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Military radio & networking market to embrace commercial tech - News

January 09, 2015

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

According to market analysts procurement of military radio systems will shrink along with troop levels, but funding for improved C4ISR capability should increase as the Department of Defense (DoD) looks to leverage commercial smartphone and networking technology to develop multifunctional communications equipment.

Comms

General Dynamics, Raytheon awarded U.S. Air Force contract for RGNext joint venture - News

January 09, 2015

General Dynamics Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. General Dynamics and Raytheon have been awarded the U.S. Air Force’s $1.5 billion, single-award contract to operate, maintain, and sustain launch ranges in a joint venture called Range Generation Next (RGNext).

Unmanned

Measure and PrecisionHawk join forces for commercial UASs - News

January 08, 2015

PrecisionHawk

WASHINGTON. PrecisionHawk and Measure have teamed together to provide commercial drone services. The partnership will deliver customers enhanced access to advanced aerial data analysis, gathering, and processing through Measure’s Drone as a Service offering.

Unmanned

Army ATACMS upgrade contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

January 07, 2015

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

DALLAS, Jan. 7, 2015 – Lockheed Martin won a $78 million contract to upgrade the Army's Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).

Avionics

F-35 JSF Air Combat Training contract won by Cubic - News

January 05, 2015

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

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Corp. won a series of contracts from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to develop and add enhancements to the F-35 fighter jet's Air Combat Training System (ACTS).

Avionics

KC-46 tanker program has first flight - News

December 31, 2014

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

EVERETT, Wash. U.S. Air Force and Boeing Defense, Space & Security personnel finished the KC-46 tanker test program's first flight over Washington state this month. The plane, a Boeing 767-2C, will get its military systems after certification.

Comms

Commercial space companies selected by NASA for collaborative partnerships - News

December 30, 2014

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

NASA officials chose four U.S. companies to work with the agency via unfunded partnerships to produce new space capabilities that can be made available to the U.S. government and other users. These partnerships will build on the NASA's commercial spaceflight initiatives to leverage NASA technological expertise into new applications.

Unmanned

Missile-defense, radar blimp now operational above Maryland - News

December 29, 2014

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

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. U.S. Army personnel sent up a blimp armed with a new cruise-missile and drone-fighting radar system from Raytheon for operation above rural Maryland. The system, known as JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor) , has two helium-filled aerostats, or tethered blimps, that float about 10,000 feet above the ground and are equipped with radars.

Unmanned

MQ-8C Fire Scout, first unmanned helicopter to take off from a destroyer - News

December 24, 2014

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

NORFOLK, Va. U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman officials flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout system for the first time off the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) this month off the Virginia coast.

Comms

Philippine army orders $18 million worth of Falcon III radios and intercoms from Harris - News

December 23, 2014

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

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Officials with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ordered Falcon III tactical vehicular radios and intercom systems from Harris Corp. under an $18 million initial contract. The Philippine army will use the radios for its tactical communications modernization program.

Radar/EW

Qatar spends billions for Patriot defense system - News

December 22, 2014

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Officials at the State of Qatar now are Patriot Air and Missile Defense System users, having signed a $2.4 billion Foreign Military Sales contract to procure new-production fire units of the system from Raytheon.

Comms

Eighth GPS IIF satellite now active - News

December 19, 2014

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

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Boeing activated its eighth Global Positioning System IIF satellite after it completed on-orbit checkout and joined the active 31-satellite constellation.

Comms

Satellite command and control capability demonstrated for GPS III and OCX - News

December 18, 2014

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

NEWTOWN, Pa. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon personnel finished the fourth of five planned launch and early orbit exercises for demonstrating new automation capabilities, launch readiness, and information assurance for the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellite and Operational Control System (OCX).

Avionics

NASA tasks Rockwell Collins single-pilot operations study - News

December 17, 2014

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. NASA officials chose Rockwell Collins as the lead research firm for its Single Pilot Operation program, which focuses on developing concepts and technology for commercial airline crew capacity, ground support, and automation.

Unmanned

First missile launched from V-22 during tests by Raytheon, Bell Helicopter - News

December 16, 2014

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon and Bell Helicopter personnel completed the first two launches of the Griffin B missile from a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.