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Unmanned

Northrop Grumman Smart Node Pod demonstrates C4ISR interoperability - News

November 17, 2016

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

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated how its Smart Node Pod -- a small, self-contained, aircraft-mounted system -- can aid in battlefield communications and information-sharing across a wide variety of networks and mission threads. The Smart Node Pod's capabilities were presented during Bold Quest, a coalition demonstration and assessment event sponsored twice yearly by the Joint Staff at the Department of Defense (DoD); Bold Quest 16.2 was conducted in the Savannah, Georgia, area from mid-October through early November.

Unmanned

Air Force exercises $76 million option on Raytheon aerial decoy jammer contract - News

November 16, 2016

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missile Systems has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue production of vehicles and support equipment for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer (MALD-J), a low-cost, air-launched programmable craft that can deceive opponents' radars and air-defense systems by duplicating all combat flight profiles and aircraft radar signatures.

Avionics

F-22 sustainment contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

November 16, 2016

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

FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $536 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for sustaining the F-22 Raptor.

Avionics

U.S. Army chooses Rockwell Collins to assess technologies for FVL systems - News

November 15, 2016

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. The U.S. Army has selected Rockwell Collins to conduct collaborative studies on advanced system designs and integration processes for the Architecture Implementation Process Demonstration (AIPD).

Comms

Coast Guard Cutters get C4ISR and machinery control systems from Northrop Grumman - News

November 15, 2016

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

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia. Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers will design C4ISR and machinery control systems (MCS) for the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) under a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG). As many as 25 OPCs are expected to be built by the Coast Guard to replace its entire fleet of medium endurance cutters.

Unmanned

Avenger UAV makes initial flight - News

November 14, 2016

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

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) announced that it has completed the initial flight of its Avenger Extended Range (ER) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an extended-range version of its multimission jet-powered Predator C Avenger craft, which has accumulated over 13,000 flight hours to date. GA-ASI says that the flight took place on October 27th at the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, California.

Comms

NASA to launch groups of small satellites for science missions - News

November 14, 2016

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON, D.C. NASA has announced that it will launch a suite of six small-satellite missions, beginning sometime in November 2016 and continuing into spring 2017, aimed at demonstrating new technologies while studying the Earth's climate and energy budget.

Avionics

U.S. Air Force orders three deployable landing systems from Thales - News

November 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales

LA DEFENSE,France. U.S. Air Force officials ordered three Deployable ? Instrument Landing Systems (D-ILS) from Thales. The order is part of a contract announced in August 2015.

Radar/EW

Freedom-variant LCS vessels to receive Airbus Defense and Space TRS-4D radars - News

November 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Airbus Defence & Space

HERNDON, Va. The U.S. Navy's Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will receive the TRS-4D naval radar from Airbus Defense and Space, Inc., who is under contract with its affiliate, Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security GmbH.

Cyber

NSA/DHS officials designate institutions as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense - News

November 10, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

FORT MEADE, MD. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Security Agency (NSA) officials designated the following eight institutions as NSA/DHS National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense: Augusta University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida International University, Middle Georgia State University, University of Delaware, Clark State Community College, Lake Superior College, and Red Rocks Community College.

Radar/EW

BAE Systems awarded $36 million Navy contract to upgrade USS New Orleans - News

November 10, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, VA. The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $36.7 million contract to perform repairs and maintenance on the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18). The work will be done at BAE Systems' new dry dock in San Diego.

Cyber

Army tasks Leidos to deliver driver training simulation systems - News

November 10, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. The U.S. Department of the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation tasked Leidos to finalize and launch 14 Common Driver Trainer (CDT) systems. Once completed, the simulation systems will be delivered to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Radar/EW

Modernized TACMS missiles complete test in White Sands Missile Range - News

November 09, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

DALLAS. Engineers at Lockheed Martin complete a flight test with the modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Comms

U.S. Army orders secret and non-secure routers from Comtech - News

November 09, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

MELVILLE, N.Y. The U.S. Army Project Manager for the Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (WIN-T) Commercial Satellite Terminal Program approved funding to procure Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems from Comtech's Command & Control Technologies Group - part of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Government Solutions segment.

Comms

NCI tasked to engineer and test INSCOM C4I/IT systems for U.S. Army - News

November 08, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

RESTON, Va. The U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command, National Capital Region Engineering Directorate tasked NCI, Inc. to deliver engineering and integration services to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) at Fort Meade, Maryland under the TEIS III contract. The task order is valued at $10 million and covers an 18-month period.