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Avionics

KC-46 tanker program has first flight - News

December 31, 2014

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

EVERETT, Wash. U.S. Air Force and Boeing Defense, Space & Security personnel finished the KC-46 tanker test program's first flight over Washington state this month. The plane, a Boeing 767-2C, will get its military systems after certification.

Comms

Commercial space companies selected by NASA for collaborative partnerships - News

December 30, 2014

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

NASA officials chose four U.S. companies to work with the agency via unfunded partnerships to produce new space capabilities that can be made available to the U.S. government and other users. These partnerships will build on the NASA's commercial spaceflight initiatives to leverage NASA technological expertise into new applications.

Unmanned

Missile-defense, radar blimp now operational above Maryland - News

December 29, 2014

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

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. U.S. Army personnel sent up a blimp armed with a new cruise-missile and drone-fighting radar system from Raytheon for operation above rural Maryland. The system, known as JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor) , has two helium-filled aerostats, or tethered blimps, that float about 10,000 feet above the ground and are equipped with radars.

Unmanned

MQ-8C Fire Scout, first unmanned helicopter to take off from a destroyer - News

December 24, 2014

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

NORFOLK, Va. U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman officials flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout system for the first time off the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) this month off the Virginia coast.

Comms

Philippine army orders $18 million worth of Falcon III radios and intercoms from Harris - News

December 23, 2014

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

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Officials with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ordered Falcon III tactical vehicular radios and intercom systems from Harris Corp. under an $18 million initial contract. The Philippine army will use the radios for its tactical communications modernization program.

Radar/EW

Qatar spends billions for Patriot defense system - News

December 22, 2014

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Officials at the State of Qatar now are Patriot Air and Missile Defense System users, having signed a $2.4 billion Foreign Military Sales contract to procure new-production fire units of the system from Raytheon.

Comms

Eighth GPS IIF satellite now active - News

December 19, 2014

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

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Boeing activated its eighth Global Positioning System IIF satellite after it completed on-orbit checkout and joined the active 31-satellite constellation.

Comms

Satellite command and control capability demonstrated for GPS III and OCX - News

December 18, 2014

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

NEWTOWN, Pa. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon personnel finished the fourth of five planned launch and early orbit exercises for demonstrating new automation capabilities, launch readiness, and information assurance for the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellite and Operational Control System (OCX).

Avionics

NASA tasks Rockwell Collins single-pilot operations study - News

December 17, 2014

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. NASA officials chose Rockwell Collins as the lead research firm for its Single Pilot Operation program, which focuses on developing concepts and technology for commercial airline crew capacity, ground support, and automation.

Unmanned

First missile launched from V-22 during tests by Raytheon, Bell Helicopter - News

December 16, 2014

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon and Bell Helicopter personnel completed the first two launches of the Griffin B missile from a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.

Radar/EW

Saab ATM uses RadarView software from Cambridge Pixel for surface movement radar - News

December 15, 2014

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

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab Air Traffic Management (ATM) engineers chose the RadarView radar visualization software from Cambridge Pixel to support integration and optimization of its SR-3 Airport Surface Movement Radar (SMR).

Avionics

Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft completes critical design review - News

December 12, 2014

Boeing

HOUSTON. NASA and Boeing have recently completed the Ground Segment Critical Design Review for the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft. The baseline design for the Commercial Crew Transportation System has also been set, moving the project one step closer to the planned early 2017 voyage to the International Space Station.

Comms

MilSource announces Techaya's rugged 8-port Power over Ethernet gigabit switch for power and data connectivity - News

December 11, 2014

Techaya

LOS ANGELES, Calif. U.S. military-grade Ethernet distributor MilSource has announced the availability of Techaya’s rugged, 8-port MILTECH 910 PoE (Power over Ethernet) MIL-STD gigabit switch. The MILTECH 910 provides power and data connectivity to PoE-enabled cameras, mesh nodes, WiFi access points, and other devices that are in compliance with IEEE 802.3af/at standards for PoE.

Unmanned

Navy tasks Raytheon for Tomahawk Block IV missiles for submarines - News

December 10, 2014

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

TUCSON, AZ. Raytheon won a $25.9 million U.S. Navy contract to produce and deliver a Tomahawk missile Composite Capsule Launching Systems (C/CLS) in support of submarine-launched Tomahawk Cruise missiles.

Radar/EW

DARPA selects BAE Systems for phase 2 of radar countermeasure effort - News

December 09, 2014

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

BAE Systems officials announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chose the company for Phase 2 of its Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program, which has a goal to develop technology to counter threats from air defense systems.