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Avionics

PikeOS RTOS 3.3 update announced by SYSGO - News

February 28, 2012

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

NUREMBERG, Germany. Engineers at SYSGO released the latest version of their PikeOS Real-Time-Operating System (RTOS) ? version 3.3 ? at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany today. The latest update enables SMP and Linux support toward multi-core architectures. It also has a new certifiable file system, performance improvements, certifiable IP stack, and other tool improvements.

Comms

British army Scout Specialist Vehicle program to run INTEGRITY RTOS from Green Hills Software - News

February 28, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Green Hills Software, Inc.

NUREMBERG, Germany. Officials at General Dynamics UK selected the INTEGRITY Real-Time-Operating-System (RTOS) from Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., as the operating system software for all mission-critical computers within the Scout Specialist Vehicles (SV) program. Green Hills officials made the announcement at the Embedded World show this week in Nuremberg, Germany.

Radar/EW

System synchronization and distribution devices for phased array radar applications released by Pentek - News

February 28, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

NUREMBERG, GERMANY. Engineers at Pentek in Upper Saddle River, N.J. announced two new high-speed system synchronization and distribution devices for phased array radar, direction finding, and beamforming antenna applications at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. The Pentek Model 7192 PMC/XMC module and the Model 9192 rack-mount unit, respectively, will work with multiple Pentek Virtex-6-based Cobalt and Pentek Virtex-7-based Onyx modules at clock rates as fast as 1.8 GHz and sample rates up to 3.6 GHz.

Comms

Air Force satellite terminal system from Raytheon gets Milestone C award - News

February 28, 2012

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

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. A Raytheon-designed satellite terminal system for U.S. Air Force protected communications ? the Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network Program Upgrade (MMPU) -- acquired a Milestone C decision and production award.

Comms

Android-based rugged handheld computer announced by DRS Technologies - News

February 27, 2012

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

PARSIPPANY, NJ. Engineers at the Tactical Systems division of DRS Technologies launched a new rugged handheld computer line, dubbed Scorpion, for use by U.S. warfighters to use in dismounted command and control operations. The Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) device runs the Android operating system and interfaces with warfighter tactical radios.

Avionics

AFDX software from SYSGO licensed by EADS/Airbus - News

February 24, 2012

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

MAINZ, Germany. EADS/Airbus officials licensed SYSGO to be their supplier of Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) software. AFDX delivers bandwidth and secure communications for avionics systems.

Radar/EW

Foliage-penetrating reconnaissance radar to support counter-terrorism operations - News

February 24, 2012

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

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A foliage-penetrating radar designed by Lockheed Martin engineers will be deployed to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) for counter-terrorism as well as disaster relief and humanitarian missions.

Comms

Warfighters get connected to tactical cloud via Harris network - News

February 23, 2012

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

MELBOURNE, Fla. Engineers at Harris Corp. released anew networking system -- the Harris Falcon ? that will connect warfighters in the battlefield over wideband tactical and cellular networks to a tactical cloud to enable secure transfer command and control video, data, and other applications.

Radar/EW

Due Regard Radar from General Atomics tested on manned aircraft - News

February 22, 2012

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

SAN DIEGO. Engineers at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) in San Diego tested a prototype of its Due Regard Radar on a manned aircraft. The radar, internally funded by GA-ASI, supports the company?s Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) radar-based airborne sense-and-avoid architecture.

Avionics

F-35A completes test with external weapons - News

February 21, 2012

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

FORT WORTH, Texas. The F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) fighter jet?s first flew its first external weapons test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Comms

MUOS-based communications demonstrated on JTRS manpack radio - News

February 21, 2012

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

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems completed the first secure voice and data communications demonstration via the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite-communications waveform. The demo used the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) two-channel networking radio (AN/PRC-155).

Avionics

Re-winged A-10 Thunderbolt deployed to Air Force - News

February 20, 2012

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

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah. Air Force and Boeing officials unveiled the first of 233 re-winged A-10 Thunderbolt II during an event at Hill Air Force Base. Boeing is under contract with the Air Force to deliver 233 wing sets through 2018.

Radar/EW

B-2 Bomber electronic warfare upgrade provided by BAE Systems - News

February 17, 2012

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

NASHUA, N.H. New electronic warfare systems for the B-2 Bomber will be supplied by BAE Systems in Nashua, N.H. Officials at Northrop Grumman - Aerospace Systems tasked BAE Systems engineers to provide Electronic Support Measure (ESM) systems to be used on all 20 B-2 Spirit bombers. This electronic warfare upgrade will replace the current AN/APR-50 system.

Radar/EW

New F-16V with AESA radar showcased at Singapore Airshow - News

February 16, 2012

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

SINGAPORE. Lockheed Martin and U.S. Air Force officials showcased a new F-16 variant at the Singapore Airshow ? the F-16V, which has an upgraded mission computer and open architecture design, a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, and other cockpit enhancements.

Comms

CANES shipboard networking contract modification award to Northrop Grumman - News

February 15, 2012

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

SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman Corp. won the next phase of the Navy?s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) contract. CANES was created to modernize and consolidate and Navy shipboard network systems to enhance overall operational effectiveness as well as affordability fleetwide.