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Defense intelligence deal for DIA inked with Northrop Grumman - News

December 18, 2023

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman won a contract -- valued up to $700 million -- to provide the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) with an integrated cloud and sensor solution aimed at increasing the speed of battlefield intelligence. 

Avionics

Avionics flight deck from Honeywell Anthem chosen for Overture supersonic - News

December 15, 2023

CENTENNIAL, Colo. Boom Supersonic chose Honeywell Anthem's integrated flight deck and modular avionics platform for its Overture aircraft; special variants of the Overture are planned for enabling quick-reaction aviation capabilities to the U.S. military and its allies.

Unmanned

DARPA chooses Raytheon to develop wireless airborne energy-relay web - News

December 14, 2023

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Raytheon a two-year, $10 million contract to design and develop a wireless airborne-relay system to deliver energy into contested environments as part of its Energy Web Dominance program.

A.I.

AI-enabled sensing radar gets FCC authorization - News

December 14, 2023

BURLINGTON, Mass.  MatrixSpace obtained authorization of its MatrixSpace Radar from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which means that its small-footprint radar system can now be used by defense, commercial, and private organizations in the U.S. 

Avionics

Lynx Software Technologies acquires open source software security firm Timesys - News

December 14, 2023

SAN JOSE, Calif. Lynx Software Technologies has acquired Timesys (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a provider of development tools, cybersecurity solutions, and software-ngineering services for open source embedded and edge software applications. 

Radar/EW

Upgrades to Navy's EA-18G Growler fleet underway: SecNav - News

December 13, 2023

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The Navy is in the process of making upgrades to the EA-18G Growler fleet in an effort to enhance the aircraft's electronic attack capabilities, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday during remarks at the Association of Old Crows' annual symposium.

Radar/EW

Block 4 work for F-35 EW system gets BAE Systems update - News

December 13, 2023

FALLS CHURCH, Va. BAE Systems is giving an update on its progress as it works to produce AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) suites for the Block 4 version of the F-35 fighter.

Radar/EW

Omnetics showcases connectors at AOC for first time - News

December 12, 2023

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The Association of Old Crows (AOC) 2023 symposium is drawing in some new exhibitors from the embedded systems sector, including Omnetics, a company that specializes in connectors and cable assemblies.

Radar/EW

Airborne EW contract announced by Annapolis Micro Systems - News

December 12, 2023

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Annapolis Micro Systems won orders totaling $61.6 million for its RFSoC [RF system-on-chip] and Versal-based solutions -- designed for 3U OpenVPX airborne electronic warfare (EW) applications -- the company announced during the 60th Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.

Radar/EW

RF converter gets debut at AOC 2023 by CAES - News

December 12, 2023

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. CAES showcased a new RF converter at its booth at the Association of Old Crows (AOC 2023) annual show this week.

Radar/EW

Best In Show awards at AOC 2023: Excellence in embedded computing, rugged systems - News

December 12, 2023

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at this week's 60th annual Association of Old Crows International Symposium & Convention. 

Radar/EW

MOSA sensor for cislunar space missions gets green light from AFRL - News

December 12, 2023

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense signed at Phase II contract worth $9.4 million with the Space Control Technology Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to complete development of a low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensor built using modular open systems approach (MOSA) principles in an effort to address the rapidly expanding challenge of space situational awareness (SSA) in the cislunar region (the space between the earth and the moon).

A.I.

AI decision-making contract signed by USAF Reserve Command and HumanTouch - News

December 12, 2023

McLEAN, Va. IT company HumanTouch announced it signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) to deliver digital program objective memorandum (POM) automation solutions to AFRC's more than 82,000 manpower billets in support of AFRC’s efforts to automate, modernize, and develop artificial intelligence (AI) decision capabilities into its budgeting processes with the aim of increased workforce savings, program efficiencies, and superior accuracy.

Radar/EW

AI/GPGU card for compute-intensive processing released by EIZO - News

December 12, 2023

ORLANDO, Florida. EIZO Rugged Solutions launched the Condor NVA500xX, an XMC form factor AI/GPGPU card that is equipped with NVIDIA's RTX A500 GPU for high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) systems requiring intensive computational processing, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

"We are quite busy" with tense situations across the globe: SecNav - News

December 12, 2023

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Navy is "quite busy" juggling three major areas of interest with China, Russia, and the Middle East, and domination of the electromagnetic spectrum will be key to the Navy having an advantage in these areas in the future, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday during his keynote address at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.