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Avionics

Avionics obsolescence management concept from Northrop Grumman to be used on Air Force B-2 - News

February 11, 2014

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

PALMDALE, CA. Northrop Grumman engineers are demonstrating for the U.S. Air Force a new method they developed for battling obsolescence in avionics on the B-2 stealth bomber. Company engineers are developing a functional replacement for a B-2 avionics box dubbed the Audio Central Distribution Unit (ACDU).

Avionics

British Apache targeting and pilotage system support contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

February 10, 2014

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

ORLANDO, FL. Lockheed Martin engineers will support the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system for the U.K.’s Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft under a sustainment and support contract from AgustaWestland valued at $60 million.

Radar/EW

AcQ Inducom releases rugged 3U VPX board for radar, video processing - News

February 08, 2014

AcQ Inducom

NETHERLANDS. AcQ Inducom has released a conduction cooled, ruggedized REDI (VITA 48) variant of the Medusa 3U OpenVPX Single Board Computer (SBC). The highly modular system is well-suited for a range of embedded applications, and brings together an optimized combination of performance and Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP).

Radar/EW

Sensoray releases A/V codec for use in radar, sonar processing - News

February 06, 2014

Sensoray

TIGARD, OR. Sensoray has released a compact and robust USB-compatible audio/video codec – the Model 2253P. The unit is powered from a single USB port, and is capable of producing two different video streams simultaneously.

Comms

Aviation Command & Control System (AC2S) developed by General Dynamics passes critical design review - News

February 05, 2014

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

SCOTTSDALE, AZ. – A General Dynamics C4 Systems-led team was part of the critical design review of the Aviation Command and Control Subsystem (AC2S), which is a part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S). Company engineers will now build four AC2S engineering development models (EDM) for use in a CAC2S system for developmental testing and operational assessment.

Radar/EW

Air Force centers to integrate air operations and missile defense with Lockheed Martin software planner - News

February 04, 2014

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

DENVER. Lockheed Martin engineers developed a software planner that will integrate air operations and missile defense systems, providing the Air Force with the ability to see and better understand dynamic global scenarios. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and is worth about $8 million to provide an air and missile defense planner that will then be integrated into the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center.

Comms

More Boeing search and rescue radios ordered by Air Force - News

February 03, 2014

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

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials ordered 2,550 more Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) radios – which are used in the rescue of downed pilots and other warfighters in dangerous situations. The contract is valued at $24 million.

Unmanned

U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin demonstrate autonomous convoy vehicles - News

January 31, 2014

Lockheed Martin

DALLAS. In partnership with Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) put on an autonomous convoy demonstration at Fort Hood.

Radar/EW

TE introduces new lightweight EMI shields for mil/aero applications - News

January 30, 2014

TE Connectivity

HARRISBURG, PA. TE Connectivity has announced the company’s new Lightweight Composite EMI Shields (LCES), which are 40 percent lighter than standard aluminum. The shields have been designed for military, aerospace, radar, RF, and satcom applications.

Comms

Lockheed Martin successfully powers on SV-02 GPS III satellite; four more to follow - News

January 29, 2014

Lockheed Martin

DENVER. The Lockheed Martin-GPS III team has passed a production milestone by successfully turning on power to the bus and network communications equipment payload of the second GPS III Space Vehicle 2 (SV-02) satellite.

Radar/EW

AESA radar, electronic warfare upgrades made to Korean military aircraft - News

January 27, 2014

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

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon won a contract with BAE Systems to support the Republic of Korea's fleet's upgrade of more than 130 KF-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. As a subcontractor to BAE Systems, Raytheon will provide their Advanced Combat Radar (RACR), the ALR-69A all-digital radar warning receiver, advanced mission computing technology, and weapon systems integration.

Comms

Boeing TDRS-L joins NASA network, sends first signals from space - News

January 24, 2014

Boeing

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. The Boeing Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-L has been successfully launched into space and first on-orbit signals have already been received. The TDRS-L will provide communications capabilities for NASA’s space network.

Comms

U.S. Navy accepts three MUOS ground stations from General Dynamics - News

January 23, 2014

Raytheon Company

SCOTTSDALE, AZ. The U.S. Navy has accepted three ground stations built by General Dynamics C4 Systems for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) located in Hawaii, Virginia, and Australia. These ground stations provide communications and control interfaces among the MUOS satellites.

Radar/EW

FMC/VPX carrier from Pentek has optical backplane interface - News

January 21, 2014

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

PHOENIX,. Pentek released a new FMC carrier board that has an optical backplane interface making it ideal for high-level signal processing applications such as radar and Software Defined Radio (SDR). The 3U VPX product -- the Model 5973 -- is the first one from of Pentek's new Flexor line of FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) carriers and FMC modules. Pentek released the product this week at the Embedded Tech Trends conference in Phoenix.

Unmanned

Rocket-based weapon system demonstrated for small ship protection - News

January 17, 2014

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company L-3 Communications

YUMA PROVING GROUND, AZ. Engineers at Raytheon and L-3 Communications fired Raytheon-made TALON laser-guided rockets from L-3 remote weapon station designed by L-3 using an LAU-68 launcher. The test demonstrated how small ships can be protected by using the lightweight remote weapon system integrating the already-fielded launcher and sensor systems as well as the TALON missiles.