Avionics Design
 
 

The Avionics Design monthly E-newsletter from the editorial staff of militaryembedded.com covers hardware and software avionics designs and certification issues in the commercial and military avionics markets in the U.S. and Europe via the Military Embedded Systems partnership with Aviation Maintenance magazine and the Aerospace Tech Week show.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FRANK CAVALLARO, A2 GLOBAL
 
The ongoing global chip shortage and difficult time sourcing components and raw materials has escalated a decades-long issue for the defense and aerospace industry. It has steadily been losing its purchasing leverage in the marketplace to other powerhouse industries, thus pushing the technological road maps of the component manufacturers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a new contract for the Garmin G3000 integrated flight deck for the F-5 adversary aircraft training fleet, Garmin announced in a statement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Collins Aerospace has conducted a flight test of an airborne reconnaissance sensor on an F-16 on behalf of an unidentified international customer, the company announced in a statement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crane Aerospace & Electronics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
A new report predicts that the global market for aircraft anntennas will increase from $461.7 million in 2022 to $618.2 million by 2026 for a compound annaul growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Mission-critical software company LDRA announced that it has been chosen as the FACE [Future Airborne Capability Environment] Verification Authority (VA) for Lynx Software Technologies, a company that develops open architecture software solutions for mission-critical embedded systems.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR 
 
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions offers a 25-hour flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) designed for use on military fixed-wing and rotor aircraft, many times with no need to alter the airframe.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In this episode of Reel Times, Dave Kiesling, Director of Commercial Sales, talks about our new InstaBend™ product.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Unmanned aerial system (UAS) company DeltaQuad offers the Evo, a fixed-wing electric UAS with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability for use in both military and commercial configurations for the purposes of mapping, inspection, and surveillance.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aviation Maintenance
 
DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has won a $972 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to deliver upgraded AIM-120D3 and AIM-120C8 AMRAAM missiles, the company announced in a statement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has won a $182 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide surface-to-air missiles slated for Ukraine, the company announced in a statement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aerospace Tech Week
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aviation Maintenance
 
LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
The U.S. Army Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space (APNT/Space) Cross-Functional Team (CFT) reported that its stratospheric flight demonstration using the solar-powered Airbus Zephyr 8 ultra-long-endurance solar-powered unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ended after 64 days, with the Zephyr remaining aloft for more than double its intended 30-day continuous flight.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE
 
L3Harris Technologies and Embraer announced a partnership to develop an “Agile Tanker,” a tactical aerial refueling option to address the U.S. Air Force’s operational imperatives and joint force refueling requirements especially for contested logistics environments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE
 
Southeast Aerospace, Inc. (SEA), has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certification (STC) number SR04546AT for the installation of their SEA special mission operator station in the Bell 407 helicopter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analog Devices
 
ANALOG DEVICES
 
This article details performance measurements vs. predictions of a 16-chan- nel S-band direct sampling receiver design. The design is based on recently released direct sampling analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) clocked at 4 GSPS and sampling in the second Nyquist zone of the converter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
DFI, Inc.
 
DFI, INC.
 
Due to the agility of military equipment, the use of embedded computer modules (SOM) to create drone computing brains, that can be upgraded with visual computing requirements, will bring greater design flexibility and better system reliability. DFI's WL9A3 embedded computer module is an excellent product for this.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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