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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.

Radar/EW

Patriot router development by Raytheon and Teldat for Poland moves to next phase - News

March 10, 2015

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon and TELDAT engineers completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase of their effort to co-develop and co-produce advanced militarized routers for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense system for Poland, which validates the TELDAT design's capability to meet all Patriot system requirements and also enables the company to move into the manufacturing and design qualification phase of the program.

Radar/EW

Navy Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) contract won by Northrop Grumman - News

March 06, 2015

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

LINTHICUM, Md. Northrop Grumman Corp. won the U.S. Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 contract for developing and manufacturing the next-generation surface electronic warfare system.

Comms

Navy to use IXI Data I/O Converter to link radar, weapons and other systems over Ethernet - News

March 05, 2015

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

YORBA LINDA, Calif. U.S Navy tasked IXI Technology to provide its advanced Data I/O Converter system where it will convert information from the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) to fiber for the AN/SLQ-32(V) shipboard electronic warfare (EW) system. The EW system provides electronic support and countermeasure protection for U.S. and international navies.

Comms

Radiant Mercury contracts for cross domain intel sharing won by Lockheed Martin - News

March 02, 2015

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

DENVER. U.S. Navy officials contracted Lockheed Martin engineers to continue their support of the Radiant Mercury system that enables secure sharing of sensitive data between unclassified and classified security domains.

Radar/EW

Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System tracks and simulates 3 ballistic missile engagements - News

February 27, 2015

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency

WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. The Missile Defense Agency announced that it launched three short-range ballistic missile targets near-simultaneously from NASA’sWallops Flight Facility. Two U.S. Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile defense (BMD) destroyers then acquired and tracked the targets, while another destroyer also participated in associated operations.

Comms

Australian army to use Joint Fires Observer/Joint Terminal Attack Controller simulator from Rockwell Collins - News

February 26, 2015

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

GEELONG, Australia. Rockwell Collins engineers are providing the Australian army with its mobile Joint Fires Observer (JFO)/Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) simulator.

Radar/EW

Perimeter of Middle Eastern air base to be secured by E-scan radars from Blighter - News

February 25, 2015

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

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom. Officials at Unlimited Technology, Inc., in Chester, Springs, Pa., chose Blighter Surveillance Systems to provide its Blighter B400 Series e-scan radars to help secure the perimeter of a strategic air base in the Middle East.