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C4ISR installation services to be delivered by Serco - News

July 21, 2016

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

RESTON, Va. U.S. Navy SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic (SSC Atlantic) officials selected Serco Inc. to deliver Command, Control, Communications, Computers Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) installation services onboard the USS Harry S. Truman under a ten-month contract valued an estimated $18.9 million.

Comms

Cubic to continue providing Air Advisor training to USAF Expeditionary Center - News

July 20, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. U.S. Air Force (USAF) Expeditionary Center officials tasked Cubic Global Defense to lead a team (Team Cubic) ? composed of Language Directions, LLC; Marton Technologies, Inc.; and Fae Vectus, LLC ? to provide Air Advisor training and support to its Advisor Academic Services located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey under a follow-on contract valued an estimated $6.2 million. The follow-on contract will begin in October 2016.

Comms

DARPA officials release details for its Spectrum Collaboration Challenge - News

July 20, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) representatives released details for of its Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) and are officially looking for contenders. Two participation options are available for candidates seeking one or up to 30 available slots in the competition.

Radar/EW

Sensor monitoring system can help pilots prevent hypoxia-like symptoms - News

July 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. At the Farnborough International Air Show this year, Cobham officials showcased a military physiological monitoring system prototype in the form of breathing sensors, which can protect fighter pilots from the effects of hypoxia-like symptoms before they occur.

Radar/EW

Acoustic countermeasure contract won by Ultra Electronics - News

July 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation

BRAINTREE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials selected Ultra Electronics's Ocean Systems business for a firm one-year acoustic countermeasure contract valuing an estimated $4 million to continue production of its Acoustic Device Countermeasure (ADC) MK2 countermeasure systems.

Unmanned

NASA officials select aerospace companies for Mars orbiter concept study - News

July 18, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. Five U.S. aerospace companies will conduct a concept study that will span over a four-month period for a potential future NASA Mars orbiter mission, which officials say will continue key capabilities that include telecommunications and global high-resolution imaging in support of the agency?s Journey to Mars.

Radar/EW

Kongsberg & Raytheon to develop Naval Strike Missiles in U.S. - News

July 15, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace Raytheon Company

LONDON. Kongsberg Defence Systems and Raytheon officials are on the final planning stages to assemble, integrate, and test the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) in the United States.

Cyber

U.S. Army officials designate ARCYBER as an Army Service Component Command - News

July 14, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

FORT GORDON, Ga. U.S. Cyber Command (ARCYBER) has been designed as an Army Service Component Command (ASCC). The Secretary of the Army signed the Department of the Army General Order (DA GO 2016-11) on July, 11, 2016 designating ARCYBER as an ASCC.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army and Raytheon to work together in developing NextGen radar system - News

July 14, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) entered into a collaborative research agreement to develop scalable, agile, multimode, front-end technology (SAMFET) for the Army's Next Generation Radar program (NGR). The agreement aims to bring gallium nitride (GaN) technology to military radars via a $1.1 million grant from the ARL.

Radar/EW

Cobham product showcase at NSREC include MRAMs for space applications - News

July 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

PORTLAND, Ore. Cobham officials showcased a series of products at this year?s Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC). Engineered by the Cobham Semiconductor Solutions business unit, part of the Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions sector ? the radiation-hardened space products have been used in projects such as ExoMars.

Comms

TI's DDR memory linear regulator for space applications featured at NSREC - News

July 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

PORTLAND, Ore. During the 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC), Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the double-data-rate (DDR) memory linear regulator, the TPS7H3301-SP, for space applications.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army's Apache helicopter receives radar upgrades - News

July 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems LONGBOW LLC

ORLANDO, Fla. LONGBOW LLC engineers will upgrade the U.S. Army?s Apache helicopter with the company?s LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) under a contract worth an estimated $89.8 million.

Comms

Electronic assembly order placed with Cobham Semiconductor Solutions - News

July 12, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

PORTLAND, Ore. At the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) this year, Cobham officials announced the company has received a $13 million order for electronic manufacturing services to aid in a processing project.

Unmanned

NASA's Juno aircraft equipped with Cobham's battery unit arrives at destination - News

July 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham NASA

PORTLAND, Ore. Cobham officials announced at this year's Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) that NASA?s Jupiter Near-polar Orbiter (Juno) spacecraft launched with the company's Battery Electronics Unit (BEU), providing a balance of power cells autonomously to a Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) battery. Juno arrived at its destination, Jupiter, after a five-year journey.

Unmanned

Predator C Avenger gets FAA experimental certificate - News

July 11, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI), officials announced that its company-owned Predator C Avenger unmanned aircraft system (UAS) received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-issued Experimental Certificate (EC), enabling it to perform routine operations in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The announcement was made this week at the Farnborough International Air Show.