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Radar/EW
Blighter Surveillance Systems introduces lightweight mobile e-scan radar - News
November 22, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, UK. Blighter Surveillance Systems has announced its Blighter Revolution 360, a lightweight, low-cost e-scan vehicle-mobile radar. The radar is capable of detecting small and slow-moving targets, even in cluttered environments, with its Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Doppler fast-scan processing.
Comms
Inflight MUOS testing completed for ARC-210 SDR - News
November 21, 2013
SAN DIEGO. Rockwell Collins and Lockheed Martin engineers completed airborne testing of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) and the new Wideband Code Divisional Multiple Access (WCDMA) waveform leveraging the latest version of the Rockwell Collins ARC-210 airborne software defined radio (SDR). Rockwell Collins made the announcement at the MILCOM show in San Diego this week.
Radar/EW
Navy AEGIS radar contract won by Raytheon - News
November 20, 2013
TEWKSBURY, MA. Raytheon won a $406 million contract to deliver AN/SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control Systems for the Navy's AEGIS program. The systems perform track and missile guidance functions for AEGIS. Raytheon engineers are developing solid-state technologies to enhance component performance, reliability and extended service life of the systems.
Comms
Wind River announces updates to VxWorks MILS Platform at MILCOM - News
November 19, 2013
MILCOM, SAN DIEGO, CA. Wind River has announced updates to its VxWorks MILS Platform for securing critical infrastructure. The updated version includes features for embedded systems on multi-core processors and a security evaluation evidence package for unicore-based systems that may undergo a high assurance, system-level security evaluation.
Comms
Kontron introduces new COM Express modules designed for harsh environments at MILCOM - News
November 18, 2013
SAN DIEGO, CA. At the MILCOM conference in San Diego, Kontron announced its new COM Express Computer-on-Module (COM). Designed for harsh environments, the COMe-bIP6RXT features extended temperature (-40 °C to +85 °C) operations with ECC and rapid shutdown capabilities, and also provides improved power ratio as well as increased processing and graphics performance.
Radar/EW
Mercury Systems announces Ethernet-based OpenVPX HPEC subsystems - News
November 15, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA. Mercury Systems has announced its new Ethernet protocols for cluster computing, switched fabrics, and sensor I/O used in OpenVPX-based High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) subsystems.
Comms
Application-Ready Platforms for Mil/Aero from VadaTech - News
November 14, 2013
HENDERSON, NV. VadaTech has announced its first pre-configured Application-Ready Platform (ARP) for Mil/Aero applications. The ARP200 for Mil-sensor processing delivers high data rates and front-end deterministic processing.
Avionics
F-35 Lightning II program to use AGI's STK software for test and evaluation - News
November 11, 2013
EXTON, PA. Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) won a contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to deliver a test and evaluation integrated solution for the F-35 Lightning II program based on its Systems Tool Kit (STK) software.
Radar/EW
Comark's 15 HMI solution completes MIL-STD-901D shock testing for U.S. Navy - News
November 08, 2013
MEDFIELD, MA. Comark’s 15” Human Machine Interface (HMI) solution has passed the full environmental testing, including MIL-STD-901D Grade-A lightweight shock testing. The 15” HMI is a fanless, sealed computer display unit with Core i5 processors, an LED backlit display, integrated speaker, and a rugged Infrared (IR) touchscreen.
Radar/EW
TE Connectivity's Ruggedized Optical Backplane interconnect system supports VITA 66.1 standard - News
November 07, 2013
HARRISBURG. TE Connectivity has announced the new VITA 66.1-supported Ruggedized Optical Backplane interconnect system, with intermatable connectors. It was designed for high-bandwidth applications like High-Definition (HD) video and images, as well as computing applications requiring optical infrastructure.
Comms
Obama administration ITAR/Export reforms detailed in pay-per-view e-cast next week - News
November 06, 2013
WASHINGTON. An e-cast on how defense companies can navigate the Obama Administration's export compliance reforms will be held on Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013 at 11 AM EST. The event, titled "Managing ITAR/Export compliance reform for defense electronics suppliers," will be hosted by Military Embedded Systems magazine and OpenSystems Media.
Radar/EW
OpenVPX Radar subsystems for Patriot Air and Missile Defense systems to be provided by Mercury Systems - News
November 06, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA. Mercury Systems, Inc., won follow-on orders from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems to deliver the company's OpenVPX-based radar subsystems and spares for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. Raytheon is the prime contractor for Patriot.
Avionics
Army Special Operations helicopter pilots to use synthetic vision from Rockwell Collins to navigate degraded environments - News
November 05, 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. Rockwell Collins won the first of three phases in a U.S. Army program to develop the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) for the Army’s Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) helicopters. Rockwell Collins's synthetic vision technology, used in business jet cockpits, will enhance the SOAR pilots' situational awareness in degraded environments. The program goal is to develop, qualify, and field a DVE solution can by 2018.
Cyber
IT management for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan provided by General Dynamics - News
November 04, 2013
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology won a task order to provide information technology (IT) management services supporting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District reconstruction and infrastructure-development programs in Afghanistan. The task order is under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services (ITES-2S) contract and has a potential contract value of $16 million over eighteen months if all the options are exercised.
Comms
NASA Dryden to implement Quintron DICES VoIP system architecture update - News
November 01, 2013
SANTA MARIA, CA. Quintron Systems, Inc. has been chosen to provide NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) with a technology update to expand to IP-based mission command voice featuring a new user station design.
Avionics
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Unmanned
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