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Radar/EW
e2v releases extended-reliability mutlicore QorIQ processors - News
July 16, 2013
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. e2v has released two quad-core, extended-reliability QorIQ processors, the P2041 and P3041. A trust architecture implemented into the processors’ e500mc cores and peripherals allows for high-security designs, and leaded versions of the extended temperature range (-40 ºC – 110 ºC) processors will qualify for military operation (-55 ºC – 125 ºC) by the end of 2013.
Radar/EW
X-ES releases Freescale QorIQ-based 6U OpenVPX processor module - News
July 12, 2013
MIDDLETON, WI. Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) has released a 6U OpenVPX processor module based on Freescale QorIQ T4240/T4160 Systems on Chip (SoCs), the XCalibur1840. The XCalibur1840’s Power Architecture e6500-based processors include 1.8 GHz dual-threaded cores and the AltiVec Single-Instruction, Multiple-Data (SIMD) engine for high-performance control and data plane processing tasks.
Unmanned
X-47B UAS completes first arrested landing aboard aircraft carrier - News
July 11, 2013
NORFOLK, VA. The U.S. Navy successfully conducted an arrested landing of an X-47B Unmanned Aerial System UAS aboard the U.S.S. H.W. Bush on Wednesday. The X-47B UAS departed from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland before landing on the U.S.S. H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia.
Comms
Rad-hard ultra low dropout linear regulator released by Intersil at NSREC - News
July 10, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO. Engineers at Intersil Corp. in Milpitas, CA announced a new radiation-hardened (rad-hard) ultra low dropout linear regulator -- the ISL75052SEH -- at the Nuclear Space and Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) in San Francisco this week. The device is single output LDO that is specified for an output current as high as 1.5A.
Radar/EW
New SPARC-based microprocessors announced by Aeroflex Colorado Springs at NSREC - News
July 09, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO. Engineers at Aeroflex Colorado Springs released new microprocessors this week at the Nuclear Space and Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) in San Francisco. The products – UT699E and the UT700 – have more performance on a 130-nanometer CMOS process.
Comms
Rad-hard SSRAM devices in flow-through and pipeline modes announced by Aeroflex Colorado Springs at NSREC - News
July 09, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO. Radiation-hardened (rad-hard) synchronous static random access memory (SSRAM) devices for flow-through and pipeline mode by Aeroflex Colorado Springs engineers at the Nuclear Space and Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held this week in San Francisco.
Comms
ARC-210 airborne radio demonstrates MUOS satellite signal reception in Rockwell Collins tests - News
July 08, 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. The ARC-210 advanced networking airborne V/UHF radio from Rockwell Collins received its first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite signal during a series of tests held at the company's Poway, CA, facility.
Comms
Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment review completed by MILSATCOM and Northrop Grumman - News
July 05, 2013
MCLEAN, VA. Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers performed the preliminary design review and software requirements and architecture review for the Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS). The system enables space-enabled, secure communications capabilities for polar users in support of national objectives. EPS CAPS provides telemetry and control, cryptographic planning and mission planning for the EPS payload.
Unmanned
Persistent Surveillance software package to be built by Raytheon for NAVAIR - News
July 03, 2013
DULLES, VA. Officials at the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) selected Raytheon to produce an integrated multi-INT system for safeguarding forward deployed forces. The Persistent Surveillance System Cross Domain Solution (PSS CDS) provides warfighters with an advantage by enabling a complete picture of impending threats, from classified and unclassified sources.
Comms
Third SBIRS satellite payload deployed to Air Force by Lockheed Martin - News
July 02, 2013
SUNNYVALE, CA. The third of four highly elliptical earth orbit (HEO) satellite payloads was delivered by Lockheed Martin to the U.S. Air Force for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).
Cyber
DornerWorks to develop space-qualified hypervisor for DARPA - News
June 28, 2013
GRAND RAPIDS, MI. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contract to DornerWorks to study hypervisors capable of supporting virtualization in satellite payloads. DornerWorks will work off of the open-source ARLX Hypervisor project, a flight-certifiable ARINC 653 partitioning environment that is based off of the Xen hypervisor and runs real-time Linux in each domain.
Unmanned
GA-ASI Predator B variant to comply with NATO airworthiness standards - News
June 27, 2013
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) is undertaking an Independent Research And Development (IRAD) effort to produce a variant of the Predator B Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) that complies with the airworthiness requirements of the U.S. Air Force and other anticipated NATO customers. The UAS will be a multinational certifiable platform based on the Block 5 Predator B and Advanced Cockpit Ground Control Station (GCS), and featuring enhanced capabilities for integration into domestic and international airspace.
Avionics
Army helicopter maintenance contract awarded to Lockheed Martin - News
June 26, 2013
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin won an aircraft maintenance and logistics contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, AL, to deliver field and sustainment-level maintenance for U.S. Army helicopters.
Radar/EW
Littoral combat ship (LCS) mine countermeasure mission package integrated by Northrop Grumman - News
June 25, 2013
BETHPAGE, N.Y. Northrop Grumman Corp. won a Navy contract worth $28 million for engineering and production planning services for surface warfare and mine countermeasures mission module components that will be deployed from, and be integrated with, the littoral combat ship (LCS).
Comms
WIN-T Increment 2 continues to use Parvus Ethernet switches - News
June 24, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Parvus Corp., a Eurotech subsidiary, won follow-on orders from General Dynamics C4S, the prime contractor for the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. Parvus Ethernet switches have bene used in the WIN-T tactical network for about four years. Deliveries for the latest follow-on orders - valued at $4.8 million -- are expected to happen over the next 3-5 months.
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GPGPU processing cards focused on AI, sensor workloads at the edge released by EIZO
July 22, 2026
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SPY-6 radar contract extension signed between U.S. Navy and Raytheon
July 21, 2026
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Air traffic surveillance radars approved for delivery to Vietnam
July 17, 2026
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Time-sensitive networking (TSN) SOSA aligned portfolio launched by Curtiss-Wright
July 14, 2026
A.I.
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AI-controlled F-16 begins autonomous flight testing for DARPA
July 17, 2026
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AI-powered mission readiness contract signed for U.S. Space Force
July 15, 2026
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Test solution uses agentic AI to turn natural language prompts into customized instruments
July 14, 2026
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AI-enabled mission support system deploys for U.K. defense ministry
July 09, 2026
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IT firm Keeper Technology wins spot on giant NASA contract vehicle
July 09, 2026
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MicroTech wins several spots on $60 billion NASA IT contract
July 02, 2026
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NOBLE gains spot on major NASA IT contract vehicle
June 30, 2026
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Cyber support contract with USAF won by Tyto Athene
June 25, 2026
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Why open architectures are becoming essential for defense modernization
July 24, 2026
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Winning the adaptation race for SOF and Indo-Pacific operations
July 24, 2026
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Robotic satellite-servicing vehicle and life-extension spacecraft launched by Northrop Grumman
July 23, 2026
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Light mobility vehicle proposed for British Army by Babcock, Supacat
July 23, 2026