LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (a business segment of Raytheon Technologies) won a foreign military sales (FMS) contract with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office to deliver the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

JOHN MCHALE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

David Tremper – Director, Acquisition Integration and Interoperability, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (OUSD) for Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S), will keynote the MOSA Virtual Summit, being held Feb 22 at 11 am Est. Other sessions include MOSA for Crewed and Uncrewed Aviation Platforms, Bringing MOSA to C5ISR and Electronic Warfare Applications, and Applying a MOSA Strategy Across Multiple Domains.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Keysight Technologies finalized a five-year contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Command (Redstone Arsenal, Alabama) -- worth $28.6 million -- under which Keysight will design and build the CM-523/U battery-operated handheld spectrum analyzer.

WILL KEEGAN, LYNX SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

Embedded software vendors for defense applications have a confession to make: There is more they can do to support customers adopting the modular open system approach (MOSA). Current platform components are not truly portable and hidden dependencies undercut real interoperability. There is, however, a path to improve developers’ ability to realize MOSA objectives.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

A team of Italian companies has signed a contract for the next development phase of the country's 6th-generation air system, Leonardo announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

The U.S. Army has approved Northrop Grumman's Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system, giving the program the green light to move forward with fielding CIRCM systems on more than 1,500 Army aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop "an aircraft capable of sustained seaborne strategic and tactical lift," the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Hensoldt has won a $100 million euro ($107 million) contract to develop "essential core elements" of the novel sensor network in the German-French-Spanish armament project known as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), the company announced in a statement.

AVIATION MAINTENANCE

Field Aerospace (Field) has completed the Turkish Air Force KC-135 Block 45 modification, under a contract through the KC-135 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program office. The program finished one year ahead of schedule.

AVIATION MAINTENANCE

Leonardo and Safran Helicopter Engines recently joined forces to further enhance the capabilities and competitiveness of the next generation AW09 single-engine helicopter. The production aircraft will feature the 1,000 shp class of power Arriel 2K engine, the newest generation of the Arriel family.

QUELL

When your system fails MIL-STD-461 compliance, it can mean major timeline and budget setbacks – but traditional aftermarket filter solutions cause additional weight and functionality changes. “How to Select the Right Type of EMI Filter for Harsh Environment Operation” provides you with EMI filter options that can withstand tough environments and won’t alter your product’s functionality.

MERCURY SYSTEMS

This paper highlights a novel architectural approach that addresses this growing need by combining innovative data processor unit (DPU) technology with high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) in a rugged, SWaP-optimized configuration—without the need for an x86 CPU host.