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New space-designed, waveform processor from Northrop Grumman tested for warfighter communications - News

April 16, 2015

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

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grumman engineers demonstrated a new space-design protected tactical waveform (PTW) processor that they say improves user data rates by as much as a factor of 20, enhances spectral efficiency by as much as a factor of four and enables bandwidth-on-demand to enhance warfighter communications in contested tactical environments.

Unmanned

Contract will update U.S. Navy submarine's weapon platforms - News

April 14, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

Arlington, VA. BAE Systems wins a three-year contract with the U.S. Navy to provide updated weapons engineering and services for U.S. and allied submarines.

Comms

SpaceVPX standard ratified by VITA Standards Organization - News

April 14, 2015

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

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. Officials at VITA, the trade association, behind the VPX and VME standards, announced that the VITA 78 “SpaceVPX Systems” achieved ANSI recognition as ANSI/VITA 78.00-2015, which completes the VITA and ANSI processes for reaching full recognition under the guidance of the VITA Standards Organization (VSO).

Radar/EW

Rugged, Gigabit Ethernet switch with Cisco IOS router designed by X-ES - News

April 13, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES)

MADISON, Wis. The XPand6206 20-Port Gigabit Ethernet switch and Cisco IOS router from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is designed to meet performance and reduced Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements for military unmanned system payloads, radar, and signal processing heavy applications.

Avionics

Splunk software to help monitor IT data for F-35 Lightning II - News

April 10, 2015

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

SAN FRANCISCO. Splunk Inc. Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program will be using software from Splunk to monitor and analyze IT systems and network behavior for the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), which supports the F-35.

Radar/EW

Marine exercise tests DARPA air support system - News

April 09, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, VA. During TALON REACH, a U.S. Marine Corps infantry/aviation training exercise involving Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One and the Marine Infantry Officer Course (IOC), DARPA tested the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) system. The PCAS program enables sharing of real-time situational awareness and weapons systems data with almost any aircraft.

Unmanned

High energy laser from General Atomics finishes beam quality test - News

April 09, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. (GA‑ASI) The Gen 3 High Energy Laser System (HEL) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed beam quality and power measurements of G using the Joint Technology Office (JTO) Government Diagnostic System (GDS). The testing was performed by an independent measurement team under contract to the U.S. Government.

Radar/EW

SIGINT engineering and signal processing company bought by CACI - News

April 08, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc. officials announced that the company has acquired LTC Engineering Associates, Inc., in Sarasota, Fla., which provides digital signals processing, cybersecurity, software engineering, signals intelligence (SIGINT), and communications intelligence (COMINT) to the intelligence and Department of Defense (DoD) communities.

Radar/EW

LRAS3 sensor-to-missile technology adds situational awareness and safety - News

April 07, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

MCKINNEY, Texas. U.S. military officials look to increase situational awareness and safety on the battlefield by integrating the Long Range Acquisition Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) with sensor-to-missile technology from Raytheon.

Radar/EW

DRS and RADA join hands to bring Israeli company's AESA radar to North American market - News

April 07, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that DRS signed a strategic teaming agreement with a radar company named RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. of Netanya, Israel, to bring the its tactical active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar technology into the North American market.

Avionics

Cockpit display multi-touch development tool, VAPS XT 4.1, released by Presagis - News

April 07, 2015

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

MONTREAL. Presagis officials released the company's next-generation software for Human Machine Interface (HMI) development, dubbed VAPS XT 4.1. The new version has a new multi-touch and gesture development framework that was designed via close work with major airframe manufacturers for use in avionics cockpit displays.

Comms

NSA certifies General Dynamics' TCLANE 10G encryptor - News

April 06, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

FAIRFAX, Va., NSA has certified General Dynamics Missions Systems’ TCLANE-10G (KG-175X) in-line network encryptor. The NSA certification sanctions U.S. government organizations to use the 10G encryptor.

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.