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Comms

Newest Boeing WGS satellite to improve communications for U.S. military - News

December 12, 2013

Boeing

EL SEGUNDO, CA. Boeing has produced the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, and has delivered it to the U.S. Air Force. The additional satellite will further improve communications capabilities for the U.S. military and allies.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin to build lander for first private unmanned Mars mission - News

December 10, 2013

Lockheed Martin

DENVER. The nonprofit organization Mars One has chosen Lockheed Martin to develop and construct the mission concept study and lander for the first Mars spacecraft to embark on a private launch. The lander will be based on Lockheed Martin’s successful NASA Phoenix spacecraft that launched in 2007.

Comms

Boeing Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress satellite launches, sends signals from orbit - News

December 09, 2013

Boeing

EL SEGUNDO, CA. Boeing has launched their first Inmarsat-5 satellite, which sent its first signals from orbit. Boeing plans to establish the world’s first globally-available high-speed mobile broadband service for commercial and government use, called Global Xpress.

Radar/EW

LCR Electronics relocates backplane, chassis, systems product divisions to LCR Embedded Systems; remaining divisions sold to Astrodyne - News

December 06, 2013

LCR Embedded Systems

NORRISTOWN, PA. Founder of LCR Electronics, Nissen Isakov, has announced the company’s backplane, chassis, and systems product divisions will now operate under a new business entity, LCR Embedded Systems. The former owner of LCR Electronics will now head LCR Embedded Systems, while the remaining filter and control product lines have been sold to Astrodyne.

Comms

Sabtech CEO Michael Carter purchases Sabtech company, stock - News

December 05, 2013

Sabtech

YORBA LINDA, CA. Sabtech CEO Michael Carter has purchased the company and 100 percent of the company’s stock. Carter was recently promoted to CEO from president of Sabtech in July 2013.

Avionics

CES announces video I/O and processor XMC for avionics interfaces - News

December 04, 2013

Creative Electronic Systems

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. Creative Electronic Systems (CES) has announced the VPP-8112 video I/O and processor XMC. The VPP-8112 incorporates various input/output channels with efficient image processing capability in a small, air-cooled or conduction-cooled format.

Comms

Small, lightweight SAASM military GPS receiver available from Rockwell Collins - News

December 03, 2013

Rockwell Collins

Rockwell Collins has released a small, lightweight, low-powered Selective Availability Anti-spoofing Module (SAASM)-based GPS receiver, MicroGRAM. Specifically designed for military use, the GPS receiver is the size of a postage stamp and provides accurate positioning, anti-jamming/spoofing, and security, resulting in assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT).

Radar/EW

Navy's Standard Missile-6 with advanced signal processing deployed - News

December 02, 2013

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

TUCSON, AZ. U.S. Navy personnel are deploying the Standard Missile-6 from Raytheon for the first time, reaching initial operational capability on schedule.

Comms

Small tactical radio terminal from ViaSat for DA20 Falcon from BAE Systems UK - News

November 26, 2013

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

CARLSBAD, Calif. BAE Systems, UK chose ViaSat Inc., to deliver the Small Tactical Terminal (STT) KOR-24 for installation on the Cobham Falcon 20 to support Link 16 network pre-deployment training. The STT, which was co-developed by ViaSat and Harris Corp., is a certified VHF/UHF and Link 16 two-channel radio that is authorized for transmission in the UK airspace on any platform that has the same clearance approval.

Radar/EW

Blighter Surveillance Systems introduces lightweight mobile e-scan radar - News

November 22, 2013

Blighter Surveillance Systems

CAMBRIDGE, UK. Blighter Surveillance Systems has announced its Blighter Revolution 360, a lightweight, low-cost e-scan vehicle-mobile radar. The radar is capable of detecting small and slow-moving targets, even in cluttered environments, with its Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Doppler fast-scan processing.

Comms

Inflight MUOS testing completed for ARC-210 SDR - News

November 21, 2013

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

SAN DIEGO. Rockwell Collins and Lockheed Martin engineers completed airborne testing of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) and the new Wideband Code Divisional Multiple Access (WCDMA) waveform leveraging the latest version of the Rockwell Collins ARC-210 airborne software defined radio (SDR). Rockwell Collins made the announcement at the MILCOM show in San Diego this week.

Radar/EW

Navy AEGIS radar contract won by Raytheon - News

November 20, 2013

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

TEWKSBURY, MA. Raytheon won a $406 million contract to deliver AN/SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control Systems for the Navy's AEGIS program. The systems perform track and missile guidance functions for AEGIS. Raytheon engineers are developing solid-state technologies to enhance component performance, reliability and extended service life of the systems.

Comms

Wind River announces updates to VxWorks MILS Platform at MILCOM - News

November 19, 2013

Wind River

MILCOM, SAN DIEGO, CA. Wind River has announced updates to its VxWorks MILS Platform for securing critical infrastructure. The updated version includes features for embedded systems on multi-core processors and a security evaluation evidence package for unicore-based systems that may undergo a high assurance, system-level security evaluation.

Comms

Kontron introduces new COM Express modules designed for harsh environments at MILCOM - News

November 18, 2013

Kontron

SAN DIEGO, CA. At the MILCOM conference in San Diego, Kontron announced its new COM Express Computer-on-Module (COM). Designed for harsh environments, the COMe-bIP6RXT features extended temperature (-40 °C to +85 °C) operations with ECC and rapid shutdown capabilities, and also provides improved power ratio as well as increased processing and graphics performance.

Radar/EW

Mercury Systems announces Ethernet-based OpenVPX HPEC subsystems - News

November 15, 2013

Mercury Systems

CHELMSFORD, MA. Mercury Systems has announced its new Ethernet protocols for cluster computing, switched fabrics, and sensor I/O used in OpenVPX-based High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) subsystems.