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Comms

MOU focuses on hybrid satellite/cellular machine-to-machine opportunities - News

March 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SUNNYVALE, Calif. ORBCOMM and Lockheed Martin officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore future satellite and hybrid satellite/cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) opportunities primarily in the U.S. government sector and select international markets.

Unmanned

Unmanned undersea vehicle employs hybrid power system to operate for months - News

March 10, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. Echo Voyager ? Boeing?s unmanned, undersea vehicle (UUV) ? is slated to undergo sea trials later this summer. Due to its hybrid rechargeable propulsion power system and modular payload bay, the vehicle can operate autonomously for months at a time, officials say.

Radar/EW

HPEC radar processing architecture meets goals of USAF next-gen radar study - News

March 10, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

ASHBURN, Va. The U.S. Air Force completed the Next Generation Radar (NGR) Processor Study. The results demonstrated that Curtiss-Wright?s proposed multiprocessor High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Radar processing architecture has met the study?s target benchmarks.

Avionics

BAE Systems will equip USAF rescue helicopter with friend or foe & missile warning system - News

March 09, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Air Force?s HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter will receive BAE Systems? Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder (RST) and the Common Missile Warning System (CMWS).

Avionics

Boeing will develop mission system for multi-role aircraft variant - News

March 09, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

CHICAGO. Paramount Group ? based in Africa ? and Boeing will continue their partnership and with a collaboration on a mission system for a variant of the Advanced, High Performance, Reconnaissance, Light Aircraft (AHRLAC), which will be known as Mwari.

Radar/EW

Research team works on creating cooling tech for high-powered microchips - News

March 08, 2016

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

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) and Lockheed Martin are working on cooling technology for high-powered microchips. The Inter/Intra Chip Enhanced Cooling (ICECool)-Applications research program is aimed at electronic warfare, radars, and high performance computers and data servers.

Radar/EW

Missile test demonstrates extended range on SM-6 - News

March 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy completed a missile test, in which Raytheon?s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) engaged five targets and exceeded its range record set on June 2014.

Avionics

C-130 training center expands with addition of C-130H/L-382 simulator - News

March 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

TAMPA, Fla. CAE?s C-130 training center in Tampa, Florida is expanding with the addition of the company?s C-130H/L-382 full-mission simulator, which features Rockwell Collins Flight2 glass cockpit avionics system.

Unmanned

Unmanned DARPA VTOL X-Plane contract won by Aurora Flight Sciences - News

March 04, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Phase 2 contract to Aurora Flight Sciences for the unmanned VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane). The program looks to overcome the challenge of increasing top speeds in VTOL aircraft without sacrificing range and efficiency.

Cyber

"Hack the Pentagon" invites vetted hackers to test DoD cybersecurity - News

March 03, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. ?Hack the Pentagon? program kicks off with Department of Defense (DoD) officials inviting vetted hackers to test the department?s cybersecurity. The pilot program will launch in April and the department will provide more details on requirements for participation and other ground rules in the coming weeks. It also marks the first in a series of programs designed to test and find vulnerabilities in the department?s applications, websites, and networks.

Unmanned

Predator B Extended Range aircraft increases flight time - News

March 03, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), officials announced the first flight of Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Extended Range (ER) Long Wing, which is retrofitted with enhanced long-endurance wings with more internal fuel capacity and additional hard points for carrying external stores.

Radar/EW

ONR program focuses on full-spectrum EW situational awareness - News

March 02, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

MERRIMACK, N.H. BAE Systems will develop next-generation electronic warfare (EW) technology that will detect, locate, and identify sources of radio frequency signals. The Full-Spectrum Staring Receiver (FSSR) effort is part of the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Electronic Warfare Discovery & Invention Program, which seeks to develop and demonstrate a broad range of next-generation EW systems that exploit, deceive, or deny enemy use of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Unmanned

SYERS-2 intel-gathering sensor flown on Global Hawk UAS - News

March 02, 2016

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

SAN DIEGO. A SYERS-2 intelligence gathering sensor flew on a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS), making it the first time this mature U.S. Air Force sensor was demonstrated on a high altitude UAS.

Avionics

NASA supersonic passenger aircraft concept contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

March 01, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. NASA officials are looking to bring back the days of supersonic air travel for commercial passengers, announcing this week a contract award for the preliminary design of a ?low boom? flight demonstration aircraft. It will be the first in a series of ?X-planes? in NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency?s Fiscal Year 2017 budget.

Comms

Harris will supply its AN/PRC-158 Manpack radios as part of $12.7 billion multi-award contract - News

March 01, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Army officials selected Harris as one of three companies to supply Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form-Fit (HMS) Manpack radios. The multi-award IDIQ contract has a five-year base with an additional five-year option period with an estimated ceiling value of $12.7 billion.