Industry News

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.

Radar/EW

BSP with 40 Gbps Ethernet via Wind River VxWorks released by Curtiss-Wright - News

March 20, 2015

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

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions released a new Board Support Package (BSP) to enable 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) support via the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) on rugged OpenVPX commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modules.

Comms

Harris tactical radios to use MicroGRAM GPS from Rockwell Collins - News

March 19, 2015

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. MicroGRAM GPS receivers from Rockwell Collins will now be used for Harris Corporation’s tactical radios, including the Falcon III AN/PRC-158 and AN/PRC-117G.

Avionics

Black Hawk cockpit avionics program to use VxWorks 653 - News

March 18, 2015

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

ALAMEDA, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. chose the Wind River VxWorks 653 Platform to use in its digitization avionics mission equipment package that will be integrated into the Army Black Hawk UH-60V helicopter.

Radar/EW

New 3U mission computer from Curtiss-Wright targets radar, image processing - News

March 17, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions released the MPMC-9355-0002 Multi-Platform Mission Computer, which has as many as four Core i7 single board computers (SBCs) connected by Layer 2 Ethernet switch and PCIe with an optional graphics engine.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy orders more DRFM Jammers from Mercury Systems - News

March 17, 2015

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

CHELMSFORD, Mass. U.S. Navy officials ordered and additional $2 million of advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers from the Mercury Defense Systems (MDS) subsidiary of Mercury Systems.

Radar/EW

New E-2D Hawkeyes deploy with enhanced radar, computer capability to USS Theodore Roosevelt - News

March 16, 2015

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

NORFOLK, VA – Five E-2D Advance Hawkeyes begin their first deployment this month aboard the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), with new radar and enhanced computer processing capabilities.

Unmanned

Air Force bomb carriage and release system integration and support contract won by Raytheon - News

March 13, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. Raytheon won a U.S. Air Force contract to deliver aircraft integration and life cycle technical support on an advanced bomb carriage and the release system for aircraft. The Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack Unit (JMM BRU) work will enable the Air Force and U.S. Navy to operate with fewer aircraft.

Unmanned

30-watt fiber laser stops a truck in Lockheed Martin test - News

March 12, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin engineers performing a field test of the company’s Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) – a 30-kilowatt fiber laser weapons system disabled the engine of a small truck and burned right through the engine manifold in only seconds.

Radar/EW

NXP buys Freescale, maker of PowerPC technology - News

March 11, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems NXP Semiconductors Freescale Semiconductor

AUSTIN, Texas. Officials at NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement that will have NXP merge with Freescale in a transaction valued at just over $40 billion. Freescale's PowerPC chips fuel computing and signal processing in many defense electronics applications such as avionics, radar, and electronic warfare.

Radar/EW

Air-flow-through (AFT) cooling licensed to GE by Northrop Grumman - News

March 11, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.

LINTHICUM, Md. Northrop Grumman Corp. officials grant-ed GE Intelligent Platforms a license to use Northrop Grumman’s AFT (air-flow-through) cooling technology that is used to improve the cooling of high-power electronics.

Avionics

Sale of ARINC Aerospace Systems Engineering and Support by Rockwell Collins to Field Aviation Inc. completed - News

March 11, 2015

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins, Inc. officials announced completion of the sale of the company's ARINC Aerospace Systems Engineering and Support (ASES LLC) business to Field Aviation Inc., a privately held U.S. company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Unmanned

Commercial unmanned aircraft to reach $1.27 billion by 2020 say market analysts - News

March 11, 2015

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

Research analysts at ASD Reports say in a new report that the commercial unmanned aircraft, or drone, market was valued at about $15.22 million in 2014 and that it is expected to grow to $1.27 billion by 2020.