Industry News

Radar/EW

SABR Auto Target Cueing increases F-16 mission capabilities - News

May 15, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Northrop Grumman

BALTIMORE. The Northrop Grumman Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) has demonstrated its autonomous, all-environment Auto Target Cueing (ATC) capability. SABR was designed specifically for the F-16 fighter aircraft, and the ATC precision targeting technology will increase the mission capabilities of F-16 retrofits.

Cyber

DHS adds Northrop Grumman to critical infrastructure cybersecurity program - News

May 14, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, VA. Northrop Grumman has signed a memorandum of agreement to join the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) program. The agreement will enable expansion of cybersecurity protection for U.S. critical infrastructure. Northrop Grumman has begun the security accreditation approval process required in order to operate as a Commercial Service Provider (CSP) in the ECS program.

Unmanned

Air-Launched Missile Target Prototype tested by Lockheed Martin & MDA - News

May 13, 2013

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

HUNTSVILLE, AL. Lockheed Martin and U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) engineers tested a prototype of the air-launched Extended Medium-range Ballistic Missile (eMRBM) target at the Yuma Proving Ground, AZ.

Radar/EW

Boeing provides AWACS upgrade/support to Japan per USAF delivery order - News

May 10, 2013

Alice Moss Boeing

Unmanned

OpenVPX InfiniBand switch for ISR released by GE Intelligent Platforms - News

May 10, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.

HUNTSVILLE, AL. GE Intelligent Platforms has released a rugged 6U OpenVPX InfiniBand switch fabric module, the IBX400. The board-level, Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)-compliant module leverages Mellanox Technologies’ sixth generation SwitchX 2 VPI switch, and is suited for deployment in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications.

Comms

BAE, Lockheed, General Dynamics, others to render force support, business services to Navy - News

May 09, 2013

Alice Moss U.S. Navy

Comms

BlackBerry 10, Samsung KNOX approved for use on DoD networks - News

May 09, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Samsung Blackberry

WATERLOO, ON and LONDON, UK. In two separate announcements late last week, both BlackBerry and Samsung Electronics revealed that BlackBerry 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets running BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 and Samsung KNOX-enabled smartphones and tablets have been approved for use on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) networks. The devices were successfully qualified against Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) standards by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and will be placed on the Unified Communications Approved Product List (UC APL).

Avionics

U.S. Navy orders P-8A interim contractor support from Boeing - News

May 08, 2013

Alice Moss Boeing

Unmanned

New 3U OpenVPX solution released by Pixus - News

May 08, 2013

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

WATERLOO, Ontario. Engineers at Pixus Technologies designed new 3U OpenVPX backplanes that come in a 5-slot mesh topology version and 6-slot device with a distributed topology.

Comms

Northrop Grumman to provide additional BACN support for USAF - News

May 07, 2013

Alice Moss Northrop Grumman

Radar/EW

Navy Aegis BMD program to use Mercury Systems signal processing technology - News

May 07, 2013

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

CHELMSFORD, MA. Mercury Systems won $6.9 million in follow-on orders for the company's signal processing subsystems from Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) upgrade program.

Unmanned

Hypersonic UAV from Boeing completes longest scramjet-powered flight - News

May 06, 2013

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

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. The X-51A WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle from Boeing completed the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in known history after flying for three and a half minutes on scramjet power with a top speed of Mach 5.1. The vehicle flew for f more than six minutes total.

Comms

Next-gen GPS operational control system software from Raytheon completes launch readiness exercise - News

May 03, 2013

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

AURORA, Colo. Raytheon engineers finished the second launch readiness exercise of the next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) operational control system (OCX) for the U.S. Air Force. Exercise 2's completion demonstrates that the OCX software from Raytheon meets mission requirements and is on track for the first GPS III satellite launch.

Comms

NASA human spaceflight facility hardware and software supported by Lockheed Martin - News

May 02, 2013

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

HOUSTON. NASA selected Lockheed Martin selected NASA for Johnson Space Center development and operations that support human spaceflight under a $166.8 million contract option.

Radar/EW

Parker Aerospace to provide liquid cooling Thermal Management System for Joint Strike Missile - News

April 30, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Parker Aerospace

LIBERTY LAKE, WA. Parker Aerospace will provide a liquid cooling Thermal Management System (TMS) to Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs) from Kongsberg Defense Systems. The JSMs are slated to be the primary strike weapon of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the Royal Norwegian Air Force.