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Reflex Photonics' LightABLE embedded transceivers complete testing - News

April 24, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Reflex Photonics

KIRKLAND, MONTREAL. Reflex Photonics' LightABLE LH Series SR4 full-duplex 4 lane transceiver completed 2,000 hours of Accelerated Lifetime Test against MIL-STD-883J, method 1005, cond. D, June 2013. The test is conducted at a case temperature of 100 degrees Celsius, 15 degrees Celsius.

Radar/EW

Navy takes delivery of USNS Yuma - News

April 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The Navy has accepted delivery of its eighth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, dubbed the USNS Yuma, known as EPF 8.

Radar/EW

Navy repurposes WWII-era test tunnel for developing laser weapons - News

April 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

DAHLGREN, Va. The U.S. Navy recently announced that its top laser experts have transformed a tunnel that had been used for gun-range operations during World War II into a vital new capability for testing laser technologies. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) says that Navy scientists and engineers are using the Laser Lethality and Development Facility?s capabilities to support emerging initiatives to integrate future laser weapon systems aboard Navy ships.

Comms

Comtech awarded $42.7 million contract for Army Blue Force Tracking support - News

April 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

GERMANTOWN, Md. Comtech Mobile Datacom, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, announced that it has won a five-year contract to continue its sustainment support for the U.S. Army's Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC) -- Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) program. BFT-1 is a battle command real-time situational awareness and control system.

Radar/EW

BAE Systems and Leonardo team to develop IR warning system for Army aircraft - News

April 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense contractors BAE Systems and Leonardo DRS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer enhanced threat-detection capabilities for use on U.S. Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft; the companies will collaborate to develop an advanced infrared (IR)-based threat warning system to meet the evolving operational requirements for Army aircraft survivability.

Cyber

DARPA's Colosseum testbed now available for use in SC2 challenge - News

April 21, 2017

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

LAUREL, Md. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced the grand opening of the Colosseum, a next-generation electronic emulator of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Colosseum is located in 30-foot by 20-foot server room on the campus of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

Radar/EW

VSE Corp. garners $91.1 million under FMS contracts - News

April 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems VSE Corporation

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Logistics provider VSE Corporation has been awarded several delivery orders during the first quarter of 2017, totaling approximately $91.1 million, issued under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) International Fleet Support Program Office.

Radar/EW

Six firms win right to compete in $197 million Naval Air Warfare Center contract - News

April 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAWS CHINA LAKE, Calif. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) has agreed to allow six companies to compete for task orders to research, develop, sustain, and update the Navy?s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems (CEIS) under a potential five-year, $197.9 million contract.

Avionics

Reusable rocket engine passes qual test for next-era spaceflight - News

April 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne Boeing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced the completion of hot-fire qualification tests of an engine that demonstrates the ability to meet reusability requirements for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner crew module propulsion system.

Comms

GPS modernization program moves to Air Force user site - News

April 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The Launch and Checkout System (LCS) for the Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System -- known as GPS OCX -- scored a pass rate of 97.7 percent during testing and is now being transitioned from Raytheon's Aurora, Colorado, site to Schriever Air Force Base. The U.S. Air Force-led GPS Modernization Program will enable enhanced positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities for U.S. military and civilian GPS users across the globe.

Radar/EW

Long-range discrimination radar passes preliminary design review - News

April 20, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

MOORESTOWN, N.J. The Lockheed Martin-built Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) passed Preliminary Design Review (PDR), indicating that detailed design on the radar system can move forward. The radar system will support a layered ballistic missile defense strategy to protect the U.S. homeland from ballistic missile attacks.

Comms

Cubic selected to upgrade Canada's data communications network and control center - News

April 20, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Government of Canada officials selected Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corp., to upgrade the National Defence?s Data Communications Network (DCN) and Exercise Control Center (EXCON) for the Canadian Weapons Effect Simulation (CWES) system, in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. The contract is worth approximately $4.5 million ($6 million CDN).

Radar/EW

The future USS Gerald R. Ford completes builder's sea trials - News

April 20, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. The future USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier precommissioning unit (CVN 78) has returned from Builder's Sea Trials to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, after seven days of testing at sea.

Comms

UltiSat awarded task order to provide satellite bandwidth - News

April 20, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ultisat

GAITHERSBURG, Md. Ultisat -- a provider of satellite network services for mission-critical applications -- has been awarded a COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (CTC) task order to provide C-band and Ku-band bandwidth capacity to the United States Air Force (USAF) by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO). The Ultisat work will support satellite communications training and signal testing.

Avionics

Quantum3D, L3 partner for AWACS flight crew training system - News

April 20, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Quantum3D, Inc. L3 Technologies

ORLANDO, Fla. ? Quantum3D Government Systems has been awarded a contract from the Link Simulation & Training division of L3 Technologies to supply portions of the flight crew training system for the U.S. Air Force?s new Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (DRAGON).