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Unmanned

U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft autonomously refuels in flight - News

April 23, 2015

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

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – Over the coast of Maryland and Virginia in the Atlantic Test Ranges, the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System program completed a test objective of an Autonomous Aerial Refueling (ARR) of an unmanned aircraft, the X-47B.

Unmanned

Swarm of small UAVs are used in Navy's LOCUST demonstrations - News

April 22, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced a recent demonstration of the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) Program. The exercise demonstrated technology of cooperative swarming of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Cyber

Cybersecurity; prevention, detection, and remediation addressed in new Raytheon tool suite - News

April 21, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. Raytheon officials released their SureView suite this week. The new solution tackles cybersecurity by combining human and machine knowledge to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks.

Radar/EW

Where is COTS Technology Today, webcast panel, April 21 at 11 am Est - News

April 20, 2015

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

FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. More than 20 years ago then U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry issued his COTS memo, which dictated that all the services use commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology wherever and whenever possible. Tomorrow, experts from the military electronics market discuss the impact of that memo on the defense industry two decades later in a webcast titled "Where is COTS Technology Today?"

Comms

U.S. Marine Corps P-19R firefighting vehicle enters production phase - News

April 20, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oshkosh Defense

OSHKOSH, Wis. Production and deployment phase begins for the P-19 Replacement (P-19R) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fight (ARFF) vehicle. The U.S. Marine Corps selected Oshkosh Defense, LLC. in May 2013 for the P-19R contract.

Unmanned

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy complete testing of Air-to-Air Missile - News

April 20, 2015

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

TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Air Force completes operational testing for the Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), the AIM-120D. Following suit, the U.S. Navy finished its initial operational capability (IOC) on the missile.

Avionics

Argentina's C-130 aircraft to get avionics facelift from Rockwell Collins - News

April 20, 2015

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

RIO DE JANEIRO. The Argentine air force (AAF) announced that it will use the Flight2 avionics system from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the country's C-130 upgrade program. Work already started the end of last year with L-3 Platform Integration, prime contractor for the upgrade program, installing equipment on five aircraft.

Radar/EW

Raytheon gets $2 billion to provide Patriot missile defense system to international user - News

April 17, 2015

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon won a contract worth more than $2.0 billion to provide their Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to an undisclosed international customer.

Comms

New space-designed, waveform processor from Northrop Grumman tested for warfighter communications - News

April 16, 2015

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

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grumman engineers demonstrated a new space-design protected tactical waveform (PTW) processor that they say improves user data rates by as much as a factor of 20, enhances spectral efficiency by as much as a factor of four and enables bandwidth-on-demand to enhance warfighter communications in contested tactical environments.

Unmanned

Contract will update U.S. Navy submarine's weapon platforms - News

April 14, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

Arlington, VA. BAE Systems wins a three-year contract with the U.S. Navy to provide updated weapons engineering and services for U.S. and allied submarines.

Comms

SpaceVPX standard ratified by VITA Standards Organization - News

April 14, 2015

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

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. Officials at VITA, the trade association, behind the VPX and VME standards, announced that the VITA 78 “SpaceVPX Systems” achieved ANSI recognition as ANSI/VITA 78.00-2015, which completes the VITA and ANSI processes for reaching full recognition under the guidance of the VITA Standards Organization (VSO).

Radar/EW

Rugged, Gigabit Ethernet switch with Cisco IOS router designed by X-ES - News

April 13, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES)

MADISON, Wis. The XPand6206 20-Port Gigabit Ethernet switch and Cisco IOS router from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is designed to meet performance and reduced Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements for military unmanned system payloads, radar, and signal processing heavy applications.

Avionics

Splunk software to help monitor IT data for F-35 Lightning II - News

April 10, 2015

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

SAN FRANCISCO. Splunk Inc. Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program will be using software from Splunk to monitor and analyze IT systems and network behavior for the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), which supports the F-35.

Radar/EW

Marine exercise tests DARPA air support system - News

April 09, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, VA. During TALON REACH, a U.S. Marine Corps infantry/aviation training exercise involving Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One and the Marine Infantry Officer Course (IOC), DARPA tested the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) system. The PCAS program enables sharing of real-time situational awareness and weapons systems data with almost any aircraft.

Unmanned

High energy laser from General Atomics finishes beam quality test - News

April 09, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. (GA‑ASI) The Gen 3 High Energy Laser System (HEL) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed beam quality and power measurements of G using the Joint Technology Office (JTO) Government Diagnostic System (GDS). The testing was performed by an independent measurement team under contract to the U.S. Government.