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Unmanned

Global Hawk UAV airborne communications payload supplied by Northrop Grumman - News

February 02, 2012

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

SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman won a U.S. Air Force $2.7 million contract to integrate two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two Global Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Comms

Australian military buys $235 million of Harris radio technology - News

February 01, 2012

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

MELBOURNE, Fla., The Australian Department of Defense rewarded Harris Corp. in Melbourne, Fla., with a $235 million contract for new radio systems as part of the country?s efforts to modernize its tactical radio program with Type-1 tactical data and voice communications.

Comms

Virtex-7 FPGA Software defined radio modules introduced by Pentek - News

February 01, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. Engineers at Pentek announced the first product from their new Virtex-7 line of FPGA modules called Onyx.

Cyber

WebShield security product from Raytheon added to UCDMO baseline list - News

February 01, 2012

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

HERNDON, Va. Officials at the Unified Cross Domain Management Office (UCDMO) selected Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions' WebShield for use on the version 4.1 baseline list.

Cyber

Software security, cryptographic tool solutions suite released by Green Hills Software - News

January 30, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Green Hills Software, Inc.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Officials at Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., released a security solution consisting of Suite B-Compliant Security Protocol Toolkits and Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) system, designed by the company?s INTEGRITY Security Services (ISS) business unit.

Comms

DARPA SDR contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

January 30, 2012

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Rockwell Collins for a $5.3 million Phase 2 research contract to increase digital software defined radios (SDRs) capability by a factor of ten over existing technology.

Unmanned

Hi-def CMOS imaging sensor released by BAE Systems - News

January 30, 2012

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

MILPITAS, Calif. Engineers at BAE Systems Imaging Solutions have designed a high-definition scientific complementary metal oxide semiconductor (sCMOS) image sensor, dubbed the Fairchild Imaging CIS1021. The new component will enable image collection through microscopes or other imaging systems.

Avionics

UK AWACS uses LynxOS RTOS - News

January 30, 2012

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

OWEGO, N.Y. Officials at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and sensors division in Owego, N.Y., selected the LynxOS Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) from LynuxWorks, Inc. as well as the company?s Luminosity Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for with the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) flown by the United Kingdom.

Unmanned

First radar flight made by BAMS UAS - News

January 30, 2012

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

NAVAIR, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials have started testing the radar system for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) called the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS).