DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky and Boeing have filed a formal protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the U.S. Army's decision to award the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract to Textron's Bell Helicopter, Boeing announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Elbit Systems has won a $180 million contract to provide, operate, and maintain the Mission Training Center (MTC) for Israeli Air Force F-16 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The top avionics stories on MilitaryEmbedded.com for 2022 covered the VPX ecosystem, how open systems streamline helicopter avionics upgrades, zero trust in military embedded systems, and more. Check them out below.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The avionics systems market will grow from $30.6 billion in 2020 to $41.9 billion by the end of 2022 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6%, a new report predicts.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The U.S. Air National Guard has installed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars on nine Block 50 F-16CM Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing, according to an Air National Guard statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

Leidos has chosen Kratos to support the Expendable Hypersonic Multi-Mission ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and Strike Program -- a program known as Mayhem -- under an Air Force Research Laboratory project to develop an air-breathing hypersonic weapon system, Kratos announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The global airborne optronics market will nearly double in the coming years as aircraft fleets expand worldwide, reaching $2.52 billion in 2026, a new report predicts.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Uncrewed-systems maker Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has won a contract from NASA to design and build tilt-wing prototype uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) according to NASA specifications. 

AVIATION MAINTENANCE

Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for its ThrustSense Autothrottle for installation on Beechcraft King Air 200 and 300 aircraft equipped with G1000 and NXi flight decks.

AVIATION MAINTENANCE

Lufthansa Group is bringing together AMOS, AVIATAR, and flydocs under one unique comprehensive digital tech ops value stream. All the digital solutions remain independent but under one umbrella to jointly fast-track customers’ digitalization Lufthansa Technik says.

MERCURY SYSTEMS

To be effective in the field, AI-driven capabilities require reliable, near-real time operation in electronically contested environments. Advanced sensor processing systems powered by new, more sophisticated RF processing capabilities can be located closer to the RF apertures and ingest substantially increased amounts of sensor data.

STANDEX ELECTRONICS

Planar magnetics are one of the most reliable and cost-effective board-level solutions to address high-frequency circuits with high power density. Learn how and why in Standex’s whitepaper, Using Planar Magnetics to Enhance Performance in Advanced Mil/Aero Electronics.