Industry News

Unmanned

TE Connectivity switches from cadmium plating to black zinc nickel for backshells and connectors - News

September 12, 2014

HARRISBURG, Pa. TE Connectivity is now providing RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances)-compliant black zinc nickel plating for backshells and connectors to reduce the use of cadmium, per new environmental regulations.

Avionics

Curtiss-Wright launches new family of DO-254 and DO-178C DAL C safety certifiable COTS modules - News

September 11, 2014

Curtiss-Wright

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division has launched a new family of DO-254 DAL C and DO-178C DAL C safety certifiable standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processing modules. These Certifiable COTS Modules are designed for use in both military and civil aerospace applications as an alternative to more costly designs.

Radar/EW

Raytheon wins Patriot missile engineering contract from Army - News

September 10, 2014

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon won a $109 million Engineering Services contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. The contract covers ongoing technical support and services to the Army and Foreign Military Sale (FMS) customers.

Unmanned

Army laser demonstrator from Boeing destroys targets through fog and wind - News

September 09, 2014

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Boeing an U.S. Army officials demonstrated the capabilities of the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) in maritime conditions, where they targeted a variety of aerial targets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Comms

A2100 satellite platform gets major facelift from Lockheed Martin - News

September 08, 2014

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

PARIS, France. Lockheed Martin engineers have made two major upgrades to the A2100 satellite family that provide broadband, mobile, and military communications, as well as GPS services to millions of consumers around the globe.

Radar/EW

Rugged chassis from GMS replaces multiple workstations via virtual machine technology - News

September 05, 2014

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

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. General Micro Systems, Inc. (GMS) engineers have developed a rugged, conduction-cooled, secure virtual machine (SVM) server that has six hardware independent I/O modules. The Tarantula, developed to replace multiple workstations with one box via the use of virtual machine technology, leverages an enterprise-level Layer 2 or Layer 3 intelligent switch for high-speed connectivity.

Avionics

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy develop aerial refueling system for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye - News

September 05, 2014

Northrop Grumman

MELBOURNE, Fla. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have been working on developing an aerial refueling system for E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes, and have successfully conducted the preliminary design review.

Unmanned

Boeing, U.S. Army demonstrate HEL MD on military vehicle - News

September 04, 2014

Boeing

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Boeing and the U.S. Army recently demonstrated the abilities of the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) in rough maritime conditions at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida.

Comms

General Dynamics UK to provide 589 SCOUT SV platforms to the UK army - News

September 03, 2014

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

SOUTH WALES, UK. General Dynamics UK won a contract worth about $5.76 billion from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide 589 SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) platforms to the British army to add capability to the Armored Cavalry within Army 2020.

Radar/EW

CIRCM system from Northrop Grumman completes Army flight testing on Black Hawk helicopter - News

September 02, 2014

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

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. The Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system from Northrop Grumman demonstrated its capabilities on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a round of Army testing.

Unmanned

New MicroTCA.1-compliant chassis from VadaTech for rugged applications - News

August 28, 2014

VadaTech

Henderson, NV. VadaTech has released MicroTCA.1-compliant chassis and modules for air-cooled rugged applications.

Unmanned

RQ-4 Global Hawk showcases expanded mission capabilities - News

August 27, 2014

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

SAN DIEGO. – The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) demonstrated its ability to operate with an expanded variety of intelligence exploitation ground stations and collect mission data in multiple places during tests this summer.

Radar/EW

Space debris tracking site to be established by Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems in Australia - News

August 26, 2014

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

CANBERRA, Australia. Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd., are joining hands to develop a new space object tracking site in Western Australia to provide a more detailed picture of space debris for government and commercial customers.

Radar/EW

Dual 4GSPS transceiver card from Curtiss-Wright shipping for C4ISR applications - News

August 25, 2014

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

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions began volume production shipment of its VPX3-530 dual channel ADC/DAC engine. The rugged low-latency transceiver module’s 12-bit ADC can be configured with either two 4 GSPS channels or four 2 GSPS channels. It also has two channels of 14-bit DAC data conversion at up to 5.6 GSPS on a single 3U OpenVPX card.

Unmanned

U.S. Air Force completes flight test of Raytheon's upgraded HARM Control Section Modification - News

August 22, 2014

Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. The U.S. Air Force has flight tested Raytheon’s upgraded High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). The upgraded HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM) is more accurate, which reduces potential collateral damage.