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Radar/EW
French navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft getting upgrade from Northrop Grumman - News
October 16, 2013
BETHPAGE, N.Y. Northrop Grumman engineers will be upgrading the three E-2C Hawkeyes owned and operated by the French navy as part of a $34.5 million U.S. Navy contract. Modifications will include an upgraded Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system to increase commonality and interoperability with the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft of the U.S. Navy
Comms
Protected tactical waveform demonstrated on small, lightweight, modem by Raytheon - News
October 15, 2013
MARLBOROUGH, MA. Raytheon engineers demonstrated a new unclassified waveform that enables sensitive data to be passed through small, low-cost satellite terminals. Tactical users such as forward deployed forces or remotely piloted aircraft, would be able to use this technology to operate missions more securely and reliably than in environments where communications can be jammed.
Avionics
F-35 alternate helmet development halted - News
October 14, 2013
FORT WORTH, TX. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) officials halted development of the alternate F-35 helmet and will now focus only on maturing the Vision Systems Generation 2 (Gen 2) helmet from Rockwell Collins Elbit Systems of America that is currently used in F-35 training and testing. The program will recoup about $45 million in funds that it had originally set aside for developing the alternate helmet.
Avionics
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II surpasses 10,000 flight hours, will replace U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy fighters - News
October 11, 2013
FORT WORTH. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II 5th generation fighter has surpassed 10,000 flight hours. Three types of F-35s were included in the program milestone: the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL), the F-35B Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL), and the F-35C Carrier Variant (CV). The F-35s underwent 10,077 flight hours over 6,492 test flights, surpassing the 10,000 flight hours in September 2013. This new milestone doubles the safe flight operations of the F-35s in a year, compared to reaching only 5,000 flight hours in the last six years.
Avionics
First Canadian CH-147 Chinook uses glass cockpit from Rockwell Collins - News
October 10, 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. The first CH-147 Chinook helicopter for Canada's armed forces features a Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) cockpit from Rockwell Collins. Its configuration has an enhanced system architecture and custom pilot-vehicle interface that meets the Canadian DND certification requirements.
Radar/EW
Korean Demilitarised Zone monitored by radar systems from Blighter Surveillance Systems - News
October 09, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom. South Korean armed forces officials selected Blighter Surveillance Systems to supply the company's Blighter B400 electronic-scanning radars to monitor the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) -- the buffer zone that stretches 250 kilometers across the Korean peninsula and divides North and South Korea.
Unmanned
Electronic seeker technology for Tomahawk Block IV missile demonstrated by Raytheon - News
October 08, 2013
POINT LOMA, CA. Raytheon engineers finished field testing an advanced Electronic Support Measure (ESM) seeker that is installed in a Block IV Tomahawk missile as part Raytheon's new product improvement program. The ESM uses an antenna and a state-of-the-art processor to find and track moving and fixed emitting targets.
Avionics
Navy F-35C Squadron officially active at Eglin AFB - News
October 03, 2013
FORT WORTH, TX. U.S. Navy officials and members of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, FL., officially stood up t VFA-101 Grim Reapers Squadron during ceremonies held this week. VFA-101 pilots will fly the Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Lightning II carrier variant.
Avionics
Curtiss-Wright Controls buys Parvus from Eurotech - News
October 01, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY. Officials at Curtiss-Wright Controls in Charlotte, NC, are adding PC/104 technology to their portfolio with the purchase of Parvus Corp. in Salt Lake City from Italian embedded computer maker Eurotech in Amaro, Italy.
Comms
Lockheed Martin Havoc 8x8 AMV passes Marine Corps protection systems testing - News
September 27, 2013
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin’s Havoc 8x8 Armored Modular Vehicle (AMV) has successfully passed the Marine Corps protection systems testing during a series of blast tests this summer. During the protection systems testing, the instrumentation indicated that the crew would not have suffered any disabling injuries.
Radar/EW
Boeing delivers Plug and Fight processors to Northrop Grumman for U.S. Army air, missile defenses - News
September 26, 2013
HUNTSVILLE. Boeing recently delivered an excess of 40 Plug and Fight Computer Processing Units (CPUs) to prime contractor Northrop Grumman. The Plug and Fight processors are the main computing assets that link together various U.S. Army weapons and sensor platforms with the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command Systems (IBCS), a single network with common command and control.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army, UAE award $3.9 billion THAAD contract to Lockheed Martin - News
September 25, 2013
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin engineers will produce elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapons System for the Missile Defense Agency and the United Arab Emirates under a $3.9 billion production contract.
Unmanned
Ground sensor network designed by Rockwell Collins for Australian military - News
September 24, 2013
SYDNEY, Australia. Officials at the Australian Defence Forces tasked Rockwell Collins engineers to provide the Patrol Persistent Surveillance System (PPSS) -- made up of imaging, sound, and vibration sensors -- to enable constant monitoring of threats targeting military bases, forward observation posts, and other secure facilities.
Radar/EW
AN/TPY-2 BMD radar's Antenna Equipment Unit completed by Raytheon - News
September 23, 2013
TEWKSBURY, MA. Raytheon engineers finished manufacturing an Antenna Equipment Unit (AEU) for the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar. The AN/TPY-2 searches, discriminates between threats and non-threats then acquires and tracks threat ballistic missiles as part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
Comms
Boeing to introduce new combat support vehicle, aircraft at Modern Day Marine - News
September 20, 2013
QUANTICO. Boeing will showcase several new warfighting equipment at the 2013 Modern Day Marine exposition, including the high-performance tactical vehicle Phantom Badger, and aircraft such as the H-6U Unmanned Little Bird and the MV-22 Osprey.
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