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Lockheed Martin selected to deliver Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb kits - News

September 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ARCHBALD, Pa. U.S. Air Force representatives selected Lockheed Martin for a follow-on production contract for the company's Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits. The contract is worth an estimated $87.6 million.

Radar/EW

PXI instruments for defense/aerospace come with test program set compatibility - News

September 16, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Astronics (world headquarters) NI (National Instruments)

AUSTIN. Astronics Test Systems, Inc. and National Instruments collaborative effort has enabled the release of the Astronics PXIe-6943 Digital Test Instrument, Astronics PXIe-3352 Rubidium Clock Source and Astronics PXIe-1209 Pulse Pattern Generator, as well as the previously announced Astronics PXIe-2461 Frequency Time Interval Counter. The intent of the collaboration is to provide PXI-based instruments with test program set-(TPS-) compatible software for existing VXI instruments.

Cyber

AFRL cloud-based software prototype contract won by General Dynamics - News

September 16, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

FAIRFAX, Va. Representatives at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) selected General Dynamics Mission Systems to design, develop, integrate, test, and demonstrate a software prototype that correlates geospatial intelligence, signals intelligence and cyber indicator, and warning data streams for intelligence analysts.

Unmanned

DARPA's Aerial Dragnet program aims to track small UAS in urban setting - News

September 15, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced it's Aerial Dragnet program, which aims to seek innovative technologies to provide persistent, wide-area surveillance of all unmanned aerial systems (UAS) - including small UAS - operating below 1,000 feet in a large city. The focus on the program is to protect military troops operating in an urban setting, the program has the potential to find civilian application to help protect U.S. metropolitan areas from UAS-enabled terrorist threats.

Radar/EW

Intuitive software - AXIS 7.0 version - released by Abaco Systems - News

September 15, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Abaco Systems

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Officials at Abaco Systems announced the release of AXIS version 7.0, an intuitive software environment encompassing the development cycle of embedded computing applications that include radar, sonar, signals intelligence, and image processing. Representatives state, it can also aid developers to meet size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy receives new pulsed power containers to support railgun program - News

September 14, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

SAN DIEGO. U.S. Navy officials received the first of multiple pulsed power containers from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to support the railgun development and testing program. Each container includes pulsed power modules and a pulsed power control system for ease of integration into the Navy's Command and Control infrastructure.

Radar/EW

Navy, USMC, & Lockheed Martin complete demonstration with F-35 and Aegis Weapon System - News

September 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico. U.S Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Lockheed Martin collaborated in a live fire test using the F-35 Lightening II and Aegis Weapon System demonstrating the integration of the F-35 to support Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA).

Unmanned

Bluefin-21 launches multiple micro-autonomous underwater vehicles during U.S. Navy's ANTX - News

September 12, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

NEWPORT, R.I. At this year's Annual Naval Technology Exercises (ANTX), General Dynamics engineers completed several capability exercises using its Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle, including demonstrating the Bluefin-21 capability to launch multiple Bluefin SandShark micro-autonomous underwater vehicles.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy demonstrates cross-domain communications capabilities between UUVs and UAVs - News

September 09, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems AeroVironment, Inc.

RHODE ISLAND. The U.S. Navy completed an exercise demonstrating that AeroVironment's submarine-launched Blackwing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can link with a swarm of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) and communicate with the submarine combat control system. The exercise was conducted during the Annual Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX).

Radar/EW

USS Zumwalt heads to San Diego as more testing and evaluation is scheduled - News

September 08, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

BATH, Maine. U.S. Zumwalt (DDG-1000) begins its three-month journey heading to its homeport in San Diego after completing assessments and crew verifications. Officials scheduled the USS Zumwalt's commissioning ceremony during Fleet Week Maryland in Baltimore on October 15.

Radar/EW

Combat helmet-mounted IDVS combines data with multispectral vision sensors - News

September 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

ADELAIDE, Australia. At the Land Forces 2016 in Adelaide, Australia Rockwell Collins officials introduced a combat helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System (IDVS) for warfighters. It is a display system that combines real-time mission data with multispectral vision sensors into one view.

Comms

U.S. Army officials establish Rapid Capabilities Office - News

September 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. To expedite critical technologies to the field, the U.S. Army created a Rapid Capabilities Office and will conduct rapid materiel development and delivery efforts to address immediate, near-term, and mid-term Combatant Commanders' needs.

Cyber

USAF selects General Dynamics' updated KIV-78 system with cryptographic modules - News

September 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

FAIRFAX, Va. U.S. Air Force officials selected General Dynamics Mission Systems to deliver updated Air Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Mode 4/5 KIV-78 Combined Interrogator/Transponder Applique. Deliveries are expected to begin in February 2017.

Radar/EW

Marine Corps orders nine more G/ATOR systems from Northrop Grumman - News

September 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BALTIMORE. U.S. Marine Corps officials ordered an additional nine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) low rate initial production (LRIP) systems from Northrop Grumman.

Radar/EW

MDA tasks Charles River Analytics to improve sensor fusion systems - News

September 02, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials will continue working with Charles River Analytics in a follow-on contract to improve the performance of sensor fusion systems in ballistic missile defense systems. The two year contract is valued an estimated $1 million.