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Unmanned

Navy SM-3 missile from Raytheon takes out ballistic missile target off coast of Hawaii - News

June 29, 2012

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

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii. A Standard Missile-3 Block IB from Raytheon was fired by personnel on the USS Lake Erie and destroyed another ballistic missile target during a recent test, that marked the 21st intercept for the SM-3 program.

Radar/EW

F-35 DAS and AESA radar from Northrop Grumman detect, track, and target ballistic missiles - News

June 28, 2012

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

LINTHICUM, Md. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) and AN/APG-81 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system from Northrop Grumman Corp. recently detected ballistic missiles during a demonstration in coordination with NASA the U.S. Air Force.

Comms

Navy E-6B gets secure, high-speed communications and networking upgrade from Northrop Grumman - News

June 27, 2012

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

SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman Corp. won a a $44.3 million U.S. Navy contract to install high-speed, secure communications and networking systems on an Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft, as part of the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) strategic communications relay mission.

A.I.

Quantum computing funding awarded to Raytheon BBN Technologies by IARPA - News

June 26, 2012

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Officials at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies $2.2 million worth of funding under the Quantum Computer Science (QCS).

Radar/EW

Flying ISR laboratory from Lockheed Martin to be used by Italian air force - News

June 25, 2012

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

ROME. Engineers at Lockheed Martin in Denver have designed a flying intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) hub called the innovative Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) for the Italian air force. The Italians are using the ISR aircraft in a live operational environment.

Radar/EW

10-gigabit RF signal detection, recording, and playback products for SIGINT released by D-TA - News

June 21, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems D-TA Systems, Inc.

OTTAWA, Ontario. Engineers at D-TA Systems Inc., released two new software radio solutions, dubbed RFvision-1 and RFvision-2, for performing signal activity detection, RF spectrum scanning, and real-time signal recording and playback.

Comms

Global Information Grid contract worth $1.911 billion dollars won by Lockheed Martin - News

June 20, 2012

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

Unmanned

Unmanned space vehicle from Boeing completes first flight - News

June 19, 2012

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

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) completed its first flight for the U.S. Air Force?s Rapid Capabilities Office. The experimental test mission lasted 469 days.

Unmanned

First MQ-4C BAMS UAS unveiled by Northrop Grumman - News

June 18, 2012

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

PALMDALE, Calif. Officials at Northrop Grumman showed off the first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) for the first time at their Palmdale, Calif., facility.

Avionics

Army helicopters to use synthetic vision technology from Rockwell Collins under DARPA contract - News

June 15, 2012

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tasked Rockwell Collins engineers with developing a synthetic vision avionics backbone for next generation helicopter applications under the Multi-Function Radio Frequency (MFRF) program.

Unmanned

Excalibur fired from record range by Marines in Afghanistan - News

June 14, 2012

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

AFGHANISTAN. U.S. Marine Corps personnel fired two Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from a record range of 36 kilometers, or 22.3 statute miles, while in theater in Afghanistan. According to Excalibur producer Raytheon the fired shots represent the longest distance an Excalibur round has been fired in combat since it was first fielded in 2007.

Radar/EW

British army ground vehicle uses rugged GE embedded computers for ISTAR capability - News

June 13, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.

TOWCESTER, United Kingdom. General Dynamics UK officials chose embedded computing solutions from GE Intelligent Platforms for the British army?s Scout Specialist Vehicle Demonstration Phase. The contract is valued at $5 million.

Cyber

Sandia National Laboratories opens cybersecurity lab and discussions - News

June 12, 2012

Alice Moss Sandia National Laboratories

Comms

Rugged smart displays for ground vehicles showcased by Barco at Eurosatory - News

June 12, 2012

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

PARIS, France. Barco engineers released two new smart displays at Eurosatory this week in Paris ? the SV-126 and the SV-231. The units are compact and targeted at tracked and wheeled military vehicles.

Comms

Rugged ATCA platform released by SANBlaze for tactical military applications - News

June 11, 2012

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

LITTLETON, Mass. Engineers at SANBlaze Technology?s Defense Solutions Group have designed a new rugged AdvancedTCA (ATCA) solution called Rugged Compute Platform for Tactical Ops, or RCP-Tactical Ops. The new Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) is produced to meet the Size, Weight, and Power ? Cost (SWaP-C) requirements and Modular Open Systems Approach of Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programs.