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Avionics

TopOwl night-vision, helmet mounted sight and display to be tested on A400M - News

July 13, 2012

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

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Officials of the Organization for Joint Armaments Cooperation (OCCAR) selected the TopOwl Helmet-Mounted Sight and Display (HMSD) for flight testing on the A400M military transport aircraft prototype. The tests are being done to confirm the HMSD compatibility with the A400M for night missions. TopOwl has an integrated night vision capability for pilots. Thales officials made the announcement this week during the Farnborough Air Show.

Unmanned

Fire Scout unmanned helicopter training facility opened by Navy in Florida - News

July 12, 2012

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

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Northrop Grumman officials opened a new Fire Scout unmanned helicopter training facility for operators that has enhanced flight simulators, classroom instruction, and hands-on aircraft maintenance. It is located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.

Radar/EW

Reaper UAV to use dismount detection radar from Raytheon - News

July 11, 2012

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

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Raytheon won a U.S. Air Force contract to provide four radar pods equipped with ground moving target indication and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. The pods will be mounted beneath the wings of MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Raytheon officials made the announcement this week during the Farnborough Air Show.

Radar/EW

Airborne synthetic aperture radar from Lockheed Martin now available to nations in Europe and Asia - News

July 10, 2012

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

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Lockheed Martin?s airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is now available internationally. The AN/APY-12 airborne reconnaissance radar produces high resolution, photo-like imagery, in darkness or inclement weather or darkness. Company officials made the announcement this week at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom.

Unmanned

ITT Exelis & Sierra Nevada to design Advanced WAPS System - News

July 09, 2012

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

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Officials at Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and ITT Exelis have joined hands to build a manned aircraft-based Wide-Area Airborne Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) system, dubbed Vigilant Stare. It is inspired by a similar U.S. Air Force system.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy and Raytheon start integrating MALD-Js into Super Hornets - News

July 06, 2012

Alice Moss Raytheon Company

Unmanned

New rugged computer released by Ecrin for manned and unmanned aircraft - News

July 06, 2012

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

CROLLES, France. Engineers at Ecrin Systems released a new rugged computer ? ONYX ? for constrained space applications such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), ground vehicles, and manned aircraft. The new small form factor device is based on a rugged COM Express module design.

Avionics

FAA awards WAAS Safety Computer contract to Verocel - News

July 05, 2012

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

WASHINGTON. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials selected Verocel in Westford, Mass., under a $6.2 million single- source contract to develop the next-generation safety computer for use in the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). Verocel, a software verification company, will ensure that the safety computer will comply with RTCA/DO-178B1 and RTCA/DO-2542 to Level B.

Radar/EW

This year's second target intercepted by Lockheed Martin's Aegis BMD - News

July 02, 2012

Alice Moss Lockheed Martin

Comms

GPS replacement technology - NAVSOP - developed by BAE Systems - News

July 02, 2012

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

GREAT BADDOW, United Kingdom. Scientists at BAE Systems have developed research on a replacement for GPS that takes advantage of existing transmissions such as TV, Wi-Fi, mobile phone signals, and radio to determine a user?s location to within a few meters.

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.