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Officials increase Air Force defense budget to grow manpower in maintenance area - News

February 05, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. At the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Defense Secretary Carter spoke to service members on the fiscal year 2017 defense budget and the impact on the Air Force. Below are excerpts of his comments.

Radar/EW

Harris engineers will provide repair services to U.S. Navy electronic warfare tech - News

February 05, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon System Support (NAVSUP WSS) officials tasked Harris engineers to provide repair services for the Navy’s Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) program.

Comms

Acquisition of GATR Technologies complete with purchase price of $232.5 million - News

February 04, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. The acquisition of GTAR Technologies (GTAR) by Cubic is complete after officials received final Hart-Scott-Rodino regulatory approval.

Avionics

P-8 maintenance training systems procured by Australian air force - News

February 04, 2016

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

ST. LOUIS. The Royal Australian air force (RAAF) officials chose Boeing engineers to provide P-8 maintenance training devices for use by P-8A maintenance personnel starting in early 2018.

Avionics

Engineers demo all segments of FACE aligned cockpit display at Army Aviation meeting - News

February 03, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI) Lynx Curtiss-Wright ENSCO

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. At the Army Aviation FACE Technical Interchange meeting in Huntsville, Alabama, engineers from different companies joined forces to demonstrate all segments of the FACE aligned cockpit display application.

Avionics

R&D Aviation Centre of Excellence facility opens its doors in Ireland - News

February 02, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Microsemi

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. The Aviation Centre of Excellence has opened its doors in Ennis, Ireland. The research and development facility will support design, development, and manufacturing of Microsemi’s product line of aviation intelligent power solutions (IPS).

Comms

U.S. Air Force contract offers an expedited process to battle-management programs - News

February 02, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. U.S. Air Force officials have selected five small businesses and one large business to procure, integrate, field, and support battle-management and command and control (C2) systems under the Platform Engineering and Integration for Tactical and Strategic Systems (PEITSS) contract vehicle. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract’s estimated ceiling value is $538 million.

Radar/EW

CERDEC's technical interchange meeting to identify R&D investments opens for registration - News

February 01, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. On March 31-April 1, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) will hold a two-day technical interchange meeting (TIM) to identify and align beneficial research and development (R&D) investments.

Radar/EW

Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle test demonstrates redesign thrusters for missile defense - News

February 01, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. During a Missile Defense Agency flight test, engineers gathered data and observed in-flight performance on Raytheon’s Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV), which demonstrated the redesign of the EKV thrusters that provides the control necessary for lethal impact with incoming threats while safely outside of the Earth's atmosphere.

Comms

C4ISR market to reach $119 billion by 2019 - News

January 29, 2016

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

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. The global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) related products is growing as nations focus on filling the gaps in their C4ISR capabilities, say analysts at Frost & Sullivan. They estimate that C4ISR procurement will reach $119 billion by 2019.

A.I.

DARPA looks to interface human brain with digital world - News

January 29, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA officials have created a new program that looks to develop an implantable neural interface that would provide unprecedented signal resolution and data-transfer bandwidth between the human brain and the digital world. They are also looking for partners to help them on this quest, hosting an overview of the program, dubbed Neural Engineering System Design (NESD), next week. DARPA anticipates investing up to $60 million in the NESD program over four years.

Comms

Military space launch is key topic at Senate Armed Services Committee - News

January 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. On January 27, before the Senate Armed Services Committee Air Force Secretary (SecAF) Deborah Lee James and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall testified on the use of Russian-made rocket engines and on military space launch, highlighting space capabilities' role in national security, the importance of modernization, and the need for end-to-end space launch services.

Radar/EW

JSTARS Recap program includes upgrades to AESA radars - News

January 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. The U.S. Air Force Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) is in the middle of its recapitalization program, which includes upgrading from its current radar system to the active electronically scanned array, (AESA) radar.

Cyber

U.S. Army officials select Parsons for cybersecurity contract - News

January 27, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Parsons

PASADENA, Calif. U.S. Army officials selected Parsons for a technology initiative contract for Deployable Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) Infrastructure (DDI) in support of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.

Unmanned

Military officials green light the RQ-21A Blackjack UAS for operation - News

January 27, 2016

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

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system (UAS) received the green light for operation on January 13 by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials.