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Avionics

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter procurement agreement reached by DoD, Lockheed Martin - News

October 28, 2014

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

WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials reached an agreement in principle regarding the production of 43 F-35 Lightning II aircraft and expect the Low-Rate Initial Production lot 8 (LRIP 8) contract to be finalized before the end of the year.

Radar/EW

UK MOD Mode 5 IFF capability to be upgraded by Raytheon/Thales team - News

October 27, 2014

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

LONDON. U.K. Ministry of Defence officials tasked the Raytheon U.K., Thales U.K. team to conduct a one-year study into upgrading existing Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems to Mode 5, which will meet NATO's requirement for a new standard of IFF across all platforms.

Unmanned

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS completes sloped landing test - News

October 24, 2014

Northrop Grumman

Point Mugu, Calif. Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C Fire Scout has successfully completed precision sloped landing tests at Point Mugu, Naval Base Ventura County.

Comms

U.S. Navy grants General Dynamics Electric Boat contract modification for nuclear submarines - News

October 23, 2014

General Dynamics Electric Boat

GROTON, Conn. General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has been awarded an $18.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy. The updated contract will be to perform reactor-plant planning yard services for nuclear submarines and support-yard services for moored training ships.

Unmanned

Army's Aerostat enabling airborne surveillance for U.S. borders - News

October 22, 2014

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

WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin officials and the Army have extended the mission of the company's Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) aerostat system to be evaluated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for operation along the Southern border of the United States.

Avionics

Airbus selects new helicopter Attitude and Heading Reference System from Northrop Grumman - News

October 21, 2014

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

ORLANDO. Airbus Helicopters chose Northrop Grumman Corp. to certify and deliver its new LCR-350 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for various platforms.

Comms

New, small RF tuner released by DRS Technologies - News

October 20, 2014

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

ARLINGTON, Va. ̶ Officials at the Signal Solutions business of DRS Technologies a new, small tactical radio frequency tuner dubbed Polaris.

Unmanned

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy flight test second Triton UAS - News

October 16, 2014

Northrop Grumman

PALMDALE, Calif. On October 15, the U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman completed the first flight test of the second MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The over 6-hour flight was a critical first step in preparing the UAS to fly to a Navy facility in Maryland in late October.

Comms

Raytheon develops wearable computer system for intel operations - News

October 15, 2014

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

WASHINGTON. Raytheon engineers announced the company's wearable computing Intel-Ops solution at the AUSA 2014 Meeting and Exposition this week. The new solution merges a wearable computer system with Raytheon's situational awareness capabilities to provide an enhanced real-time view of the battlefield.

Avionics

Qatar Apache Targeting and Pilotage Systems contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

October 14, 2014

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin won a $90.6 million foreign military sale contract from the U.S. Army to deliver Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems to the Qatar Emiri Air Force.

Radar/EW

Landshield GPS enhanced anti-jam capability announced by Raytheon UK at AUSA 2014 - News

October 13, 2014

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

WASHINGTON. Raytheon UK officials launched a new version of the company's battlefield global positioning system anti-jam (GPS-AJ) capability, called Landshield, this week at AUSA 2014. The new system will enable advanced anti-jam capability for simultaneous L1 and L2 GPS frequencies.

Comms

Boeing satellite communications antenna system completes testing - News

October 09, 2014

Boeing

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. Boeing’s aircraft satellite communications antenna system has completed environmental and performance testing. The system will be delivered to the United Arab Emirates satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat).

Comms

Payload for fourth SBIRS Missile Defense Early Warning Satellite delivered to Air Force - News

October 08, 2014

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

SUNNYVALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman personnel have delivered the payload to the U.S. Air Force for the fourth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).

Comms

Low-cost satellite communication terminals showcased by Northrop Grumman at MILCOM - News

October 07, 2014

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

BALTIMORE, Md. Northrop Grumman engineers are showcasing three variants of protected low-cost terminals (LCTs) at MILCOM 2014 at the Baltimore Convention Center this week. On display at their booth -- No. 403 -- are Protected communications on the move (P-COTM) terminals, airborne terminals, and TCS Protected ULTRA terminals. All are designed to provide rapid, jam-resistant connectivity for tactical missions at the same price point as unprotected military communication terminals.

Comms

ARC-210 from Rockwell Collins first airborne radio to operate on MUOS - News

October 06, 2014

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Oct. 1, 2014) – The ARC-210 radio from Rockwell Collins is the first airborne radio to operate over the Department of Defense (DoD) Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), which is is based on cellular phone technology.