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Unmanned

Blimp-borne JLENS radar preparation completed for Army contingent operations - News

June 30, 2014

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon engineers completed preparation of a blimp-borne radar system -- Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) as a rapidly deployable strategic asset. JLENS was previously used for testing only.

Avionics

Sikorsky to develop Combat Rescue Helicopters for U.S. Air Force - News

June 27, 2014

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company

STRATFORD, CT. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sikorsky Aircraft with a 1.28 billion Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract to develop new combat search and rescue (SAR) helicopters.

Unmanned

Rockwell Collins, NASA to initiate tests to safely integrate UASs into national airspace - News

June 26, 2014

Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. Rockwell Collins has teamed up with NASA to perform risk reduction tests with the end goal to enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to safely operate in the national airspace.

Radar/EW

Next two missile defense SBIRS satellites to be built by Lockheed Martin - News

June 25, 2014

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

SUNNYVALE, CA. Lockheed Martin won a U.S. Air Force contract worth about $1.86 billion to finish production of the fifth and sixth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, also known as GEO-5 and GEO-6, for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).

Unmanned

Unmanned helicopter to use Ethernet router from Curtiss-Wright - News

June 23, 2014

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

Salt Lake City. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions won a contract to supply its COTS-based rugged Ethernet Router technology for use on an unmanned helicopter. Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will deploy its Parvus DuraMAR 5915 router product, which will enable IP data routing onboard the rotorcraft.

Radar/EW

$1.5 million U.S. Navy order given to Mercury Systems for DRFM jammers - News

June 19, 2014

Mercury Systems

CHELMSFORD, MA. The U.S. Navy gives Mercury Defense Systems a $1.5 million order for advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to fulfill both U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force requirements.

Comms

ViaSat, Inc. to provide Top Secret-level encryption for Panasonic Toughpad - News

June 18, 2014

ViaSat

LONDON. Panasonic and ViaSat, Inc. have collaborated to implement IL2-IL6 Top Secret-level security encryption on the rugged Toughpad FZ-G1 tablet.

Radar/EW

Kelvin Hughes announces Single Mast Solution, radar system for surveillance at Eurosatory 2014 - News

June 18, 2014

Kelvin Hughes

PARIS. Kelvin Hughes is demonstrating their Single Mast Solution (SMS), SharpEye SxV radar, and command and control display software, CxEye, at Eurosatory 2014.

Radar/EW

OIS-AT announces first 3D Bird Radar at Eurosatory Paris 2014 - News

June 17, 2014

OIS Advanced Technology

PARIS. OIS Advanced Technology (OIS-AT) has announced at Eurosatory 2014 the first 3D Avian (Bird) Radar System that tracks altitude, position, and vector of birds in flight and on the ground.

Comms

New Ku-Band four-way Iso-Divider for satellite applications - News

June 16, 2014

Crane Aerospace and Electronics

Chandler, AZ and West Caldwell, NJ. Crane Aerospace & Electronics Microwave Solution has announced the Ku-Band four-way Iso-Divider intended for use in satellite applications.

Unmanned

RFEL advanced fusion Driver Vision Enhancement for military usage on display at Eurosatory - News

June 11, 2014

RFEL

Newport, Isle of Wight, UK. RFEL, in collaboration with GuS, KTK Kommunikationstechnik, and Rheinmetall Defence, will be showcasing an advanced fused Driver Vision Enhancement (fDVE) solution at the Eurosatory conference in Paris, France, June 16-20.

Avionics

DARPA miniaturized IMU to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News

June 10, 2014

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

WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Northrop Grumman engineers will be developing a miniaturized navigation grade inertial system for use by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator (C-SCAN) program. It is part of U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center contract.

Radar/EW

Modular, open-architecture radar system to be demonstrated by Raytheon for Navy - News

June 09, 2014

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

TEWKSBURY, MA. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) tasked Raytheon to further develop an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). The company's EASR concept uses existing Radar Modular Assembly (RMA) architecture that has been proven on Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) platforms. EASR will be able to meet the performance needs of various candidate ship classes for ship situational awareness, self-defense, air traffic control, and weather monitoring.

Unmanned

Schiebel UAS helicopter demonstrated for the Brazilian Navy - News

June 06, 2014

Schiebel

VIENNA. Schiebel recently demonstrated the CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter’s capabilities to the Brazilian Navy from the Brazilian Amazonas Class Ship APA near San Pedro, Brazil.

Radar/EW

Diamond Microwave announces new compact SSPA for defense, aerospace applications - News

June 05, 2014

Diamond Microwave

TAMPA, FL. Diamond Microwave announced at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Tampa, FL the new DM‑SC50‑01, a 2-6 GHz GaN-based Solid-State Power Amplifier (SSPA) that can be operated in either pulsed or Continuous Wave (CW) mode.