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Top ten 2016 military electronics stories - News
December 19, 2016
The most popular stories on Mil-Embedded.com throughout 2016 covered subjects such as manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T), Long-Range Strike Bomber concept, the Lockheed Martin/Leidos merger, solid-state radar tech, and more. Check them out below.
Avionics
FAA issues final rule for small general aviation airplanes - News
December 19, 2016
WASHINGTON. Officials at the U.S. Department of Transportation?s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small general aviation airplanes. The new Part 23 rule will reduce costs for the aviation industry as well streamline approval of new technologies into the marketplace.
Avionics
F-16 aircraft to receive Raytheon's mission computer upgrade - News
December 16, 2016
PLANO, Texas. Raytheon engineers will develop and produce F-16 Modular Mission Computer Upgrade for the U.S. Air Force.
Radar/EW
Modeling and simulation technology support contract won by CACI - News
December 15, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected CACI International Inc. for a three-year task order to support modeling and simulation technology for the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command's (RDECOM) Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).
Unmanned
ONR completes demonstration with swarm of autonomous unmanned boats - News
December 15, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Office of Naval Research (ONR) engineers completed a demonstration in the lower Chesapeake Bay using autonomous unmanned swarming boats with results that could potentially create new possibilities for autonomy in future naval missions.
Comms
Navy Research Laboratory grants license agreement for commercial applications - News
December 14, 2016
WASHINGTON. George Mason University (GMU), U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Technology Transfer Office, and NRL Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory (CMSL) representatives signed a licensing agreement for the commercialization of NRL-developed strain imaging technologies. The agreement grants Point Semantics Corp. rights to develop the technology for industrial and laboratory uses and to market across the globe.
Comms
Demonstration enables live distributed connectivity between Australian air force and U.S.-based lab - News
December 14, 2016
CANBERRA, Australia. Engineers at Northrop Grumman Australia - a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp. - completed a demonstration with a distributed network environment between two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) simulators and a Northrop Grumman test lab.
Avionics
NATO fleet will receive digital flight deck upgrades from Boeing - News
December 13, 2016
SEATTLE. NATO representatives received the first of fourteen cockpit upgrades for the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from Boeing. Upgrades include five full-color glass displays, which provide crewmembers with customizable engine, navigation, and radar data to improve mission execution.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army orders hand-held precision targeting systems from DRS Technologies - News
December 13, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected DRS Technologies to produce next-generation hand-held precision laser targeting systems under a firm-fixed-price contract that is valued an estimated 339.3 million for the next five years.
Unmanned
MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) series from GA-ASI begins flight testing - News
December 12, 2016
SAN DIEGO. The MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) series from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) completed its initial flight from El Mirage Flight Operations Facility in Adelanto, California on October 29th.
Comms
GPS satellite ground system upgrade gets Air Force approval - News
December 12, 2016
DENVER. Lockheed Martin's upgrade design the current GPS satellite ground control system got Air Force approval to move forward. The enhancements include new capabilities that will enable the system to operate more powerful and accurate GPS III satellites.
Unmanned
DARPA plans to develop unmanned swarm tactics in new OFFSET program - News
December 09, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. To help combat small-unit combat forces operating in urban environments, DARPA officials launched the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, which seeks to develop and demonstrate 100 plus operationally relevant swarm tactics that could be used by groups of unmanned air and/or ground systems numbering more than 100 robots.
Cyber
U.S. Navy introduces transportable jet simulation trainers to the fleet - News
December 08, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Officials at the Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office (PMA-205) selected Logistic Services International Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida, to provide eight Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainers (DMRTs) under a procurement contract valued an estimated $8.4 million. The transportable AV-8B cockpit simulation trainers include radar operation; hand-on-throttle-and-stick operation; heads up and multi-color display; and control monitor set functionality.
Cyber
Probabilistic models will be developed for IARPA's insider threat detection program - News
December 08, 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Engineers at Charles River Analytics Inc. will support the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) in the advancement of the Continuous Insider Threat Detection (SCITE) Program. The contract spans over a year and is valued approximately $1.25 million. If all options are exercised in the contract, it could add to the total an additional $2.5 million.
Comms
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions expands flight test instrumentation & data acquisition portfolio - News
December 07, 2016
ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Corp. officials announced their intention to acquire Teletronics Technology Corp. (TTC) for $233 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in early 2017 and remains subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions. TTC will operate under the company's Defense Solutions division.
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