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Avionics

New, FACE-compliant airborne autonomy system demonstrated by Navy, Lockheed Martin - News

April 07, 2014

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

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. Engineers at Lockheed Martin and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) completed a demonstration of an unmanned rotorcraft completing an autonomous approach and landing in an unprepared environment via the OPTIMUS mission system from Lockheed Martin. The system improves the aircraft's onboard intelligence enabling it to have advanced mission planning capability that can then be applied to current and future unmanned rotary wing aircraft. It does so by using an open architecture set up for Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) compliance.

Unmanned

Haivision announces Kraken HEVC transcoder platform for optimal video over constricted networks - News

April 04, 2014

Haivision

MONTREAL, CANADA. Haivision has announced the Kraken High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) baseband encoding and H.264 transcoding solution, which provides better video quality for backhaul over constricted networks for enterprise and government applications.

Radar/EW

Boeing to showcase advanced technologies for EW, ISR at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition - News

April 03, 2014

Boeing

ST. LOUIS. Boeing is set to feature a variety of new technologies, including advances in Electronic Warfare (EW) and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) at the 2014 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition on April 7-9 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD.

Avionics

LynuxWorks announces FAA-certified LynxOS-178 2.2.3 RTOS for Power Architecture-based avionics - News

April 02, 2014

LynuxWorks

SAN JOSE, CA. LynuxWorks, Inc., announced at the EE Live! conference the upcoming availability of LynxOS-178 v2.2.3, which is an FAA Level A certified Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). This updated RTOS offers many new features for avionics developers of Power Architecture-based platforms.

Comms

Supermicro highlights battery backup power solutions for mission-critical embedded applications at EE Live! - News

April 01, 2014

Supermicro

SAN JOSE, CA. Supermicro is exhibiting its latest solutions for mission-critical embedded applications at the EE Live! conference in San Jose, CA. The company will showcase its Battery Backup Power (BBP) solutions, as well as compact, low-power Intel Atom-based general-purpose server, communications, and network security embedded appliances.

Comms

Aeroflex announces new applications for the Kenwood 20 and NEXEDGE software defined radios - News

March 28, 2014

Parker Aerospace

LAS VEGAS, NV. Aeroflex Incorporated has made an announcement at the International Wireless Communications Expo 2014 on the additional support for the Kenwood 20 Series P25 and NEXEDGE radios for the Aeroflex 3920B Auto-Test II system.

Unmanned

Triton UAS completes first major milestone; Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy clear for flight - News

March 26, 2014

Northrop Grumman

SAN DIEGO, CA. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have completed the first Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) major milestone of the test program, and have cleared the UAS to fly at various altitudes, speeds, and weights.

Comms

GPS III communications contract won by General Dynamics - News

March 24, 2014

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

FAIRFAX, Va. - Lockheed Martin awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $26 million contract from Lockheed Martin for the Network Communications Element (NCE) of the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) III.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin, Warsaw Polytechnic research manned, unmanned aircraft solutions - News

March 21, 2014

Lockheed Martin

WARSAW, POLAND. Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Warsaw Polytechnic to conduct an advanced applied research program in the field of integration between manned and unmanned airborne platform systems.

Unmanned

Boeing high-speed Phantom Swift aircraft selected for DARPA VTOL program - News

March 20, 2014

Boeing

ST. LOUIS. Boeing’s Phantom Swift prototype has been chosen to be part of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) X-plane program.

Comms

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works to build another DDG 51 Destroyer for Navy - News

March 18, 2014

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

BATH, ME. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works won a U.S. Navy contract to build an additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51), bringing the total number of ships to be constructed under a multi-year procurement to five. This contract is valued at $642.5 million and the total contact is worth about $3.4 billion.

Radar/EW

Initial operational capability announced for Air Force Sniper targeting pod - News

March 17, 2014

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

ORLANDO, FL. Air Force officials announced initial operational capability (IOC) for the Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod - Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) -- that was developed by Lockheed Martin engineers. It has since deployed for support of combat operations in theater.

Avionics

First Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II delivered to Luke Air Force Base - News

March 17, 2014

Lockheed Martin

GLENDALE, AZ. The first Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II has been delivered to Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, AZ. The F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) variant, known as LF 5030, is the first of many F-35As scheduled for delivery to the base.

Comms

Astro Aerospace delivers JIB antennas for U.S. Air Force GPS III satellites - News

March 13, 2014

Astro Aerospace

CARPINTERIA, CA. Astro Aerospace, a division of Northrop Grumman, has delivered 32 self-deploying monopole JIB antennas for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellites (3-6).