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Comms

KKR acquires Airbus Group's Defence Electronics unit for $1.2 billion - News

March 21, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Airbus

AMSTERDAM. KKR and Airbus Group SE have reached an agreement to buy Airbus Group SE's electronics business unit ? Defence Electronics ? for an estimated ?1.1 billion ($1.2 billion).

Cyber

Thales closes acquisition of cloud security company, Vormetric - News

March 21, 2016

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

PARIS. Thales Group officials announced that the company's acquisition of Vormetric for ?375 million has closed following the approval of regulatory authorities. The acquisition, which enables Thales to add capability in data protection and cybersecurity, will place the Vormetric operation Thales?s cybersecurity business.

Comms

Noise-encrypted radar tech is being developed by U.S. Army - News

March 18, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. U.S. Army Materiel Command's Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) engineers are developing the Advanced Pulse Compression Noise (APCN) - a tunable, noise-encrypted radar waveform.

Radar/EW

Electromagnetic railgun tests hypersonic projectiles with prototype components - News

March 17, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

SAN DIEGO. At the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems? (GA-EMS) hypersonic projectiles with prototype components for its Guidance Electronics Unit (GEU) completed tests demonstrating it can perform programmed actions and communicated component performance to a ground station via a telemetry link on March 7 ? 9, 2016.

Avionics

IFF and missile warning system contract for Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter - News

March 17, 2016

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

NASHUA, New Hampshire. The U.S. Air Force chose BAE Systems to supply survivability and situational awareness technology -- its Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) technology dubbed AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder (RST) and its Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) -- for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH).

Cyber

Cybersecurity concerns prompt DoD to transition to Windows 10 - News

March 16, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense will transition to Windows 10 to strengthen its cybersecurity per a memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.? The memo was addressed to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defense under secretaries, defense agency directors, DoD field activity directors, secretaries of the military departments, and other senior leaders.

Radar/EW

Cobham-RFHIC team up to develop GaN-based RF products - News

March 16, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

LANSDALE, Pa. Officials at RFHIC Corp. of Korea and Cobham have signed a strategic Memorandum of Agreement, in which Cobham engineers will incorporate RFHIC?s Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology into the company's next-generation RF products.

Avionics

Software enables modern weapons integration into older military aircraft - News

March 16, 2016

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

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon engineers have developed a software solution for integrating of new weapons into older aircraft. The software can be implemented across various platforms and current bomb rack systems.

Cyber

DoD $5 billion cybersecurity prime contract won by Booz Allen Hamilton - News

March 15, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Booz Allen Hamilton

MCLEAN, Va. The?Department of Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Centers (IAC) Program Management Office (PMO) has tasked Booz Allen Hamilton to provide cybersecurity and information systems support under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.

Comms

Navy special comms contract won by BAE Systems - News

March 15, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems will support the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division?s (NAWCAD) Special Communications Mission Solutions Division by providing technical services.

Radar/EW

First SeaRAM missile system fired from DDG - News

March 15, 2016

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

ATLANTIC OCEAN. A live-fire SeaRAM missile system test was performed by sailors serving on the USS Porter (DDG 78), a Arleigh-Burke class, guided-missile destroyer stationed in Rota, Spain. SeaRAM is a self-contained detect-to-engage ship self-defense system that marries the sensor systems of a CIWS with an 11-round Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher.

Comms

NextGen funding in FAA's FY 2017 budget request - News

March 14, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. The Fiscal Year (FY)2017 budget request for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is $15.9 billion, slightly less than the FY2016 enacted total of $16.3 billion. The entire FY 2017 Next Generation Air Traffic Management System (NextGen) effort totals $1.0 billion, a 2 percent increase over the FY2016 enacted total.

Avionics

NextGen, SESAR, ADS-B tech highlight agenda at Aviation Electronics Europe - News

March 14, 2016

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

MUNICH, Germany. Sessions on Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA'S) NextGen initiative, and Automatic Dependent Surveillance ? Broadcast (ADS?B) technology highlight the first day of the Aviation Electronics Europe conference and exhibition to be held April 20-21 in Munich, Germany at the MOC Event Center.

Cyber

Navy Tactical Cloud contract won by Charles River Analytics - News

March 14, 2016

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

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) selected Charles River Analytics Inc. for a contract to develop Navalytics, a framework for probabilistic, multi-source naval analytics and analytic services, to enable rapid development and deployment of rich, mission-critical analytics. The work will be performed under the Navy Tactical Cloud effort, which brings big data capabilities to the warfighting environment.

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.