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Avionics

Army CH-47F Chinooks get upgraded RNP-RNAV capabilities from Rockwell Collins - News

April 06, 2015

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Rockwell Collins engineers provided a Required Navigation Performance-Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV) upgrade to U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopters already equipped with the company's Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS).

Unmanned

UAS distribution agreement signed by Northrop Grumman Remotech & AirRobot - News

April 06, 2015

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

CLINTON, Tenn. Officials at Northrop Grumman subsidiary Remotec Inc. and leaders at AirRobot US have joined hands in a distribution agreement for AirRobot's line of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under this agreement, Remotec will be the sole reseller of these systems to the first responder and law enforcement market in the United States.

Radar/EW

Congress approves funding; U.S. Navy issues modifications for Littoral Combat Ship contract - News

April 02, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin heads the industry team on the construction and procurement of a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) where the U.S. Navy just issued a contract modification with a value at $362 million and an additional $79 million for a second ship. The remaining balance will be funded by the end of the year.

Radar/EW

NORAD threat warnings and assessment contract won by Raytheon - News

April 01, 2015

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

DULLES, Va. Raytheon won a $700 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to support the organization's threat warnings and assessments at its Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

Radar/EW

Prototype TARDEC controller fueled by Open Architecture processor from Lockheed Martin - News

March 31, 2015

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers are providing their Open Architecture Processor as the basis for a new prototype controller for military vehicle active protection systems being developed by experts at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) at the U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Mich.

Radar/EW

AH-1W Cobra helicopter fires TOW 2A radio frequency missiles - News

March 30, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz., In a joint exercise with the Naval Air Systems Command, Raytheon test fired two tube-launched, optically-tracked, and wireless-guided (TOW) 2A radio frequency (RF) practice missiles from an AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter.

Comms

Oceanic Data Link service enables real-time data communications - News

March 27, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Rockwell Collins won a seven-year contract to provide oceanic data link (ODL) service to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), that will will enable real-time data communications between air traffic controllers and pilots.

Avionics

DARPA ALIAS tailored kit promises high levels of automation - News

March 26, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

WASHINGTON. DARPA selected three companies for the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) contract to test out phase one capabilities. ALIAS looks to have a tailored, drop-in, and removable kit that will enable high levels of automation, resulting in reduced pilot workload, increased mission performance, and improved aircraft safety.

Avionics

NATO AWACS fly with new avionics system from Rockwell Collins - News

March 26, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Tests were completed on NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft flying with the Rockwell Collins Flight2 avionics system.

Avionics

SYSGO and Curtiss-Wright demo a secure RTOS running on an ARM processor at Aviation Electronics Europe - News

March 26, 2015

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

MUNICH. Engineers at SYSGO and Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions demonstrated a secure real-time-operating system (RTOS) running on an ARM processor this week at the Aviation Electronics Europe event at SYSGO's booth -- #19. The joint platform combines SYSGO’s DO-178B/C certified hypervisor PikeOS with Curtiss-Wright’s VPX3-1701 Freescale LS1020A dual ARM Cortex-A7 processor-based single board computer (SBC) in an avionics solution.

Comms

DMR connects to AN/PRC 155 via MUOS satellite - News

March 25, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

FAIRFAX, Va., General Dynamics completes test of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communications. The built-in four-channel Digital Modular Radios (DMR) completed voice calls and data transmission to and from DMR to an Army AN/PRC-155 two-channel Manpack radio using the MUOS satellite and ground station simulators.

Comms

Rad-hard 1Mbit EEPROM nonvolatile memory qualification completed by Northrop Grumman - News

March 25, 2015

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

LINTHICUM, Md. Northrop Grumman engineers completed qualification testing of the company's W28C0108 1Mbit electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) semiconductor device for radiation-hardened (rad-hard) space applications.

Radar/EW

Space Fence radar construction underway in South Pacific - News

March 24, 2015

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

KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Marshall Islands. Lockheed Martin and U.S. Air Force officials broke ground on site for the Space Fence radar on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Cyber

DISA networks get continued cyber-attack prevention from Northrop Grumman - News

March 23, 2015

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

MCLEAN, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials tapped Northrop Grumman Corp. to continue its lead position on the agency's Acropolis and Sensor Operations program, which protects DISA-managed networks against cyber-attacks and enables global cyber situational awareness for the networks.

Comms

Army AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack Radios to get MUOS Waveform updates from General Dynamics - News

March 20, 2015

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

FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a contract to support upgrades to their Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform that is used in the Army's AN/PRC-155 two-channel MUOS-Manpack radios. The waveform is the digital 'dial-tone' necessary for connecting with the U.S. Navy's new MUOS satellite communications network that will enable U.S. military and government personnel to have smartphone-like voice clarity and data connectivity.