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DARPA's PCAS system prototype demonstration completed - News

September 22, 2015

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted a demonstration of DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) prototype system on an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft. The demonstration consisted of 50 sorties near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada showing that a warfighter serving as a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) on the ground can coordinate with a pilot and command an airstrike with a few clicks on a tablet.

Radar/EW

Sensor data fusion experiment conducted with Hawkeye and Growler aircrafts - News

September 22, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy Warfare Development Command led the Netted Sensors At-Sea Experiment event as part of the Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2015, in which an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and two EA-18G Growlers participated in testing designed to establish airborne networks to support machine-to-machine sensor data fusion.

Comms

DARPA tasks Rockwell Collins to develop back-up GPS technologies for contested regions - News

September 21, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Rockwell Collins to develop GPS back-up technologies under DARPA’s Spatial, Temporal, and Orientation Information in Contested Environments (STOIC) program, where the goal is to reduce the warfighter’s GPS dependence during military operations.

Cyber

Cyberattack defense on U.S. Navy ships with RHIMES system - News

September 21, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Navy is developing a Resilient Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical Security (RHIMES) system in response to cyber security threats such as the 2012 breach of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. The system is designed to make its shipboard mechanical and electrical control systems resilient to cyber attacks.

Unmanned

DSEI 2015 exhibits Northrop Grumman's unmanned ground vehicle Andros FX - News

September 18, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

LONDON. At the DSEI 2015 exhibition, Northrop Grumman presented the unmanned ground vehicle, Andros FX – designed by its subsidiary Remotec Inc., it’s purpose is to combat a range of threats including explosive devices.

Comms

Secure soldier radio communications introduced at DSEI 2015 - News

September 18, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales

LONDON. At DSEI 2015, Thales officials announced SquadNet soldier radio, which offers simultaneous voice, data, and video transmission. It combines a networking waveform with built-in GPS, Bluetooth, and programmable encryption.

Radar/EW

Terma and Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine sign collaboration agreement in naval markets at DSEI 2015 - News

September 18, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman Terma

LONDON. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Terma and Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit at DSEI 2015, where the two parties agree to collaborate within the naval market.

Radar/EW

BAE Systems BattleView 360 gives warfighters 2-D/ 3-D view while in armored vehicle - News

September 17, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

LONDON. BAE System announced at DSEI 2015 the BattleView 360, a digital mapping system that collates, displays, and tracks position of all surrounding points of interest in 2-D and 3-D modes, giving situational awareness to the warfighter in a real time.

Comms

Wearable FireStorm targeting system announced at DSEI 2015 - News

September 17, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

LONDON. Officials from Rockwell Collins announced a wearable variant of its FireStorm integrated targeting system with High Accuracy Lightweight Targeter (HALT) and the StrikeHawk Digital tactical video downlink receiver at the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition this year.

Unmanned

Explosive ordnance robot introduced at DSEI 2015 - News

September 17, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

LONDON. Introduced at DSEI 2015 by officials at Cobham is telemax's 4X4 remotely operated vehicle, which joins the company’s unmanned system family. The 4x4 design incorporates four-wheel drive system and WLAN-based data and video transmission technology.

Unmanned

The USS Coronado (LCS-4) completes live-fire missile test - News

September 17, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. During a live-fire exercise at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division sea range off the coast of California, USS Coronado (LCS 4) fired Raytheon’s Rolling Airframe Missile from a SeaRAM anti-ship defense system.

Avionics

F-35 Lightning II MOA signed between Terma and BAE Systems - News

September 16, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems Terma

LONDON. At the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition in London, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between Terma Aerostructures A/S and BAE Systems, in which Terma will continue to manufacture subassemblies, components, and parts of the F-35 Lightning II empennage.

Avionics

Sikorsky orders avionics systems from Rockwell Collins for USAF combat rescue helicopters - News

September 16, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Under the U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program, Sikorsky selected Rockwell Collins to provide cockpit flight and mission display systems, navigation radios, and the ARC-210 V/UHF communication system for the aircrafts.

Cyber

Raytheon BBN team wins overlay network development deal - News

September 15, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The BBN Technologies unit of Raytheon has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to research optimized information flow for military operations over wide area networks under the Edge-Directed Cyber Technologies for Reliable Mission Communication (EdgeCT) program. The goal of the program is to ensure communications are secure and less susceptible to network failures that result from cyberattacks and common errors.

Comms

DoD establishes Joint Interagency to facilitate information sharing - News

September 15, 2015

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The Department of Defense with U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Space Command, and the intelligence community will establish a Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC) to be located at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The goal of the center will be to create unity of effort and facilitate information sharing across national security space enterprise.