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Radar/EW

VITA 48.8 air-flow through cooling standard working group formed - News

January 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems VITA Standards Organization

HOUSTON. At Embedded Tech Trends, VITA officials announced the formation of a working group that will develop new air-flow through (AFT) cooling standard, VITA 48.8, for use in size, weight, power, and cost (SWAP-C) constrained 3U and 6U VPX module-based systems.

Unmanned

Tomahawk cruise missile seeker test completed by Raytheon - News

January 18, 2016

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

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon completed a captive flight test of a seeker designed to enable Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles to engage moving targets on sea or land.

Radar/EW

Defense contractor orders digital signal processing modules from Mercury - News

January 18, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

CHELMSFORD, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems booked an order for digital signal processing modules for an unmanned airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) application.

Comms

U.S. Navy/Army demonstration connects MUOS satellite with Manpack radios - News

January 15, 2016

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

FAIRFAX, Va. The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite network connected with General Dynamics Mission Systems’ AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radios providing voice and data communications in a U.S. Navy and Army demonstration to help determine if the MUOS waveform is ready for operation use across services.

Unmanned

Active seeker flight test completed for Tomahawk missile in independent research - News

January 14, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. In a company-funded, independent research Raytheon engineers completed a captive flight test of a seeker designed for the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile.

Cyber

Cyber student volunteer initiative at DHS has started accepting applications - News

January 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are accepting applications from current undergraduate and graduate students for the 2016 Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative. Starting in the spring of 2016, over 50 students selected will complete volunteer assignments supporting the DHS cyber mission at department field offices.

Comms

MIL1590 wide band amplifiers will continue in new partnership between Lansdale and Freescale - News

January 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Freescale Semiconductor Lansdale Semiconductor

Phoenix, Ariz. Freescale and Lansdale Semiconductor Inc. have partnered to manufacture a wide band amplifier with AGC. The ML1590/BGA - originally designed and built by Motorola/Fresscale Semiconductor Inc. - will continue to be available at Lansdale and is supplied in (8) lead metal cans to Standard Microcircuit Drawing (SMD) 5962-876570 integrated circuits (ICs).

Comms

Lockheed Martin places order of LN-200S fiber-optic IMUs for satellite bus - News

January 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Lockheed Martin officials ordered Northrop Grumman’s LN-200S fiber-optic Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for its 300 satellite bus.

Cyber

General Dynamics' GDIT Cloud authorized for federal use - News

January 12, 2016

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

FAIRFAX, Va. Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) officials have authorized the use of GDIT Cloud – a General Dynamics Information Technology cloud solution that provides security, visibility and performance through proactive monitoring, alerting, and maintenance.

Radar/EW

Aegis Combat System receives certification for its Baseline 9.C1 - News

January 12, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Missile Defense Agency officials with U.S. Navy Officials certified Baseline 9.C1, the latest evolution of the Aegis Combat System for the U.S. destroyer fleet.

Cyber

TROJAN SPIRIT Program will continue to receive support in $81 million contract - News

January 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army TROJAN SPIRIT Program will continue to receive support from CACI International Inc. The three-year contract with the Army's Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) is worth an estimated $81 million.

Radar/EW

Production starts on SEWIP Block 1B3 system for U.S. Navy - News

January 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

PITTSFIELD, Mass. General Dynamics will start production and deliver Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 1B3 system upgrades to the U.S. Navy over the next five years.

Avionics

Contract with NAVAIR supports standard of RNP RNAV aligned with FACE Technical Standard - News

January 08, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins will support government development of a standard of interfaces for Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation (RNP RNAV) capability aligned to the FACE Technical Standard under a contract with the U.S. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

Radar/EW

BAE Systems will develop electronic warfare system for C-130J aircraft - News

January 08, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) officials tasked BAE Systems engineers to develop new electronic warfare system for the C-130J aircraft. The contract is the first phase to upgrade aircraft system survivability and the capability to detect, identify, locate, deny, degrade, disrupt and defeat threat systems in operational significant environments.

Avionics

Engineers will upgrade U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopter cockpits - News

January 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers will upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) giving pilots color in the cockpit on a U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopter.