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Unmanned

New 3U OpenVPX solution released by Pixus - News

May 08, 2013

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

WATERLOO, Ontario. Engineers at Pixus Technologies designed new 3U OpenVPX backplanes that come in a 5-slot mesh topology version and 6-slot device with a distributed topology.

Comms

Northrop Grumman to provide additional BACN support for USAF - News

May 07, 2013

Alice Moss Northrop Grumman

Radar/EW

Navy Aegis BMD program to use Mercury Systems signal processing technology - News

May 07, 2013

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

CHELMSFORD, MA. Mercury Systems won $6.9 million in follow-on orders for the company's signal processing subsystems from Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) upgrade program.

Unmanned

Hypersonic UAV from Boeing completes longest scramjet-powered flight - News

May 06, 2013

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

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. The X-51A WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle from Boeing completed the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in known history after flying for three and a half minutes on scramjet power with a top speed of Mach 5.1. The vehicle flew for f more than six minutes total.

Comms

Next-gen GPS operational control system software from Raytheon completes launch readiness exercise - News

May 03, 2013

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

AURORA, Colo. Raytheon engineers finished the second launch readiness exercise of the next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) operational control system (OCX) for the U.S. Air Force. Exercise 2's completion demonstrates that the OCX software from Raytheon meets mission requirements and is on track for the first GPS III satellite launch.

Comms

NASA human spaceflight facility hardware and software supported by Lockheed Martin - News

May 02, 2013

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

HOUSTON. NASA selected Lockheed Martin selected NASA for Johnson Space Center development and operations that support human spaceflight under a $166.8 million contract option.

Radar/EW

Parker Aerospace to provide liquid cooling Thermal Management System for Joint Strike Missile - News

April 30, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Parker Aerospace

LIBERTY LAKE, WA. Parker Aerospace will provide a liquid cooling Thermal Management System (TMS) to Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs) from Kongsberg Defense Systems. The JSMs are slated to be the primary strike weapon of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

Avionics

SYSGO PikeOS hypervisor virtualizes European Space Agency IMA4Space project - News

April 29, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design SYSGO

MAINZ, GERMANY. SYSGO has announced that its PikeOS certified Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) ran on the LEON platform of the recently completed IMA4Space project. The IMA4Space project, a program established by the European Space Agency (ESA) to define a Time and Space Partitioning (TSP) solutions for space equipment, focused on the implementation of an Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) system to reduce the amount of electronics in future space applications.

Radar/EW

Low Frequency Sensor radar cues Multifunction Fire Control Radar in 360-degree MEADS demonstration - News

April 26, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design MEADS International

ORLANDO, FL. A Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Low-Frequency Sensor has cued a Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) in a demonstration at Hancock Airport in Syracuse, N.Y. The UHF Low-Frequency Sensor acquired, tracked, and relayed the location of a small test aircraft to the MEADS Battle Manager. The Battle Manager then produced corresponding cue search commands for the X-band MFCR, which searched the cued area and set up a dedicated track once the target was acquired.

Avionics

DO-178C, DO-278A, DO-254 Certification Management System developed by LDRA - News

April 25, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design LDRA Technology

SAN JOSE, CA. The LDRA Compliance Management System (LCMS), a resource for developing infrastructure that supports DO-178B/C, DO-278A, and DO-254 compliancy, has been released by LDRA. LCMS ensures certification readiness through a process that includes LDRA Certification Services (LCS) professionals support from development and production through the maintenance lifecycle.

Avionics

GNAT Pro 7.1 release includes Ada 2012 support, other enhancements - News

April 25, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design AdaCore

SAN JOSE, CA. A new release of the GNAT Pro multi-language development environment has been released by AdaCore. GNAT Pro 7.1 is a Freely Licensed Open Source Software (FLOSS) that includes enhancements in Ada language features, new tools, and run-time improvements over previous versions.

Cyber

GrammaTech CodeSonar integrated with Eclipse IDE - News

April 24, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design GrammaTech

SAN JOSE, CA. GrammaTech has announced integration of the CodeSonar static analysis tool into the Eclipse IDE. Using the CodeSonar Eclipse plug-in enables developers to run static analysis and correct defects from within the Eclipse environment.

Radar/EW

VPX system development chassis released by Emerson Network Power - News

April 24, 2013

Brandon Lewis - Technology Editor, Embedded Computing Design Emerson

SAN JOSE, CA. Emerson Network Power has released the KR8-VPX-3-6-1 VPX system chassis. The KR8-VPX-3-6-1 meets Emerson safety, Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC), and environmental requirements, and is suited for use in benign ground installations and development and testing.