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Radar/EW

USS Zumwalt joins the fleet; homeport to be San Diego - News

May 23, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

BATH, Maine. U.S. Navy officials accepted the delivery of the first USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class ship, the next-generation of multi-mission surface vessels. The ship will be commissioned in Baltimore following delivery and crew certification at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works on October 15, Navy officials say. Mission System Activation will continue in conjunction with Post Delivery Availability in San Diego, the ship's homeport.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy's Railgun program receives deliveries of pulse power containers - News

May 23, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Navy?s Railgun program has begun receiving deliveries of Raytheon?s pulse power containers, which are comprised of multiple pulsed power modules.

Comms

U.S. Navy orders digital modular radios from General Dynamics - News

May 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. U.S. Navy officials modified an existing contract with General Dynamics Missions Systems tasking them to manufacture and deliver more than 30 AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMR), including related materials and equipment for the service surface vessels and submarines.

Radar/EW

Navy destroyer detects/tracks medium range ballistic missile - News

May 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

KAUAI, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy completed the Flight Test Other ? 21 (FTX-21), demonstrating the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 capability to detect and track a Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target.

Radar/EW

Preliminary design review completed for U.S. Navy's inertial sensor module - News

May 18, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Engineers at Northrop Grumman completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Inertial Sensor Module, a U.S. Navy?s Navy's Inertial Navigation System Replacement (INS-R) component.

Unmanned

AeroVironment's Blackwing to deploy with U.S. Navy's submarines - News

May 18, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy plans to deploy its submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles with AeroVironment?s Blackwing, an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that launches from platforms beneath the sea?s surface.

Radar/EW

Precision approach radar contract won by Harris - News

May 17, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials tasked Harris Corp. to supply precision approach radars to the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract ceiling value is estimated at $96 million.

Cyber

Fujitsu and BAE Systems enter into a cybersecurity partnership - News

May 16, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. Fujitsu of Japan and BAE Systems entered into a partnership to implement the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) sharing system, which demonstrates the utility of internationally sharing cyberthreat information in order to improve an organization?s cyberdefense.

A.I.

Lockheed Martin & MIT enter into future autonomous systems research agreement - News

May 16, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESA, Md. Lockheed Martin and MIT engineers entered into an agreement to collaborate in the autonomous and robotics industry where the focus will be to work on generation-after-next autonomous systems.

Comms

U.S. Army orders Cubic's GATR Technologies satellite antennas - News

May 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems GATR Cubic

SAN DIEGO. GATR Technologies ? a Cubic Global Defense business unit ? will provide engineering services and inflatable satellite antenna terminals to support the U.S. Army?s Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2) program.

Radar/EW

Intel selects Mercury Systems to join FPGA tech-based network - News

May 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intel Corporation Mercury Systems

CHELMSFORD, Mass. Intel officials selected Mercury Systems to join the company?s FPGA technology-based Design Solutions Network (DSN) as a platinum-tier provider.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy certifies Aegis Ashore site in Europe - News

May 12, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

DEVESLU, Romania. U.S. Navy officials certified the first Aegis Ashore site at Deveslu Air Force Base in Romania for operational use; it is now monitoring southern Europe for ballistic missile threats.

Unmanned

U.S Army completes UAS radar-based sense & avoid system test - News

May 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah. The U.S Army completed a test on its Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA); a radar-based system that will allow unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to fly within the National Airspace System and meets Federal requirements.

Radar/EW

Radar systems and R&D task order won by EOIR Technologies - News

May 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems EOIR Technologies, Inc.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. U.S. Army Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) officials at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland selected EOIR Technologies, Inc. for the Radar Systems and Identification Division (RSID) Research and Development (R&D) task order under the Technical Information Engineering Services (TIES) contract vehicle.

Radar/EW

CACI to provide electronic warfare support to U.S. Army I2WD - News

May 10, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) will continue to receive hardware and software support from CACI in a multi-task order under the Rapid Response-Third Generation contract vehicle.