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Radar/EW

Air Force, long-range radar contract award hits snag with court decision - News

June 02, 2015

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

Last fall Raytheon won a contract to be prime contractor on the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR). The other competitors weren't happy about it and filed a protest, then Raytheon filed a suit to block the protest. Last month a judge ruled in favor of the protesters so the drama will continue.

Radar/EW

Signal processing FPGAs with hard floating-point - No compromise - News

June 01, 2015

Jeff Milrod BittWare

Radar/EW

Radar instrument delivered to Sentinel-1B satellite for Copernicus mission - News

June 01, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Airbus

FRANCE. The C-band radar instrument, built by Airbus Defence and Space, for the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite is en route to the spacecraft at Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Italy, the prime contractor for the program. The satellite is scheduled to launch in 2016 to join Sentinel-1A after the integration and testing is complete.

Radar/EW

Navy's MQ-4C Triton UAS completes flight test with MFAS radar - News

June 01, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Over the Patuxent River air space, the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS completed its inaugural flight with the new search radar.

A.I.

DARPA Adaptive Radar Countermeasure program contract awarded to Leidos and Exelis - News

June 01, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Leidos

CLIFTON, N.J. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chose Exelis and Leidos to continue work on evolving advanced technology development for DARPA's Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program.

Radar/EW

DoD proposes Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) be located in Alaska - News

June 01, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency

WASHINGTON. U.S. Department of Defense officials have proposed to deploy a planned Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) in the state of Alaska, pending completion of required environmental and safety studies. Existing plans call for the radar to begin its defensive operations in 2020.

Cyber

New commercial cybersecurity joint venture - Raytheon|Websense - completed - News

May 29, 2015

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

WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon Co. and Vista Equity Partners officials have completed a joint venture transaction that creates a new company combining Websense, a Vista Equity portfolio company, and Raytheon Cyber Products, a product line of Raytheon's Intelligence, Information, and Services business. The newly-formed commercial cybersecurity company will be named on an interim basis as Raytheon|Websense. Company leaders say they expect to introduce a new brand identity once they complete their integration efforts.

Radar/EW

Radar displays for Thai air force get upgrade from Cambridge Pixel - News

May 28, 2015

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

BANGKOK, Thailand. Cambridge Pixel was selected by engineers at the Royal Thai air force (RTAF) headquarters at Don Muang Airbase, Bangkok, Thailand to upgrade its radar display technology and air defense processing at several strategic sites across their country -- such as air force bases and training facilities -- without replacing the existing and expensive radar sensors.

Radar/EW

Searchwater radar to be used by new UK Merlin airborne surveillance helicopters - News

May 27, 2015

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

SURREY, United Kingdom. Officials at Lockheed Martin selected the latest generation of the Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system from Thales Surveillance for use on the United Kingdom's Merlin helicopter. The Merlins are specially adapted to provide the Royal navy with an airborne surveillance and control capability (ASaC).

Comms

Astro Aerospace's reflector helps NASA's SMAP satellite become operational - News

May 26, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CARPINTERIA, Calif. Officials at NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft is operational. This marks the beginning a three-year mission of the satellite to provide global measurements of soil moisture.

Comms

Navy nuclear-powered submarines getting new Voyage Management System from Northrop Grumman - News

May 22, 2015

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

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. U.S. Navy officials gave the green light for the use of Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Voyage Management System (VMS), dubbed version 9.3, onboard Navy SSN and SSGN nuclear powered submarines.

Avionics

Certified MILS demonstrated in Rockwell Collins live, virtual, constructive training exercise - News

May 21, 2015

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins engineers demonstrated Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) air combat training flight utilizing production Joint Secure Air combat training System (JSAS) equipment. The form, fit, function production equipment has Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) encryption in the airborne and ground systems.

Radar/EW

Phase noise analyzer and VCO tester announced at IMS 2015 - News

May 20, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rohde & Schwarz

PHOENIX. Rhode & Schwarz FSWP’s phase noise analyzer and VCO tester was announced at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2015 show this week. The R&S FSWP enables ultrasensitive and ultra-fast phase noise measurements. It also has the option of being upgraded to a signal and spectrum analyzer.

Unmanned

Milestone C completed for Small Diameter Bomb II - News

May 19, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon completed the Milestone C decision briefing for the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II). This will allow the program to proceed to the low rate initial production phase.

Radar/EW

Radar system extends life-span for F/A-18C/D Hornets - News

May 18, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

EL SEGUNDO, California. Raytheon completed a flight test of the APG-79(V)X AESA radar system, which demonstrated the combat relevance of F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft for the next 15 to 20 years.