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Radar/EW

OIS-AT announces first 3D Bird Radar at Eurosatory Paris 2014 - News

June 17, 2014

PARIS. OIS Advanced Technology (OIS-AT) has announced at Eurosatory 2014 the first 3D Avian (Bird) Radar System that tracks altitude, position, and vector of birds in flight and on the ground.

Comms

New Ku-Band four-way Iso-Divider for satellite applications - News

June 16, 2014

Crane Aerospace and Electronics

Chandler, AZ and West Caldwell, NJ. Crane Aerospace & Electronics Microwave Solution has announced the Ku-Band four-way Iso-Divider intended for use in satellite applications.

Unmanned

RFEL advanced fusion Driver Vision Enhancement for military usage on display at Eurosatory - News

June 11, 2014

RFEL

Newport, Isle of Wight, UK. RFEL, in collaboration with GuS, KTK Kommunikationstechnik, and Rheinmetall Defence, will be showcasing an advanced fused Driver Vision Enhancement (fDVE) solution at the Eurosatory conference in Paris, France, June 16-20.

Avionics

DARPA miniaturized IMU to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News

June 10, 2014

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

WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Northrop Grumman engineers will be developing a miniaturized navigation grade inertial system for use by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator (C-SCAN) program. It is part of U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center contract.

Radar/EW

Modular, open-architecture radar system to be demonstrated by Raytheon for Navy - News

June 09, 2014

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

TEWKSBURY, MA. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) tasked Raytheon to further develop an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). The company's EASR concept uses existing Radar Modular Assembly (RMA) architecture that has been proven on Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) platforms. EASR will be able to meet the performance needs of various candidate ship classes for ship situational awareness, self-defense, air traffic control, and weather monitoring.

Unmanned

Schiebel UAS helicopter demonstrated for the Brazilian Navy - News

June 06, 2014

Schiebel

VIENNA. Schiebel recently demonstrated the CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter’s capabilities to the Brazilian Navy from the Brazilian Amazonas Class Ship APA near San Pedro, Brazil.

Radar/EW

Diamond Microwave announces new compact SSPA for defense, aerospace applications - News

June 05, 2014

Diamond Microwave

TAMPA, FL. Diamond Microwave announced at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Tampa, FL the new DM‑SC50‑01, a 2-6 GHz GaN-based Solid-State Power Amplifier (SSPA) that can be operated in either pulsed or Continuous Wave (CW) mode.

Radar/EW

Space Fence Radar system contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

June 04, 2014

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

MOORESTOWN, NJ. Lockheed Martin won a $914 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for improving the way objects are tracked in space to increase U.S. capabilities for preventing space-based collisions.

Comms

Raytheon wins $298 million FAB-T satellite terminal program contract from Air Force - News

June 03, 2014

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

MARLBOROUGH, MA. Raytheon won a modification contract worth nearly $300 million for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminals (CPT) Production program.

Avionics

Flight test milestones met by F-35 - News

June 02, 2014

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

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. Last month, in three separate flight tests the F-35 Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin demonstrated an air-to-air combat capability, finished its first flight test with the next level software load and also made a landing at the maximum test speed and drop rate.

Comms

Satellite launch provider Astrotech Space Operations to be acquired by Lockheed Martin - News

May 30, 2014

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

BETHESDA, MD. Lockheed Martin officials announced they have a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Astrotech Corp's Astrotech Space Operations business unit in Titusville, FL. The organization provides satellite launch preparation services, from final testing and fueling through to encapsulation and day-of launch operations. Once the deal is closed, Astrotech Space Operations will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin under it's Space Systems business area.

Radar/EW

Seventh C4ISR contract to support the U.S. Coast Guard awarded to Lockheed Martin - News

May 29, 2014

Lockheed Martin

MOORESTOWN, NJ. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has awarded an additional $69 million contract to Lockheed Martin to support the U.S. Coast Guard to address at-sea threats and enforce maritime authority.

Comms

Marine Corps Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) upgrades to be supported by SAIC - News

May 28, 2014

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

MCLEAN, VA. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) won a prime contract from The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Program Executive Office – Land Systems (PEO-LS) to engineer, design, and test upgrades of 10 prototype and 52 LRIP vehicles for the Legacy Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) Personnel Carrier Variant Platform program.

Comms

Networked rifles from Colt Canada now enable data exchange with C2 platforms - News

May 27, 2014

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

OTTAWA, Ontario. General Dynamics Canada engineers are integrating their Variable Message Format (VMF) interface into the Soldier Weapon & Observer Reconnaissance Devices (SWORD) system from Colt Canada. This will extend the data exchange capability down to the dismounted soldier.

Radar/EW

Fourth Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft delivered to India - News

May 23, 2014

Boeing

SEATTLE. Boeing has fulfilled half of its contract to deliver eight P-8I maritime patrol aircrafts to India. The fourth aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle and arrived at Naval Air Station Rajali, where it joined three other P-8Is.