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Unmanned

Autonomous landing system for UH-60 Black Hawks to use thermal management technology from Parker Aerospace - News

April 25, 2012

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

LIBERTY LAKE, WASH. Officials at Sierra Nevada Corp. are using thermal management solutions from Parker Aerospace for the for its Helicopter Autonomous Landing System (HALS) program integration on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

Radar/EW

Navy's 20-year old ATC analog radar system gets digital facelift - News

April 24, 2012

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

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. U.S. Navy officials procured two more Raytheon radar systems to replace obsolete analog air traffic control (ATC) systems with digital technology. Military bases at New River, N.C., and Quantico, Va., will get the new radar systems. This procurement is part of an ongoing effort to upgrade the Navy?s analog ATC radars.

Radar/EW

MEADS X-Band radar starts system-level integration testing - News

April 23, 2012

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

ROME, ITALY. The first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) started testing at Pratica di Mare Air Force Base, which is just outside of Rome, Italy. The system-level tests help the system prepare for an intercept flight test later this year. The advanced 360-degree rotating X-band radar finished initial performance tests at a near-field facility at SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA in Rome. At Pratica di Mare, program engineers will start system-level integration tests using a MEADS battle manager and launcher.

Radar/EW

Raytheon to provide additional Aegis equipment for U.S. Navy - News

April 20, 2012

Alice Moss Raytheon Company

Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman air-flow-through cooling technique licensed by Curtiss-Wright for VPX systems - News

April 20, 2012

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

ASHBURN, VA. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS) engineers are using Air-flow-through (AFT) cooling techniques from Northrop Grumman for use in rugged, military embedded systems. In compliance with the ANSI/VITA 48.5-2010 standard, CWCDS will use the AFT cooling on its VPX systems ? VITA 46/28/65 -- in C4ISR applications such as signals intelligence and radar signal processing.

From The Editor

Strategy and technology converge in DoD's FY 2013 budget request - News

April 19, 2012

Alice Moss

Unmanned

Predator UAV gets endurance enhancements - News

April 19, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

WASHINGTON. Officials at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) unveiled extended endurance enhancements for its Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fleet.

Unmanned

More Laser JDAM sensors from Boeing ordered by NAVAIR - News

April 18, 2012

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

ST. LOUIS. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing a contract for more Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) sensors. The $12.5 million contract is the second this year for Laser JDAM units. The first procured 700 sensors and this one is for 1,116 sensors.

Unmanned

Minehunting UUV unveiled by Navy, General Dynamics - News

April 17, 2012

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

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. ? A small model of the Knifefish Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) was unveiled by General Dynamics and U. S. Navy officials at the 2012 Sea-Air-Space Exposition. The Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV is a heavyweight-class, minehunting, unmanned undersea vehicle planned for deployment by forward operating forces, and will be a key part of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasures Mission Package.

Comms

GPS integration benchmark completed by Raytheon, Lockheed Martin - News

April 16, 2012

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

AURORA, Colo. Officials at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon announced that the two companies finished the first integration benchmark between the Raytheon Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and GPS III satellite system from Lockheed Martin.

Avionics

U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft expected to fulfill any and all missions - News

April 13, 2012

Alice Moss

Radar/EW

DARPA, Raytheon look to triple Gallium Nitride power handling ability - News

April 13, 2012

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tasked Raytheon engineers with developing next-generation Gallium Nitride devices bonded to diamond substrates ? or Thermally Enhanced Gallium Nitride (TEGaN). Under the the 18-month, $1.8 million contract Raytheon engineers will look to increase GaN device power handling capability of GaN devices by at least a factor of three.

Avionics

B-1 Lancer navigation system gets facelift - News

April 11, 2012

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

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. The Air Force awarded Boeing a $55.3 million contract to upgrade the B-1 Lancer aircraft?s navigation system a new ring laser gyro system.

Avionics

More than $1 Billion in avionics and sensors for Navy helicopters to be provided by Lockheed Martin - News

April 09, 2012

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

WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin won a billion dollar Navy contract to deliver more than 200 digital avionics cockpits as well as sensors and integrated mission systems for the MH-60S Sierra and MH-60R Romeo helicopters ? both of which are manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, Conn.

Avionics

Army Special Operations helicopters to continue upgrading avionics with Rockwell Collins parts - News

April 05, 2012

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins engineers will continue providing replacement avionics parts for Army Special Operations helicopter cockpits under a $17.2 million contract renewal.