Radar & Electronic Warfare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
The most popular radar and electronic warfare (EW) stories on militaryembedded.com throughout 2020 covered subjects such as 6G stealth fighter planes, radar defense against hypersonics, dominating the electromagnetic spectrum, heterogeneous architecture, and more. Check them out below.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. -- Electronic Solutions has won an award from the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command worth $86.9 million to perform systems engineering and integration of Multifunctional Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVTs).
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a two-year contract modification worth $101.5 million to perform F-35 Lightning II aircraft sustainment and day-to-day flight support work for the British defense ministry.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Kazakhstan of King Air B300ER Scorpion Aircraft with Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Mission Systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $128.1 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
The U.S. Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year, $496 million contract to deliver prototype tactical jamming pods designed to extend U.S. Air superiority.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, has signed a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. for the acquisition of Sparton Corporation for a purchase price of $380 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The QuartzXM Model 6003, based on the Xilinx® Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC Gen 3, provides full sub-6 GHz direct-RF I/O support and greater flexibility with more decimation and interpolation options. The QuartzXM Model 6003 is ideal for 5G and LTE wireless, SIGINT, EW, communications and radar applications in SWaP-critical environments. Measuring only 2.5 by 4 inches, the QuartzXM Model 6003 8-Channel A/D & D/A Module includes the circuitry needed to maximize the performance of the Gen 3 RFSoC. The Model 6003 can be used as a QuartzXM module, SOSA aligned 3U VPX, 3U VPX, PCIe and a SFF Rugged Enclosure.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Saab announced it has signed a contract with the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) for an upgrade and life extension of the French Air and Space Force’s mobile command and control systems, which feature Saab’s Giraffe AMB radar and command and control shelter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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JOHN MCHALE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
 
The most popular stories on MilitaryEmbedded.com throughout 2020 covered subjects such as NASA's Artemis mission, radar for tracking hypersonics, certifying COTS software, big data challenges, and more. Check them out below.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Mercury Systems has received a $14 million order from a leading defense prime contractor for digital-signal-processing modules that are intended for deployment in a multimode tactical radar application.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently finished field testing of a network-technology program that demonstrated successful use of new software that can bridge multiple disparate radio networks to enable communication between incompatible tactical radio data links, even if an adversary is trying to jam them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and HENSOLDT have signed a joint strategic cooperation agreement outlining how the two companies will jointly manufacture radar systems for ballistic missile defense and participate in air and space surveillance projects.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) claim to have achieved record levels of thrust by a scramjet engine. The AFRL-Aerojet Rocketdyne team completed a series of hot-fire tests of an advanced air-breathing hypersonic engine under the U.S. Air Force’s Medium Scale Critical Components (MSCC) program.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ELMA ELECTRONIC
 
Monitoring the health, power, and cooling of VPX boards used in all military applications, including radar, electronic warfare (EW), communications, sensor processing, etc., is just as important as keeping an eye on the performance and capability of the end system.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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