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Avionics

U.S. Army Apache sustainment contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

February 27, 2014

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

ORLANDO, FL. The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract the end of last year for sustainment of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system for the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The PBL contract is valued at $92 million.

Avionics

Northrop Grumman extends partnership with Bell Helicopter to supply LCR-100 AHRS navigation systems - News

February 26, 2014

Northrop Grumman

ANAHEIM, CA. Northrop Grumman has extended their partnership with Bell Helicopter to supply LCR-100 Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) flight control and navigation systems for the Bell 412 helicopter. The agreement is through 2017.

Comms

Epiq Solutions announces Sidekiq, a compact SDR in a MiniPCIe card - News

February 25, 2014

Epiq Solutions

SCHAUMBURG, IL. Epiq Solutions has announced their new compact Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform, Sidekiq. The MiniPCIe card measures 31 mm x 50 mm x 5 mm, and can be implemented within a wide range of embedded computing platforms that support MiniPCIe.

Avionics

CoreAVI announces enhanced configurations to AMD Radeon GPU for mil/aero applications at Embedded World 2014 - News

February 25, 2014

Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI)

NUREMBURG, GERMANY. Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) has announced their hardware and software solutions to enable the AMD Radeon E8860 to be used by aerospace and defense applications at Embedded World 2014.

Comms

Boeing IIF-5 GPS satellite sends first signals from space - News

February 21, 2014

Boeing

EL SEGUNDO, CA. The fifth Boeing IIF GPS satellite was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket and sent its first signals from space yesterday, February 20. These five satellites are improving navigation, position, and timing information for civilian and military users around the globe.

Radar/EW

Rochester Electronics increases support of active/obsolete ICs for military, aerospace applications - News

February 20, 2014

Rochester Electronics

NEWBURYPORT, MA. Through its Extension-of-Life products and solutions, Rochester Electronics has expanded its support services of both active and obsolete Integrated Circuits (ICs) for mil/aero applications. Rochester complies with MIL-STD-883 and MIL-PRF-38535 requirements.

Radar/EW

Infrared search and track sensor tested by Navy on Super Hornets - News

February 19, 2014

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

ST. LOUIS. U.S. Navy officials completed the first tests of the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor on a F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft -- produced by Boeing. The sensor looks for hard-to-detect targets over long distances.

Radar/EW

New electronic warfare group formed by Raytheon - News

February 17, 2014

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

EL SEGUNDO, CA. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems officials announced a new mission area dubbed Electronic Warfare Systems that combines several of the company's Electronic Warfare (EW) programs. The new group will be based in El Segundo, CA and consists of the following programs/products: EW self protection systems; airborne information operations; Next Generation Jammer; advanced EW programs; EW communications systems; and other EW pursuits.

Avionics

U.S. military awards Northrop Grumman contract for embedded GPS/INS - News

February 14, 2014

Northrop Grumman

WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Northrop Grumman was awarded a U.S. Air Force indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for purchase of its Embedded Global Positioning/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI). The contract has a potential value of up to $200 million.

Avionics

Curtiss-Wright announces small, lightweight COTS air data computer module - News

February 13, 2014

Curtiss-Wright

SINGAPORE AIR SHOW 2014. Curtiss-Wright has announced the new Air Data Computer Module (ADCM) designed for both civil and defense aircraft platforms. The Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) ADCM is compact and lightweight, with a stable vibrating cylinder.

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.