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Unmanned
New UAS open payload architecture verified in PredatorB/MQ-9 Reaper flight test - News
May 17, 2012
SAN DIEGO. Officials at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), SELEX Galileo, and Cobham Aviation Services joined hands in an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) open payload architecture demonstration for the Sovereign Payload Capability Demonstration (SPCD) that took place at GA-ASI?s Gray Butte Flight Operations Facilities in Palmdale, Calif.
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Avionics
Rockwell Collins selects INTEGRITY-178B tuMP RTOS for Shadow UAS mission computer - News
May 16, 2012
SANTA BARBARA, CA. Engineers at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, chose the INTEGRITY-178B Time-Variant Unified Multi Processing (tuMP) multicore operating system from Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., for use in their mission computer designed for the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Air System (UAS).
Comms
Rugged small form factor router running Cisco IOS released by X-ES - News
May 15, 2012
MIDDLETON, Wis. Cisco officials selected Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) to host the Cisco IOS IP Routing software on the X-ES SFFR, a rugged small form factor router. The router enables mobile ad hoc networking for military and emergency response applications.
A.I.
Army, Raytheon BBN to track metaphors under IARPA research program - News
May 14, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Officials at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, or IARPA, through the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), selected Raytheon BBN Technologies to create analysis tools and techniques that enable insights into the underlying beliefs and worldviews revealed by metaphors.
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Mercury solution delivers sensor data directly to coprocessors for electronic warfare applications - News
May 11, 2012
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Engineers at Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., are leveraging technology from NVIDIA for a new product called StreamDirect, that is designed for sensor applications that require significant amounts of signal processing. StreamDirect essentially is an efficient way to deliver streams of sensor data directly to specialized coprocessors such as general purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs).
Comms
Space vehicle from Alenia Aerospace to use Curtiss-Wright Controls data handling and telemetry subsystems - News
May 10, 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC ? May 8, 2012 ? Alenia Aermacchi S.p.A. in Turin, Italy selected Curtiss-Wright Controls Avionics & Electronics (CWC-AE) division to supply rugged data acquisition subsystems for Alenia?s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV). Curtiss-Wright Controls engineers will provide their Acra KAM-500, Acra PCM recorder, and Acra network switch for the re-entry vehicle?s data handling and telemetry subsystem for acquiring data to test new re-entry vehicle technologies.
Unmanned
Apache test pilots take out moving targets with DAGR from Lockheed Martin - News
May 09, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. The Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) from Lockheed Martin tracked and engaged a moving target from 3.5 kilometers during an Apache helicopter demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. Test pilots on an AH-64D Apache shot an inert DAGR round in high winds, designating the target via the helicopter?s lock-on-before-launch mode. The target -- a truck ? was moving at 25 miles per hour.
Unmanned
Sonar upgrade installed on Navy minehunting fleet - News
May 08, 2012
WASHINGTON. Improved sonar detection technology for minehunting operations was installed by Naval Surface Warfare Center engineers on the on USS Guardian (MCM 5) in Sasebo, Japan, its home port. The AN/SQQ-32(V)4 minehunting sonar set is a high-frequency wideband upgrade to the current AN/SQQ-32(V)3 sonar.
Comms
Air Force launches second Advanced EHF military communications satellite - News
May 07, 2012
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. Air Force officials launched the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-2) military communication satellite an Atlas V rocket, built by United Launch Alliance (ULA).
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Patriot and JLENS work together to shoot down target during test - News
May 04, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. A pair of Raytheon systems with advanced radar capability, -- the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System and the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) ? worked in concert together to detect, track and take out a test target simulating an enemy cruise missile during a demonstration at the Utah Training and Test Range.
Avionics
Final F-22 Raptor delivered to U.S. Air Force - News
May 03, 2012
MARIETTA, Ga. Lockheed Martin officials delivered today the final F-22 Raptor ? 195th overall -- to U.S. Air Force. The delivery was concluded in an official ceremony at Lockheed Martin?s facility in Marietta, Ga., with various government and local officials as well as the Lockheed Martin employees that helped build the F-22 Raptor fleet.
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New XSTAR instrumentation radar system from Star Dynamics and General Dynamics tracks multi-stage missile - News
May 03, 2012
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The XSTAR instrumentation radar system designed by engineers at STAR Dynamics Corp. and General Dynamics C4 Systems completed a demonstration where the radar tracked the multi-stage test missile launch and flight.
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Raytheon Advanced Distributed Aperture System to use Mercury processing systems - News
May 01, 2012
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) officials selected Mercury Computer Systems to provide an advanced sensor processing subsystem for Raytheon?s Multi-function Image Processor (MIP Application-Ready Subsystem (ARS) as well as integration services for Raytheon?s Advanced Distributed Aperture System (ADAS).
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SOSA Business Guide 2.0 debuts from The Open Group
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Anduril and Booz Allen will join forces to increase security, lethality for SOF teams
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WCore: Transforming appliances into software-defined modems
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