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Radar/EW

QinetiQ wins Navy contract for control hardware and software for Navy aircraft carrier - News

March 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics QinetiQ North America

WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has confirmed that it has entered into a $41 million definitized contract with General Atomics (GA -- San Diego, California) to deliver control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) that is set to be installed on the Navy?s next aircraft carrier, the future John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). This announcement follows the initial $16 million contract announced in December 2015.

Cyber

DARPA contracts with Vencore Labs for advanced cyberdefense research - News

March 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Vencore

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it has awarded Vencore Labs, Inc., with multiple contracts to deliver research in the area of cyberdefense against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The contracts are valued at $17.7 million and will be performed as part of DARPA?s Extreme DDoS Defense (XD3) program over the next three years.

Radar/EW

Qioptic wins $100 million contract from U.K. Ministry of Defense - News

March 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Qioptic

ST. ASAPH, Wales. Qioptic has announced that Britain's Defense Ministry awarded it a contract worth $100 million for STAS (Surveillance and Target Acquisition ? Support). The contract has options for an additional five years of support, which would increase the contract by a further $84 million.

Radar/EW

Hensoldt and Leonardo sign MOU for Mode-5 IFF solutions - News

March 23, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT Leonardo

ROME. Hensoldt and Leonardo officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer Mode-5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) solutions to customers. Leonardo and Hensoldt - formerly known as Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security - will work together as "Team Skytale."

Radar/EW

Littoral combat ship completes final contract trials - News

March 23, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8) completed final contract trials this month. This marks the completion of the construction and initial operating testing of the Navy?s eighth LCS, officials say.

Avionics

NASA teams with Rockwell Collins to demo sonic-boom display - News

March 23, 2017

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

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. NASA and Rockwell Collins recently teamed to demonstrate the Sonic Boom Display at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. The usability demonstration and pilot working group meeting marked a major milestone in the two-year project.

Radar/EW

SAAB AB officials receive electromagnetic simulator for Gripen aircraft testing - News

March 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BUFFALO, N.Y. Officials at the Amherst Systems business unit of Northrop Grumman Corp. delivered a Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) to SAAB AB, Surveillance in Jarfalla, Sweden. CEESIM will perform aircraft testing on the Gripen JAS 39 multirole fighter.

Radar/EW

Navy delivers upgraded Tomahawk weapons-control system - News

March 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Navy has delivered an upgraded Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) to the fleet; the Tomahawk cruise-missile control system has been in operation for more than a decade.

Avionics

Air Force and Boeing test KC-46A tanker aircraft - News

March 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus team recently concluded testing of the Air Force's newest refueling aircraft at Travis Air Force Base (situated in the San Francisco Bay area). The military and Federal Aviation Administration certification testing effort was a combined effort between Boeing Test and Evaluation and the Detachment 1/418th Flight Test Squadron, which are colocated at Boeing's Seattle facility.

Radar/EW

Navy & Old Dominion University sign CRADA to assess security in cyber-electronic warfare systems - News

March 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

CRANE, Ind. Old Dominion University (ODU) and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) entered into a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with an end-goal to assess security risks for Cyber Electronic Warfare (Cyber-EW) systems in Navy piers and ports.

Unmanned

DARPA's DREaM program aims to take next step in transistor technology - News

March 21, 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 will host a Proposers Day in support of the Dynamic Range-enhanced Electronics and Materials (DREaM) on March 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. The program is designed to provide openings to path-breaking advances in transistor technology that generate and receive radio frequency (RF) and millimeter-wave signals?which are central in defense-relevant domains such as communications, signals intelligence, and electronic warfare (EW).

Unmanned

Teledyne awarded $9.98 million to supply IR detectors for Jupiter mission - News

March 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Teledyne Technologies

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, a Teledyne Technologies subsidiary, has been awarded a $9.98 million contract from the French Space Agency -- the Centre National d??tudes Spatiales (CNES) -- to provide infrared detectors and electronics for the European Space Agency (ESA) JUICE mission to Jupiter. JUICE -- the ESA's acronym for JUpiter Icy moon Explorer -- is expected to launch in 2022 and reach Jupiter in 2030 to undertake a 3 1/2-year study of Jupiter and three of its moons: Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa.

Unmanned

UUV completes underwater mine-hunting trials - News

March 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

QUINCY, Mass. General Dynamics Mission Systems reports that it has successfully completed a comprehensive evaluation of Knifefish, an autonomous surface mine countermeasure (SMCM) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), in coordination with the U.S. Navy.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy, Mercury agree to DRFM jammer contract - News

March 21, 2017

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

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a follow-on, five-year, sole source basic ordering agreement (BOA) from the U.S. Navy to deliver advanced digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) subsystems that support frequency jamming in a multithreat environment.

Cyber

MacB to provide IT solutions in support of Air Force equipment management system - News

March 20, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

DAYTON, Ohio. U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) officials selected MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) to provide Information Technology (IT) solutions in support of the Air Force Equipment Management System (AFEMS).