Industry News

Radar/EW

SIGINT engineering and signal processing company bought by CACI - News

April 08, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc. officials announced that the company has acquired LTC Engineering Associates, Inc., in Sarasota, Fla., which provides digital signals processing, cybersecurity, software engineering, signals intelligence (SIGINT), and communications intelligence (COMINT) to the intelligence and Department of Defense (DoD) communities.

Radar/EW

LRAS3 sensor-to-missile technology adds situational awareness and safety - News

April 07, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

MCKINNEY, Texas. U.S. military officials look to increase situational awareness and safety on the battlefield by integrating the Long Range Acquisition Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) with sensor-to-missile technology from Raytheon.

Radar/EW

DRS and RADA join hands to bring Israeli company's AESA radar to North American market - News

April 07, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that DRS signed a strategic teaming agreement with a radar company named RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. of Netanya, Israel, to bring the its tactical active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar technology into the North American market.

Avionics

Cockpit display multi-touch development tool, VAPS XT 4.1, released by Presagis - News

April 07, 2015

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

MONTREAL. Presagis officials released the company's next-generation software for Human Machine Interface (HMI) development, dubbed VAPS XT 4.1. The new version has a new multi-touch and gesture development framework that was designed via close work with major airframe manufacturers for use in avionics cockpit displays.

Comms

NSA certifies General Dynamics' TCLANE 10G encryptor - News

April 06, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

FAIRFAX, Va., NSA has certified General Dynamics Missions Systems’ TCLANE-10G (KG-175X) in-line network encryptor. The NSA certification sanctions U.S. government organizations to use the 10G encryptor.

Avionics

Army CH-47F Chinooks get upgraded RNP-RNAV capabilities from Rockwell Collins - News

April 06, 2015

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Rockwell Collins engineers provided a Required Navigation Performance-Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV) upgrade to U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopters already equipped with the company's Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS).

Unmanned

UAS distribution agreement signed by Northrop Grumman Remotech & AirRobot - News

April 06, 2015

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

CLINTON, Tenn. Officials at Northrop Grumman subsidiary Remotec Inc. and leaders at AirRobot US have joined hands in a distribution agreement for AirRobot's line of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under this agreement, Remotec will be the sole reseller of these systems to the first responder and law enforcement market in the United States.

Radar/EW

Congress approves funding; U.S. Navy issues modifications for Littoral Combat Ship contract - News

April 02, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin heads the industry team on the construction and procurement of a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) where the U.S. Navy just issued a contract modification with a value at $362 million and an additional $79 million for a second ship. The remaining balance will be funded by the end of the year.

Radar/EW

NORAD threat warnings and assessment contract won by Raytheon - News

April 01, 2015

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

DULLES, Va. Raytheon won a $700 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to support the organization's threat warnings and assessments at its Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

Radar/EW

Prototype TARDEC controller fueled by Open Architecture processor from Lockheed Martin - News

March 31, 2015

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers are providing their Open Architecture Processor as the basis for a new prototype controller for military vehicle active protection systems being developed by experts at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) at the U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Mich.

Radar/EW

AH-1W Cobra helicopter fires TOW 2A radio frequency missiles - News

March 30, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz., In a joint exercise with the Naval Air Systems Command, Raytheon test fired two tube-launched, optically-tracked, and wireless-guided (TOW) 2A radio frequency (RF) practice missiles from an AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter.

Comms

Oceanic Data Link service enables real-time data communications - News

March 27, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Rockwell Collins won a seven-year contract to provide oceanic data link (ODL) service to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), that will will enable real-time data communications between air traffic controllers and pilots.

Avionics

DARPA ALIAS tailored kit promises high levels of automation - News

March 26, 2015

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

WASHINGTON. DARPA selected three companies for the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) contract to test out phase one capabilities. ALIAS looks to have a tailored, drop-in, and removable kit that will enable high levels of automation, resulting in reduced pilot workload, increased mission performance, and improved aircraft safety.

Avionics

NATO AWACS fly with new avionics system from Rockwell Collins - News

March 26, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Tests were completed on NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft flying with the Rockwell Collins Flight2 avionics system.

Avionics

SYSGO and Curtiss-Wright demo a secure RTOS running on an ARM processor at Aviation Electronics Europe - News

March 26, 2015

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

MUNICH. Engineers at SYSGO and Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions demonstrated a secure real-time-operating system (RTOS) running on an ARM processor this week at the Aviation Electronics Europe event at SYSGO's booth -- #19. The joint platform combines SYSGO’s DO-178B/C certified hypervisor PikeOS with Curtiss-Wright’s VPX3-1701 Freescale LS1020A dual ARM Cortex-A7 processor-based single board computer (SBC) in an avionics solution.