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Avionics
Argentina's C-130 aircraft to get avionics facelift from Rockwell Collins - News
April 20, 2015
RIO DE JANEIRO. The Argentine air force (AAF) announced that it will use the Flight2 avionics system from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the country's C-130 upgrade program. Work already started the end of last year with L-3 Platform Integration, prime contractor for the upgrade program, installing equipment on five aircraft.
Radar/EW
Raytheon gets $2 billion to provide Patriot missile defense system to international user - News
April 17, 2015
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon won a contract worth more than $2.0 billion to provide their Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to an undisclosed international customer.
Comms
New space-designed, waveform processor from Northrop Grumman tested for warfighter communications - News
April 16, 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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).
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April 22, 2026
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War on Iran gives U.S. Navy real-time view of combat system performance, accelerating software updates, admiral says
April 21, 2026
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Rugged LCD monitor for naval navigation systems displayed at Sea-Air-Space by EIZO
April 21, 2026
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U.S. Navy pushing predictive maintenance, data analytics to improve fleet readiness
April 20, 2026
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Loitering munition systems to be supplied to German military by Rheinmetall
April 23, 2026
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Autonomous surveillance towers certified for U.S. border monitoring by GDIT
April 23, 2026
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Counter-UAS system for autonomous surface vessels unveiled by Leonardo DRS at Sea-Air-Space
April 21, 2026
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Shield AI reports F110 engine adaptation progress on X-BAT autonomous combat drone
April 21, 2026
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Mission data center to be established in Belgium by QinetiQ
April 02, 2026
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Agentic AI capabilities to be integrated into defense platforms by BAE Systems, Scale AI
March 27, 2026
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Artificial intelligence tools to be explored for GlobalEye aircraft by Saab and Cohere
March 24, 2026
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Electronic warfare autonomy software demonstrated by L3Harris, Shield AI
March 12, 2026
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PODCAST: Leveraging the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)
April 14, 2026
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Booz Allen invests in orbital maneuvering technology from spacecraft developer
April 10, 2026
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Ground system for missile warning satellites to be supplied to U.S. Space Force by Kratos
April 09, 2026
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Advanced reconnaissance vehicles from General Dynamics to enter next phase for U.S. Marine Corps
April 08, 2026