Industry News

Unmanned

Passive radar system is integrated on GA-ASI's Predator B - News

July 08, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. Raytheon Deutschland GmbH and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) engineers will integrate the Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS) ? an Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system for passive radar monitoring ? on a standard pod that will be mounted on the centerline hard point of GA-ASI?s unmanned aerial system (UAS), the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy begins live fire testing preparations for Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) radar - News

July 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Navy officials at the Pacific Missile Range testing facility in Hawaii received Raytheon?s AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) array, which is now in preparation for live target testing in early July.

Radar/EW

Command and control system contract won by MicroTech - News

July 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MicroTech

VIENNA, Va. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic officials in Charleston, South Carolina tasked MicroTech to deliver command and control (C2) systems and support services under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract valued an estimated $750 million.

Radar/EW

General Dynamics to continue developing Virginia Payload Modules for submarines - News

July 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Electric Boat

GROTON, Conn. U.S. Navy officials modified an existing contract with General Dynamics Electric Boat - a subsidiary of General Dynamics - to continue to develop the Virginia Payload Module (VPM). The contract's estimated value is $116 million.

Comms

Common data link split radio system contract won by Cubic - News

July 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Cubic's business division, Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), will provide the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Systems Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific command with switchable Common Data Link (CDL) split Above and Below Decks radio systems to support sustainment of the AN/USQ-167 Common Data Link System (CDLS).

Comms

CPI to provide research efforts in vacuum electronics for DARPA program - News

July 05, 2016

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

PALO ALTO, Calif. The Microsystems Technology Office of the Defense at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected the Microwave Power Products Division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) for the first phase of the High Power Amplifier Using Vacuum Electronics for Overmatch Capability (HAVOC) program to research revolutionary approaches to vacuum electronics.

Unmanned

Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory opened by Boeing - News

July 05, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ST. CHARLES, Mo. Boeing?s Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory officially opened to focus on developing, maturing, and validating autonomous and multi-vehicle collaboration technologies. Researchers will test next-generation hardware and software of autonomous air, sea, and land vehicles in order to have them work more effectively as a team.

Comms

Company officials restructure ThalesRaytheonSystems joint venture - News

July 01, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales Raytheon Company

WALTHAM, Mass. Thales and Raytheon officials restructured their joint venture company, ThalesRaytheonSystems, to focus only on NATO agencies and NATO member nations for delivery of the Command and Control System, Theatre Missile Defense, and Ballistic Missile Defense (ACCS).

Radar/EW

LVC demonstration completed by Rockwell Collins in France, U.K., and U.S. - News

July 01, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

TOULOUSE, France. Engineers from Rockwell Collins completed a Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) demonstration where they connected simulators and aircraft in the U.K., France, and the U.S.

Comms

SDR tech drives military mobile computing market growth - News

June 30, 2016

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

ELMHURST, Illinois. Increased requirements for software defined radio (SDR) technology will contribute to the growth of the global military mobile computing systems market over the next five years, according to analysts at Technavio in Elmhurst, Illinois. They forecast the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 7 percent by 2020.

Avionics

X-57 designation given to NASA electric research plane - News

June 30, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced a new X-designated test aircraft, the X-57, which will be nicknamed "Maxwell." The X-57 is an electric research plane with 14 electric motors turning propellers with all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing. NASA officials will test new propulsion technology with this aircraft.

Radar/EW

Global military laser market to grow nearly 10 percent by 2020 - News

June 30, 2016

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

ELMHURST, Illinois. The global military laser systems market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 8 percent by 2020 due to rising demand and evolving warfare strategies worldwide, say analysts at Technavio in Elmhurst, Illinois.

Comms

FLIR Systems buys Armasight, a military optics supplier - News

June 29, 2016

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

WILSONVILLE, Oregon. FLIR Systems, Inc. officials announced that the company acquired Armasight, Inc., a leading developer of precision military, hunting, and sporting optics products, for about $41 million in cash. Armasight, based in San Francisco, produces night vision, thermal, and daylight imaging products for military customers as well as hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, and law enforcement users.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy deploys MQ-8B Fire Scout with new radar to assist in flight operations - News

June 29, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials announced the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter deployed on the USS Coronado (LCS-4) equipped with the new AN/ZPY-4(V)1 radar for manned/unmanned teaming flight operations.

Comms

Raytheon completes testing on USAF GPS OCX controls - News

June 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

AURORA, Colo. Engineers at Raytheon completed the "Run For Record" test of the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) Black Wide Area Network (B-WAN), which provides network connectivity to unclassified external interfaces for GPS OCX.