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Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft completes critical design review - News

December 12, 2014

Boeing

HOUSTON. NASA and Boeing have recently completed the Ground Segment Critical Design Review for the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft. The baseline design for the Commercial Crew Transportation System has also been set, moving the project one step closer to the planned early 2017 voyage to the International Space Station.

Comms

MilSource announces Techaya's rugged 8-port Power over Ethernet gigabit switch for power and data connectivity - News

December 11, 2014

Techaya

LOS ANGELES, Calif. U.S. military-grade Ethernet distributor MilSource has announced the availability of Techaya’s rugged, 8-port MILTECH 910 PoE (Power over Ethernet) MIL-STD gigabit switch. The MILTECH 910 provides power and data connectivity to PoE-enabled cameras, mesh nodes, WiFi access points, and other devices that are in compliance with IEEE 802.3af/at standards for PoE.

Unmanned

Navy tasks Raytheon for Tomahawk Block IV missiles for submarines - News

December 10, 2014

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

TUCSON, AZ. Raytheon won a $25.9 million U.S. Navy contract to produce and deliver a Tomahawk missile Composite Capsule Launching Systems (C/CLS) in support of submarine-launched Tomahawk Cruise missiles.

Radar/EW

DARPA selects BAE Systems for phase 2 of radar countermeasure effort - News

December 09, 2014

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

BAE Systems officials announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chose the company for Phase 2 of its Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program, which has a goal to develop technology to counter threats from air defense systems.

Unmanned

Navy receives first Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter - News

December 08, 2014

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

SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman dropped off the first operational MQ-8C version of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The system will be used by ship-based commanders to improve the Navy's intelligence-gathering capabilities.

Comms

NASA Orion completes first spaceflight with TTTech's TTEthernet technology onboard - News

December 05, 2014

TTTech

NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Honeywell have successfully completed the NASA Orion test flight, which lifted off aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket to perform its first spaceflight. TTTech has been a partner with NASA since 2008 and supported the design of the NASA Orion Onboard Data Network (ODN) as well as advanced integrated system architectures for human-rated spaceflight based on TTTech’s TTEthernet technology.

Unmanned

Managing SWaP in ISR Systems webcast today at 2 pm Est. - News

December 04, 2014

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

FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. Embedded computing experts from Advanced Cooling Technologies, Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, GE Intelligent Platforms, and TE Connectivity present a webcast on Managing SWaP in ISR Systems in a webcast today, Dec. 3 at 2 pm Est. The event is hosted by Military Embedded Systems online and OpenSystems Media.

Avionics

U.S. Navy Hawkeye Integrated Training System upgrade won by Rockwell Collins - News

December 03, 2014

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Rockwell Collins won a U.S. Navy contract to upgrade the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Integrated Training System (HITS). the announcement was made this week at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando this week.

Avionics

F-35 training and simulation team wins modeling and simulation award at I/ITSEC - News

December 02, 2014

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin U.S. Air Force

ORLANDO, Fla. The National Training and Simulation Association officials announced this week at Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, that they have chosen the F-35 Lightning II Training System for the 2014 Modeling & Simulation Awards. It recognizes the F-35 Joint Program Office, the U.S. Air Force’s 33rd Fighter Wing, the F-35 Joint Program Office, and Lockheed Martin for providing an effective, immersive training experience for F-35 pilots and maintainers.

Avionics

Navy program manager to discuss virtual aviation training at I/ITSEC this week - News

December 01, 2014

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

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Officials at the Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office (PMA-205) will be discussing discuss the Navy's latest efforts to enhance aircrew readiness at reduced costs during the 2014 Interservice/Industry Training Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) that starts today and runs through Friday, Dec. 5 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

Comms

International Space Station's 3D printer makes first part in space - News

November 26, 2014

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. NASA officials announced that the crew in the he International Space Station put to use their 3D printer and produced the first 3D printed object in space -- a printhead faceplate for the printer. NASA officials see 3D printing of tools and parts as a way to reduce reliance on resupply missions from Earth.

Comms

Center focused on innovation for Navy surface fleet opened by Lockheed Martin - News

November 25, 2014

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

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin officials opened the doors on the company's new Surface Navy Innovation Center (SNIC), which is set to support the development of new technologies for the U.S. Navy. It is a research, development, and demonstration facility that Lockheed Martin will use to bring together industry, government, and academia expertise to design next generation surface fleet capabilities to deal with the evolving threats worldwide.

Avionics

Lockheed Martin, DoD finalize LRIP-8 contract for F-35s - News

November 24, 2014

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin and the Department of Defense (DoD) have finalized the eighth F-35 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP-8) contract. The contract, worth $4.7 billion, called for 43 F-35 Lightning II airframes. The 43 airframes include 29 jets for the U.S. and 14 for five international countries.

Comms

BAE Systems chosen to create anti-jam communications for DARPA contract - News

November 20, 2014

BAE Systems

WAYNE, New Jersey. BAE Systems has been awarded a $3.2 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to combat technological enemy threats. BAE Systems is set to develop a new framework of reliable, anti-jam networked communications as part of the Communications in Contested Environments (C2E) program. This open system architecture (OSA) is part of the first phase of DARPA’s C2E initiative.

Radar/EW

LITENING pod upgrade contract won by Northrop Grumman - News

November 19, 2014

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

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. Northrop Grumman won a contract to upgrade the AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING Advanced Targeting Systems for the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, and Marine Corps. The award will complete the process of bringing all Air Force Block 1 pods to the G4 configuration, which equals completion of the transition to the latest version of the LITENING system.