Industry News

Unmanned

Polar Hawk UAV to perform HALE security missions for Canada's Arctic territories - News

June 04, 2012

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

OTTAWA. Engineers at Northrop Grumman Corp. and L-3 MAS are joining hands to produce the Polar Hawk, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for Canada to have continuous surveillance of its Arctic regions. The new UAV will be a variant of Northrop Grumman?s Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE).

Comms

U.S. Navy ships to use Sub-Net Relay system from Rockwell Collins - News

June 01, 2012

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

OTTAWA, Ontario. Officials at Science Application International Corporation (SAIC) chose the Rockwell Collins Sub-Net Relay (SNR) solution for U.S. Navy ships under the PEOC4I Battle Force Tactical Networking program.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin delivers latest Aerostat order to Army - News

May 31, 2012

Alice Moss Lockheed Martin

Unmanned

USAF laser scanner boosts aircraft-imaging accuracy - News

May 30, 2012

Alice Moss U.S. Air Force

Comms

Navigation payload elements powered on in GPS III test bed - News

May 30, 2012

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

DENVER. Navigation payload elements of the GPS III Non-Flight Satellite were powered on by the Lockheed Martin team that is producing the satellite system. These navigation elements include advanced atomic clocks that improve GPS accuracy, and the Mission Data Unit, which is the heart of the GPS III navigation payload. The test was completed before the integration of the full Navigation Payload Element.

Comms

Secure smartphones and tablets for defense coming from Samsung and General Dynamics - News

May 29, 2012

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

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. General Dynamics C4 Systems and Samsung are teaming to provide Samsung Approved for Enterprise (SAFE?) smartphones and tablet devices with General Dynamics defense-level information and cyber security technologies. The SAFE tablets and smartphones also have the Samsung Secure Android platform and will a cost-effective commercial technology solution for for military and government agencies, law enforcement and public safety, as well as financial, utility, and other industry personnel who need to be able to browse the Internet and access secure networks.

Avionics

New rugged computer system for avionics, C4ISR released by Kontron - News

May 25, 2012

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

ECHING, Germany. Engineers at Kontron released a new multi-mission rugged computer system called ApexVX -- based on 3U OpenVPX technology -- is designed for avionics and military applications such as precision-guided munitions, mobile military vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare, and C4ISR.

Avionics

Northrop Grumman's re-engined E-8C Joint STARS passes the test - News

May 24, 2012

Alice Moss Northrop Grumman

Avionics

Avionics upgrade by Boeing for NATO & U.S. AWACS fleet worth $368 million - News

May 24, 2012

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

SEATTLE. U.S. Air Force and NATO officials tasked Boeing to create a new design for modernizing the avionics and flight deck of the U.S. and NATO E-3 707 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft fleet ? under a $368 million contract.

Comms

New UK submarine class to be designed by BAE Systems for about $516 million - News

May 23, 2012

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

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, United Kingdom. The Royal Navy selected BAE Systems to design the next generation of submarines for the United Kingdom. UK Ministry of Defense officials awarded the first design contracts for the Vanguard replacement program to the main industrial partners, BAE Systems Maritime ? Submarines, Babcock, and Rolls-Royce.

Unmanned

Navy's ONR program brings solid-state laser weapons development - News

May 22, 2012

Alice Moss U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Radar/EW

Rugged FPDP recorders for military airborne, ground, and shipboard applications released by Pentek - News

May 22, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. Pentek engineers released a high-speed, multi-channel Serial FPDP recorder family called Talon including a rugged portable and rackmount devices as well as a commercial rackmount version. The systems hit aggregate recording rates as fast as 2 Gbytes per second.

Unmanned

Phalanx weapon system to get overhauled by Raytheon - News

May 21, 2012

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

LOUISVILLE, KY. Raytheon engineers will be upgrading and overhauling nine Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems for a U.S. Navy contract valued at $57.8 million. Under the contract the company also will produce two SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense systems and provide 20 radar upgrade kits.

Radar/EW

New SBC from Trenton uses Intel dual-processor solution - News

May 18, 2012

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

ATLANTA, GA. A new single-board computer (SBC) for military applications from Trenton Systems ? the BXT7059 -- integrates the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 family Intel C604 chipset into a dual-processor, PICMG 1.3 design.

Unmanned

New UAS open payload architecture verified in PredatorB/MQ-9 Reaper flight test - News

May 17, 2012

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

SAN DIEGO. Officials at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), SELEX Galileo, and Cobham Aviation Services joined hands in an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) open payload architecture demonstration for the Sovereign Payload Capability Demonstration (SPCD) that took place at GA-ASI?s Gray Butte Flight Operations Facilities in Palmdale, Calif.