Industry News

Unmanned

Predator C Avenger program's second UAV makes its first flight - News

February 08, 2012

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

SAN DIEGO. The second unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the jet-powered Predator Avenger C series of (UAVs) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems made its first flight.

Comms

New COM Express carrier board from Connect Tech has PC/104-Plus & PC/104-Express expansion - News

February 08, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Connect Tech, Inc.

TORONTO, Ontario. Engineers at Connect Tech released the COM Express Carrier, compact carrier board that is compatible with COM Express Type 2 Basic or Compact modules.

Comms

Virtual combat training contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

February 07, 2012

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers won a contract to provide technical support for virtual combat training systems at the Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC) at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

Unmanned

Navy Sidewinder missile Block II contract awarded to Raytheon - News

February 07, 2012

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon won a Navy contract worth $39.6 million contract for AIM-9X Block II infrared-guided air-to-air missiles. The Block II missile has a redesigned fuze and new electronics among other enhancements to the Block I missile.

Avionics

DDC releases new MIL-STD-1553 transceiver - News

February 07, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Data Device Corporation (DDC)

BOHEMIA, N.Y. Engineers at Data Device Corporation (DDC) announced a new lowest power dual MIL-STD-1553 transceiver that comes in a 7 millimeter x 7 millimeter package. The BU-67401L transceiver comes with options for MIL-STD-1553A/B, MIL-STD-1760, as well as McAir compatibility.

Radar/EW

F/A-18E/F Distributed Targeting System production kicks off - News

February 06, 2012

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

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 6, 2012. Boeing engineers have begun producing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet?s new Distributed Targeting System (DTS).

Comms

NASA is looking for small satellite proposals - News

February 06, 2012

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

WASHINGTON. Officials at NASA in Washington are requesting proposals for small satellite technology flight demonstrations ti improve the technical capabilities as well as range of uses this spacecraft category.

Cyber

Embedded software security testing solution released by Wind River and Coverity - News

February 06, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Wind River Coverity

SAN FRANCISCO AND ALAMEDA, Calif. Officials at Wind River Alameda, Calif., and Coverity in San Francisco have joined hands create a solution that integrates a development testing platform from Coverity into embedded software products from Wind River.

Avionics

NAVAIR unveils P-8A Poseidon cockpit and weapons simulators - News

February 03, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Navy leaders have introduced brand new cockpit simulators for P-8A Poseidon pilots to train on the state-of-the art avionics and weapons computers they will fly with when the new aircraft is deployed to the fleet later this year.

Comms

MUOS satellite payload readies for launch - News

February 03, 2012

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

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. The Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite has been encapsulated into its payload fairing to get ready for a Feb. 16 liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on an Atlas V launch vehicle.

Unmanned

Army Ground Combat Vehicle program hybrid electric drive to use QinetiQ transmission - News

February 03, 2012

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

MCLEAN, Va. Engineers at QinetiQ will provide the transmission for a hybrid electric drive for the U.S. Army?s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program?s technology development phase.

Unmanned

Global Hawk UAV airborne communications payload supplied by Northrop Grumman - News

February 02, 2012

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

SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman won a U.S. Air Force $2.7 million contract to integrate two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two Global Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Comms

Australian military buys $235 million of Harris radio technology - News

February 01, 2012

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

MELBOURNE, Fla., The Australian Department of Defense rewarded Harris Corp. in Melbourne, Fla., with a $235 million contract for new radio systems as part of the country?s efforts to modernize its tactical radio program with Type-1 tactical data and voice communications.

Comms

Virtex-7 FPGA Software defined radio modules introduced by Pentek - News

February 01, 2012

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

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. Engineers at Pentek announced the first product from their new Virtex-7 line of FPGA modules called Onyx.

Cyber

WebShield security product from Raytheon added to UCDMO baseline list - News

February 01, 2012

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

HERNDON, Va. Officials at the Unified Cross Domain Management Office (UCDMO) selected Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions' WebShield for use on the version 4.1 baseline list.