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Radar/EW

Lithium-ion battery completes testing on SOCOM undersea vehicle - News

April 12, 2016

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

SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy completed on-hull demonstration testing on a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) undersea vehicle with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems's (GA-EMS) Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division integrated the LiFT battery into the undersea vehicle.

Unmanned

DARPA & ONR to begin open-water testing on unmanned "Sea Hunter" ship - News

April 11, 2016

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

PORTLAND, Ore. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will begin open-water testing of the Agency?s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.

Radar/EW

Next phase of development begins for U.S. Navy's NextGen Jammer - News

April 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials gave the go-ahead for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc 1) to enter the next phase of development.

Avionics

Patriot Excalibur software contract won by Jacobs - News

April 08, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Jacobs

PASADENA, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials selected Jacobs Engineering Group to provide Patriot Excalibur (PEX) software and systems engineering support in a three-year contract valued at an estimated $36.5 million.

Unmanned

MQ-8C Fire Scout completes operational assessment with data link - News

April 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

SAN DIEGO. U.S. Navy's unmanned aerial system (UAS), MQ-8C Fire Scout - built by Northrop Grumman - completed an operational assessment with Cubic Global Defense?s Wide Band Line of Sight (WBLOS) data link system.

Radar/EW

Radar risk reduction efforts to begin for JSTARS Recap program - News

April 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman Raytheon Company

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems will begin radar risk reduction efforts for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) Recap Program.

Radar/EW

Third-gen infrared night vision tech to be developed for U.S. Army - News

April 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company DRS Technologies

TUCSON, Ariz. DRS Technologies and Raytheon will engineer, manufacture, and develop the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared B-Kit for the U.S. Army. The four-year contract with an additional two-year option is worth an estimated $56 million.

A.I.

Endeavor Robotics established after its breakaway from iRobot - News

April 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Endeavor Robotics

BEDFORD, Mass. iRobot's defense and security business sale has closed for up to $45 million in total consideration, including a contingent payment based on reaching previously agreed milestones.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy sonobuoy contract won by Sparton & Ultra Electronics joint venture - News

April 05, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Sparton Navigation & Exploration Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation

COLUMBIA CITY, Indiana & SCHAUMBURG, Illinois. Officials at Sparton Corp. and Ultra Electronics Holdings plc announced their ERAPSCO joint venture won subcontracts from the U.S. Navy worth about $53.7 million to manufacture sonobuoys, to enable greater sensor capability for the Navy in anti-submarine warfare applications.

Avionics

Avionics development contract won by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. - News

April 04, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will provide development and operations support to the Engineering Directorate at NASA?s Johnson Space Center in Houston under the Advanced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) and Avionics Technology Development and Analysis II contract valued at $38.7 million.

Unmanned

DARPA selects four teams for its Gremlins program - News

April 01, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Phase 1 contracts of DARPA?s Gremlins program were distributed to four teams led by Composite Engineering, Inc. in Roseville, California; Dynetics, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. in San Diego, California; and Lockheed Martin Corp. in Dallas, Texas.

Radar/EW

One more Littoral Combat Ship ordered by Navy - News

April 01, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy contracted a Lockheed Martin led team one fully funded Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Included in the contract is funding for seaframe construction, testing, and systems integration.

Comms

NASA budget cuts human exploration, increases CubeSat, R&D dollars - News

March 31, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. The Obama Administration?s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget request for NASA cuts into human space flight funding while tripling finding for CubeSat, increasing investment in earth sciences, research and development (R&D). The overall budget request of $19 billion is down about $300,000 from FY 2016. Below are some highlights.

Radar/EW

Marine Corps squadron receives first variant of Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System - News

March 30, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 233 operating the AV-8B Harrier received the first fixed-wing aircraft variant of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS).

Radar/EW

Space Fence radar test site opens in New Jersey - News

March 30, 2016

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

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey. Lockheed Martin officials announced the opening of a Space Fence radar array test site in Moorestown, New Jersey. This facility is representative of the larger Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based system now under construction on the Marshall Islands, specifically Kwajalein Island. The U.S. Air Force Space Fence will monitor objects in space.