST) system on the F/A-18 Super Hornet to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP). The system was designed and integrated by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

Avionics

New avionics automated testing station delivered to Navy by Lockheed Martin - News

January 23, 2015

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers dropped off the U.S. Navy's first electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS), which will help maximize aircraft readiness. Sailors and marines will be using the system to troubleshoot and repair naval aircraft electronic components while at sea and ashore, enabling them to return aircraft to operational status more quickly and efficiently.

Comms

RTI delivers communications software to Canadian government - News

January 22, 2015

Real Time Innovations (RTI)

SUNNYVALE, Calif. The Canadian government has selected Real-Time Innovations' (RTI's) Connext DDS communications to be incorporated into the Land Command Support System (LCSS), which integrates multiple Army-wide communications, command and control, and computing systems through one tactical system.

Comms

More military rescue radios ordered by Air Force - News

January 21, 2015

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

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. The U.S. Air Force ordered another 336 Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) radios from Boeing, who will also upgrade the system’s global base station network.

Comms

Curtiss-Wright to upgrade USMC Amphibious Assault Vehicle with Cisco IOS-based Parvus solutions - News

January 20, 2015

Curtiss-Wright

PHOENIX, AZ. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions announced at the Embedded Tech Trends conference that they have received a contract from Strategic Communications, LLC to supply its switch subsystems and rugged network routers to support the U.S. Marine Corps’ AAVC-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) upgrade.

Unmanned

Japan wants Global Hawk and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to be its eyes in the sky - News

January 19, 2015

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

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Japan, looking to enhance its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), selected Northrop Grumman's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft and an unmanned aircraft platform, the RQ-4 Global Hawk.

Comms

GET Engineering announces new Virtual Navy communications system - News

January 16, 2015

GET Engineering

SAN DIEGO. GET Engineering Corporation has announced the launch of Virtual Navy Tactical Data Systems (V-NTDS), a new communications system to replace traditional NTDS. The new V-NTDS is designed to reduce development and deployment costs by removing the need for NTDS adapters and costly cables for NTDS communication.

Avionics

AIA annual forecast: defense spending still dangerously low - News

January 15, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

WASHINGTON. Officials at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) released their annual “Year End Review and Forecast” for the aerospace industry and AIA President and CEO Marilyn Blakey cautioned that the downward spiral of defense spending and government investment in research and development (R & D) will lead to a “dangerous decline in our highly skilled aerospace and defense workforce.

Comms

Rad-hard, power IC supplier, International Rectifier, acquired by Infineon Technologies - News

January 15, 2015

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

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Officials at Infineon Technologies AG in Munich, Germany announced that the company has completed its purchase of radiation-hardened (rad-hard), power semiconductor provider International Rectifier, in El Segundo, Calif., for about $3 billion.

Unmanned

Navy underwater drone gets major upgrade with COTS tech - News

January 14, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Phoenix International Holdings, Inc.

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. engineers finished an upgrade of the U.S. Navy’s Deep Drone remotely operated vehicle (ROV) which is capable of submerging to a depth of 8,000 feet. The upgrade consisted of installing a new umbilical, sonar, LED lighting system, high definition camera, an updated frame, and a new foam pack.