Industry News

Radar/EW

Wind Farm mitigation performed on Netherlands airbase radar systems by Raytheon - News

May 28, 2013

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

HARLOW, England. Raytheon engineers will be upgrading four additional Airport Surveillance Radar sites with the Wind Farm Mitigation kits for Royal Netherlands air force (RNLAF). The upgrade includes WiMax interference filtering (4G filtration) and is expected to be completed within the next 12-15 months.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton UAS completes maiden flight - News

May 24, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design BAE Systems

PALMDALE, CA. The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft completed its maiden flight from the Northrop Grumman manufacturing facility in Palmdale, CA. The Triton Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is a high-altitude UAS that will be used for surveillance missions by the U.S. Navy to monitor large ocean expanses and coastal regions.

A.I.

JDL Level 2-4 information fusion engine released by Larus Technologies - News

May 23, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Larus Technologies

OTTAWA, ONTARIO. Larus Technologies Corporation has released the Total::Insight High-Level Information Fusion Engine (HLIFE). Total::Insight is a COTS software analytics engine for use in C4ISR systems. The multi-source, multi-sensor software operates from levels 2, 3, or 4 of the DoD Joint Director of Laboratories (JDL) information fusion model.

Unmanned

Surface ship laser weapon technology to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News

May 22, 2013

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

REDONDO BEACH, CA. U.S. Navy officials chose Northrop Grumman Corp. for the initial phase of the Solid State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program -- a research and development project for maturing solid-state, high-power laser weapon systems and components for Navy ship defense.

Avionics

Mobile air traffic control system for U.S. Air Force to be designed by Raytheon - News

May 21, 2013

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

TEWSKBURY, MA. Raytheon won a U.S. Air Force contract to produce rapidly deployable air traffic control (ATC) systems that can be deployed anywhere in the world and then be completely operational controlling flights within six hours. Under the contract, potentially valued at $260 million -- Raytheon engineers will produce one Engineering and Manufacturing Development unit with production options for as many as 18 Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) systems.

Radar/EW

Gray Eagle gets electronic jamming payload from Raytheon - News

May 20, 2013

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

MARLBOROUGH, MA. Raytheon engineers provided two electronic attack payloads to support the Army's Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO) system. NERO is used as an airborne electronic attack system the Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for jamming enemy communications systems.

Avionics

High angle of attack testing completed by F-35A - News

May 17, 2013

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

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. Lockheed Martin's F-35A team completed high angle of attack (AOA) testing beyond positive and negative maximum command limits. This includes intentionally putting the aircraft out of control in several configurations.

Radar/EW

SABR Auto Target Cueing increases F-16 mission capabilities - News

May 15, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Northrop Grumman

BALTIMORE. The Northrop Grumman Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) has demonstrated its autonomous, all-environment Auto Target Cueing (ATC) capability. SABR was designed specifically for the F-16 fighter aircraft, and the ATC precision targeting technology will increase the mission capabilities of F-16 retrofits.

Cyber

DHS adds Northrop Grumman to critical infrastructure cybersecurity program - News

May 14, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, VA. Northrop Grumman has signed a memorandum of agreement to join the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) program. The agreement will enable expansion of cybersecurity protection for U.S. critical infrastructure. Northrop Grumman has begun the security accreditation approval process required in order to operate as a Commercial Service Provider (CSP) in the ECS program.

Unmanned

Air-Launched Missile Target Prototype tested by Lockheed Martin & MDA - News

May 13, 2013

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

HUNTSVILLE, AL. Lockheed Martin and U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) engineers tested a prototype of the air-launched Extended Medium-range Ballistic Missile (eMRBM) target at the Yuma Proving Ground, AZ.

Radar/EW

Boeing provides AWACS upgrade/support to Japan per USAF delivery order - News

May 10, 2013

Alice Moss Boeing

Unmanned

OpenVPX InfiniBand switch for ISR released by GE Intelligent Platforms - News

May 10, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.

HUNTSVILLE, AL. GE Intelligent Platforms has released a rugged 6U OpenVPX InfiniBand switch fabric module, the IBX400. The board-level, Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)-compliant module leverages Mellanox Technologies’ sixth generation SwitchX 2 VPI switch, and is suited for deployment in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications.

Comms

BAE, Lockheed, General Dynamics, others to render force support, business services to Navy - News

May 09, 2013

Alice Moss U.S. Navy

Comms

BlackBerry 10, Samsung KNOX approved for use on DoD networks - News

May 09, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Samsung Blackberry

WATERLOO, ON and LONDON, UK. In two separate announcements late last week, both BlackBerry and Samsung Electronics revealed that BlackBerry 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets running BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 and Samsung KNOX-enabled smartphones and tablets have been approved for use on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) networks. The devices were successfully qualified against Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) standards by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and will be placed on the Unified Communications Approved Product List (UC APL).