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Radar/EW

Squadron at Edwards base prepares for flight test with AESA radar upgrade - News

September 15, 2015

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

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The 416th Flight Test Squadron is preparing to conduct a flight test of the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar as part of the F-16 Radar Modernization Program(RMP) from September 2015 through August 2016.

Comms

SAIC wins Network-Centric Solutions-2 contract to provide IT mission support - News

September 14, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SAIC

MCLEAN, Va. In a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) contract with the U.S. Air Force, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will support missions that require voice, data, video communications information services, and solutions.

Radar/EW

Mine hunting system demonstrates synthetic aperture sonar processing - News

September 14, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

ANNAPOLIS, Md. In a field test at the U.S. Navy Central Command in Bahrain, Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24B mine hunting system demonstrated the ability to perform synthetic aperture sonar processing at 18 knots in real time. It finished 12 missions during the exercise.

Unmanned

Hub-drive design and development contract will improve mobility and survivability - News

September 11, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Qinetiq

WALES. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected QinetiQ to develop an electric hub-drive to improve survivability and mobility of military ground vehicles. The contract estimates its total at $1.5 million, but if all options are exercised it could go up to $2.7 million.

Unmanned

Anti-radiation guided missiles go to full rate production for U.S. Navy and Allies - News

September 10, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Orbital ATK

Dulles, Va. The U.S. Navy has selected Orbital ATK for a fourth full-rate production lot of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) estimating at $119 million and a fifth lot for up to $141 million.

Radar/EW

CEREBRUS design used in MALD-Jammer demonstration - News

September 09, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

JOINT PACIFIC ALASKA RANGE COMPLEX, Ala. In a joint effort during the biannual Northern Edge exercise in Alaska, the U.S. Naval Research Lab and Raytheon conducted a flight test with the CEREBRUS design on the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer (MALD-J). The demonstration used IndyCar racing technology and allowed for quick replacement architecture on electronic warfare (EW) payloads.

Radar/EW

High-density processor module undergoes testing in USAF led Generation Radar Study program - News

September 09, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

CHELMSFORD, Mass. In a U.S. Air Force (USAF) led Generation Radar Processor Study, Mercury’s Ensemble HDS6603 satisfied performance requirements when executing USAF-provided ground moving target indicator (GMTI) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) benchmarks. The modules also demonstrated its performance thresholds, providing in excess of 4 TFLOPS of computing power.

Radar/EW

SEWIP Block 3 program completes preliminary design review for AN/SLQ-32 - News

September 08, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

WASHINGTON. In conjunction with Northrop Grumman, the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 completed a preliminary design review (PDR) for the next generation AN/SLQ-32 shipboard electronic warfare system. The review consisted of the assessment of the state of the system architecture and preliminary design.

Radar/EW

SCOUT Specialist Vehicle to use rugged vetronics displays from Esterline - News

September 08, 2015

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

BELLEVUE, Washington. General Dynamics UK officials chose Codis vetronics displays from Esterline Corp. for use on the the armored SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) program.

Avionics

Italy's F-35A makes JSF program's first European flight - News

September 08, 2015

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

CAMERI AIR BASE, Italy. Italy's first F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), dubbed AL-1 and assembled at the Cameri Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Italy, flew for the first time today over Europe -- marking this as the program’s first-ever F-35 flight outside the United States.

Comms

Raytheon expands its operations in Colorado Springs - News

September 08, 2015

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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Raytheon officials announced that they are speeding up the expansion of the company's Colorado Springs presence following a $700 million NORAD multi-year contract for supporting operations at NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

Radar/EW

X-band radar market to grow more than 3 percent over next five years - News

September 04, 2015

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

VANCOUVER, Wash. Analysts at Markets and Markets say the global X-band radar market for defense, government and commercial applications should grow by about 3.56 percent between 2015 and 2020.

Radar/EW

Space radar contract won by Raytheon - News

September 04, 2015

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

CAPE COD, Massachusetts. BAE Systems won a U.S. Air Force contract modification to continue operations and maintenance support services for the Air Force Solid State Phased Radar System (SSPARS). Company engineers will continue supporting the Air Force’s 21st Space Wing — the unit responsible for enabling missile warning and space surveillance awareness through 2018.

Radar/EW

Sonar contract for anti-submarine warfare won by Raytheon - News

September 03, 2015

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon won a U.S. Navy contract valued at $33 million for the production, integration, testing, and delivery of AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems for applications such as anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

Comms

Marines test augmented reality system during live-fire training exercises - News

September 01, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Engineers at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Marines taking the Infantry Officer Course teamed up to test ONR’s Augmented Immersive Team Trainer (AITT) system during a live-fire training exercise.