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Comms

NASA is looking for small satellite proposals - News

February 06, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. Officials at NASA in Washington are requesting proposals for small satellite technology flight demonstrations ti improve the technical capabilities as well as range of uses this spacecraft category.

Cyber

Embedded software security testing solution released by Wind River and Coverity - News

February 06, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Wind River Coverity

SAN FRANCISCO AND ALAMEDA, Calif. Officials at Wind River Alameda, Calif., and Coverity in San Francisco have joined hands create a solution that integrates a development testing platform from Coverity into embedded software products from Wind River.

Avionics

NAVAIR unveils P-8A Poseidon cockpit and weapons simulators - News

February 03, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Navy leaders have introduced brand new cockpit simulators for P-8A Poseidon pilots to train on the state-of-the art avionics and weapons computers they will fly with when the new aircraft is deployed to the fleet later this year.

Comms

MUOS satellite payload readies for launch - News

February 03, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. The Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite has been encapsulated into its payload fairing to get ready for a Feb. 16 liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on an Atlas V launch vehicle.

Unmanned

Army Ground Combat Vehicle program hybrid electric drive to use QinetiQ transmission - News

February 03, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Qinetiq

MCLEAN, Va. Engineers at QinetiQ will provide the transmission for a hybrid electric drive for the U.S. Army?s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program?s technology development phase.

Unmanned

Global Hawk UAV airborne communications payload supplied by Northrop Grumman - News

February 02, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman won a U.S. Air Force $2.7 million contract to integrate two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two Global Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Comms

Australian military buys $235 million of Harris radio technology - News

February 01, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla., The Australian Department of Defense rewarded Harris Corp. in Melbourne, Fla., with a $235 million contract for new radio systems as part of the country?s efforts to modernize its tactical radio program with Type-1 tactical data and voice communications.

Comms

Virtex-7 FPGA Software defined radio modules introduced by Pentek - News

February 01, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. Engineers at Pentek announced the first product from their new Virtex-7 line of FPGA modules called Onyx.

Cyber

WebShield security product from Raytheon added to UCDMO baseline list - News

February 01, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

HERNDON, Va. Officials at the Unified Cross Domain Management Office (UCDMO) selected Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions' WebShield for use on the version 4.1 baseline list.

Cyber

Software security, cryptographic tool solutions suite released by Green Hills Software - News

January 30, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Green Hills Software, Inc.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Officials at Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., released a security solution consisting of Suite B-Compliant Security Protocol Toolkits and Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) system, designed by the company?s INTEGRITY Security Services (ISS) business unit.

Comms

DARPA SDR contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

January 30, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Rockwell Collins for a $5.3 million Phase 2 research contract to increase digital software defined radios (SDRs) capability by a factor of ten over existing technology.

Unmanned

Hi-def CMOS imaging sensor released by BAE Systems - News

January 30, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

MILPITAS, Calif. Engineers at BAE Systems Imaging Solutions have designed a high-definition scientific complementary metal oxide semiconductor (sCMOS) image sensor, dubbed the Fairchild Imaging CIS1021. The new component will enable image collection through microscopes or other imaging systems.

Avionics

UK AWACS uses LynxOS RTOS - News

January 30, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems LynuxWorks

OWEGO, N.Y. Officials at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and sensors division in Owego, N.Y., selected the LynxOS Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) from LynuxWorks, Inc. as well as the company?s Luminosity Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for with the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) flown by the United Kingdom.

Unmanned

First radar flight made by BAMS UAS - News

January 30, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

NAVAIR, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials have started testing the radar system for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) called the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS).