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Radar/EW
British army ground vehicle uses rugged GE embedded computers for ISTAR capability - News
June 13, 2012
TOWCESTER, United Kingdom. General Dynamics UK officials chose embedded computing solutions from GE Intelligent Platforms for the British army?s Scout Specialist Vehicle Demonstration Phase. The contract is valued at $5 million.
Cyber
Comms
Rugged smart displays for ground vehicles showcased by Barco at Eurosatory - News
June 12, 2012
PARIS, France. Barco engineers released two new smart displays at Eurosatory this week in Paris ? the SV-126 and the SV-231. The units are compact and targeted at tracked and wheeled military vehicles.
Comms
Rugged ATCA platform released by SANBlaze for tactical military applications - News
June 11, 2012
LITTLETON, Mass. Engineers at SANBlaze Technology?s Defense Solutions Group have designed a new rugged AdvancedTCA (ATCA) solution called Rugged Compute Platform for Tactical Ops, or RCP-Tactical Ops. The new Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) is produced to meet the Size, Weight, and Power ? Cost (SWaP-C) requirements and Modular Open Systems Approach of Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programs.
Cyber
Cybersecurity firm acquired by Northrop Grumman - News
June 08, 2012
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. officials signed an agreement to purchase privately-held Australian cybersecurity firm called M5 Network Security Pty Ltd., based in Canberra, Australia. M5 also provides secure mobile communications services and products, and advanced analytics to Australian intelligence and military organizations.
Radar/EW
New 3U OpenVPX SBCs released by Kontron use 3rd gen Core i7 processors - News
June 07, 2012
ECHING, Germany. Kontron officials released their latest generation of 3U OpenVPX single-board computers (SBC) that use interface technology that is based on the 3rd generation Intel Core i7 processors.
Radar/EW
Radar/EW
Rugged 3U mission computer subsystem released by Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions - News
June 06, 2012
HIGH WYCOMBE, UNITED KINGDOM. A new line of rugged VPX subsystems was announced by officials at Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS). The Multi-Platform Mission Computer (MPMC)-9335 3-slot system can be quickly configured for aerospace, defense, and law enforcement applications.
Unmanned
Liquid-hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye UAV makes 1st autonomous flight - News
June 05, 2012
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Phantom Eye unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ? a liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft from Boeing -- made its first autonomous flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. During the 28-minute flight the UAV rose to an altitude of 4,080 feet and reached a cruising speed of 62 knots.
Unmanned
Unmanned
Polar Hawk UAV to perform HALE security missions for Canada's Arctic territories - News
June 04, 2012
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
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
Unmanned
Comms
Navigation payload elements powered on in GPS III test bed - News
May 30, 2012
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.
Unmanned
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