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Avionics

Rockwell Collins continues to modernize military test ranges in second production lot contract - News

April 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins will support the second production lot of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) for upgrading Air Force, Navy and Army test ranges under a Department of Defense (DoD) contract worth an estimated $21 million.

Radar/EW

UTC Aerospace Systems begins work on acoustic arrays for Navy submarines - News

April 11, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems UTC Aerospace Systems

CHARLOTTE, N.C. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has announced the start of manufacturing on the first Large Vertical Array (LVA) acoustic structures for Virginia-class submarines.

Unmanned

General Atomics tests new radar warning receiver against air-defense systems - News

April 11, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) announced a successful demonstration of a radar warning receiver (RWR) on a GA-ASI Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The GA-ASI-owned Predator B operated from the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California, performing against various ground-based radars.

Avionics

Northrop Grumman and Terma will continue to team for F-35 parts - News

April 11, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Northrop Grumman and Danish aircraft-component contractor Terma have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), under which Terma will continue to collaborate with Northrop Grumman beyond their current contracted agreements for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

Unmanned

Air Force agreement aims to reduce UAS noise pollution - News

April 10, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing/Airman Systems Directorate/Battlespace Acoustics Branch and composite-systems company Owens Corning have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement to develop and understand best practices for measuring and labeling the sound produced by small unmanned aerial systems (UASs).

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, Inc.

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.