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Radar/EW

OpenVPX Radar subsystems for Patriot Air and Missile Defense systems to be provided by Mercury Systems - News

November 06, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA. Mercury Systems, Inc., won follow-on orders from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems to deliver the company's OpenVPX-based radar subsystems and spares for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. Raytheon is the prime contractor for Patriot.
Avionics

Army Special Operations helicopter pilots to use synthetic vision from Rockwell Collins to navigate degraded environments - News

November 05, 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. Rockwell Collins won the first of three phases in a U.S. Army program to develop the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) for the Army’s Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) helicopters. Rockwell Collins's synthetic vision technology, used in business jet cockpits, will enhance the SOAR pilots' situational awareness in degraded environments. The program goal is to develop, qualify, and field a DVE solution can by 2018.
Cyber

IT management for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan provided by General Dynamics - News

November 04, 2013
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology won a task order to provide information technology (IT) management services supporting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District reconstruction and infrastructure-development programs in Afghanistan. The task order is under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services (ITES-2S) contract and has a potential contract value of $16 million over eighteen months if all the options are exercised.
Comms

NASA Dryden to implement Quintron DICES VoIP system architecture update - News

November 01, 2013
SANTA MARIA, CA. Quintron Systems, Inc. has been chosen to provide NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) with a technology update to expand to IP-based mission command voice featuring a new user station design.
Avionics

AdaCore launches free online programming university - News

October 31, 2013
NEW YORK. AdaCore recently launched a free online resource center called AdaCore University, created for anyone interested in learning about the Ada programming language. The website offers learn-at-your-own-pace pre-recorded courses, with access to AdaCore’s GNAT Ada toolset for writing and running example programs.
Cyber

Lockheed Martin Trusted Sentinel allows confidential data to be shared securely among all security levels - News

October 30, 2013
PHOENIX. Lockheed Martin has announced its cyber security solution, called Trusted Sentinel, that allows intelligence to be shared securely among personnel at all security clearances. The data can be automatically or manually shared between two or more differing security domains by using a single consolidated configuration of hardware and software.
Radar/EW

JSOW C-1 networks with with E-2D aircraft during demonstration - News

October 29, 2013
TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Navy and Raytheon personnel established communications among an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft and the latest version of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 in a demonstration of the new version's capabilities.
Avionics

NSC Crane places follow-on order for U.S. Marine Corps Targeting System - News

October 28, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division awarded Lockheed Martin with a $33.9 million follow-on production contract for the Target Sight System (TSS) -- the fire control system -- for the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter operated by the U.S. Marine Corps. The system's sensors enable pilots to have enhanced capabilities for acquiring, tracking, and designating targets.
Avionics

Boeing, Lockheed Martin team up for U.S. Air Force Long-Range Strike Bomber program - News

October 25, 2013
ST. LOUIS. Boeing (prime contractor) and Lockheed Martin (primary teammate) have joined forces to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s Long-Range Strike Bomber program. In the past, the team partnered on the development of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter.
Comms

TMLS unleashes Commando Select 90mm Direct Fire armored vehicle at AUSA 2013 - News

October 24, 2013
WASHINGTON. Textron Marine and Land Systems (TMLS) unveiled the Commando Select 90mm Direct Fire armored vehicle at the 2013 Association of the United States (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Conference in Washington, DC.
Unmanned

Raytheon pairs with U.S. Army, completes AI3 live-fire demo - News

October 23, 2013
WASHINGTON. Raytheon has teamed up with the U.S. Army and completed the live-fire demonstration phase of the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3) program from September 16-30 at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. During the tests, the AI3 system destroyed 22 of 24 threats. The AI3 is designed to enhance protection for warfighters by intercepting rockets, artillery, mortars, cruise missiles, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in flight.
Comms

AeroVironment Pocket DDL digital video and data receiver enables secure remote viewing - News

October 23, 2013
WASHINGTON. AeroVironment, Inc. has released its new secure digital video and date receiver, Pocket DDL, at the 2013 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, DC. The Pocket DDL weighs only four ounces, and enables remote viewing of video and data from airplanes, helicopters, ground robots, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs), and other unmanned aircraft that are equipped with AeroVironment’s Digital Data Link (DDL).
Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman to showcase military systems advances at AUSA 2013 - News

October 23, 2013
WASHINGTON. Northrop Grumman will be highlighting its most significant advances in U.S. military systems at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition from October 21-23 in Washington, DC, located at booth 6330.
Avionics

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announces phase maintenance kits for legacy helicopters, new variants at AUSA 2013 - News

October 22, 2013
WASHINGTON. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced at the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) the introduction of configuration-specific phase maintenance kits for Sikorsky Aircraft's legacy UH-60A and UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters, as well as the UH-60M model and newest international variant, the S-70i BLACK HAWK aircraft.
Unmanned

GA-ASI announces successful Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) UAS endurance demonstration at AUSA 2013 exposition - News

October 22, 2013
WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual exposition that the Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has successfully completed the first of two planned U.S. Army endurance demonstration flights, flying for 45 hours nonstop.