Military Embedded Systems

Press Releases

Radar/EW

Solicitation for voters for ANSI ballot of ANSI/VITA 46.10-2009 (R2015) for stabilized maintenance - Press Release

February 22, 2021

Under ANSI rules after 5 years of a standard being reaffirmed, a standard may enter a 10 year stabilized maintenance period. There have been no requests for revision or errata for this standard in question, hence it is recommended that it be maintained in stabilized maintenance mode.

Unmanned

Numerica announces Spyglass, a new 3D radar for C-UAS & short-range defense missions - Press Release

February 22, 2021

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Feb. 18, 2021) — In response to gaps in the short-range air defense radar market, Numerica, a leader in designing and deploying best-in-class defense technology, announces the development of a new U.S.-made, 3D radar solution for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and other short-range defense missions – introducing Spyglass Short Range Surveillance Radar.

Radar/EW

TT Electronics launches FibreFix inline mechanical splice for fibre optic system repair in harsh environments - Press Release

February 19, 2021

Woking, UK, 18 February 2021 - TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance-critical applications, today announced the launch of its new interconnect solution for the aerospace and defence, rail, and industrial markets. The FibreFix inline mechanical splice is specifically designed to reinstate, repair, or extend fibre optic systems in harsh environment applications.

Radar/EW

PNI Sensor’s New TargetPoint Tilt-Compensated Compass Module (TCM) Provides Accurate Heading in any Environment - Press Release

February 18, 2021

PNI Sensor, the world’s foremost expert in precision location, motion tracking, and fusion of sensor systems into real-world applications, today announced availability of the new TargetPoint TCM gyro-stabilized digital magnetic compass. TargetPoint TCM incorporates PNI’s high sensitivity Magneto-Inductive sensors with the latest high stability 3-axis MEMS accelerometer and 3-axis MEMS gyroscopes providing accurate orientation while in dynamic motion and in magnetically challenging environments. TargetPoint TCM excels in conditions that cause errors in traditional digital magnetic compasses.

Radar/EW

Marotta Controls Fully Qualifies and Releases Fourth 1-STEP Power Converter - Press Release

February 18, 2021

MONTVILLE, N.J.—February 17, 2021—Marotta Controls, a rapidly growing aerospace and defense supplier based in New Jersey, today announced availability and final qualification of the PS11200—the fourth variant in the 1-STEP product line. This switch mode power supply (SMPS) offers 11,200 Watts of fully isolated output power with 91 percent efficiency at full load. It is designed to replace legacy 400 amp solutions that generally produce unregulated or loosely regulated power in a larger footprint.

Cyber

Trenton Systems continues fortifying already-robust cybersecurity protections in light of Long Hack exposé - Press Release

February 16, 2021

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. Trenton Systems, an American manufacturer of secure, high-performance computing solutions, continues to bolster, expand, and solidify its already-robust supply chain protection and hardware-software cybersecurity methodology in light of Bloomberg's Long Hack Supermicro exposé.

Radar/EW

GDP Space Systems Provides Telemetry Receivers for Upcoming NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Psyche Mission - Press Release

February 16, 2021

GDP Space Systems is excited to provide ground equipment to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in support of the upcoming Psyche mission. Originally purchased to support previous successful Mars programs, GDP’s telemetry receivers have now been repurposed to test the RF transmitter for the Psyche mission; a journey to a unique metal asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Radar/EW

Kaman Measuring Highlights DIT-5200L Noncontact Differential Measuring System - Press Release

February 10, 2021

Middletown, CT – The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., the world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance position measurement systems, highlights the DIT-5200L non-contact displacement measuring system, ideal for fast-steering mirrors, servo control position feedback, stage positioning, and angular displacement indication, as well as X-Y orbit position feedback and stylus position. Offering differential for common mode rejection at an economical price, the DIT-5200L provides advanced precision measurement technology with exceptional resolution, repeatability, and nulling accuracy. Applications for the DIT-5200L include laser communications, optical stabilization, and magnetic bearings.

Radar/EW

Delta Digital Video Introduces H.265 4-Channel HD/SD Video Encoder Supporting Multi-Channel Video Transmission Applications - Press Release

February 10, 2021

Delta Digital Video is excited to announce the launch of a new addition to the line of high-quality, low bandwidth H.265 video encoders! The Model 7841 4-Channel H.265 Video Encoder is an HD/SD video encoder designed to support any multi-channel video transmission application.

Radar/EW

VadaTech Announces a new Processor AMC with Layerscape LX2160A and support for SRIO/PCIe - Press Release

February 09, 2021

Henderson, NV – February 8, 2021 – VadaTech, a leading manufacturer of integrated systems, embedded boards, enabling software and application-ready platforms, announces the AMC705. The AMC705 is a Processor AMC (PrAMC) based on the NXP Layerscape LX2160A in a single-module, full-size AMC form factor based on the AMC.1, AMC.2 and the AMC.4 specifications. The LX2160A provides 16 Cortex- A72 cores with 8 MB platform cache and dual 64-bit memory controllers.

Comms

BAE Systems to sustain Air Traffic Control systems with $65.7 million contract from the US Navy - Press Release

February 02, 2021

 

The U.S. Navy selected BAE Systems for a five-year $65.7 million single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for air traffic control (ATC) platform sustainment and engineering services. The company will continue to utilize its engineering, technical, and operational expertise to develop, produce, equip, test, evaluate, sustain, and update key expeditionary ATC aviation systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Webster Outlying Field (WOLF).

Radar/EW

Pentek Ships Quartz RFSoC Rugged Small Form Factor Subsystem Ideal for Custom Integrations - Press Release

February 01, 2021

Pentek, Inc., today introduced additions to the Quartz RFSoC Architecture family, the Model 6350S and Model 6353S (Gen 3 RFSoC), eight-channel A/D and D/A converter subsystems in rugged small form factor package. Based on Pentek QuartzXM eXpress modules that utilize the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC FPGA, the Model 6350S and Model 6353S are very suitable for SIGINT and COMINT, military communications, EW countermeasures, radar transceiver, test and measurement, SATCOM, LiDAR, 5G and LTE wireless applications.

Radar/EW

EIZO Releases Rugged XMC Graphics/GPGPU Card with Field Programmable Configuration of Analog and Digital Outputs - Press Release

February 01, 2021

Altamonte Springs, Florida, February 1, 2021 – EIZO Rugged Solutions Inc., a provider of ruggedized graphics and video products, has released the Condor NVP2009AxX – an XMC graphics and GPGPU card that supports various combinations of analog and digital outputs.

Radar/EW

Solicitation for voters for ANSI ballot of ANSI/VITA 76.0-2016 for reaffirmation - Press Release

January 28, 2021

ANSI/VITA 76.0-2016, High Performance Cable Standard - Ruggedized 10 Gbaud Bulkhead Connector for Cu and AOC Cables

Radar/EW

Solicitation for voters for ANSI ballot of ANSI/VITA 66.4-2016 for reaffirmation - Press Release

January 28, 2021

ANSI/VITA 66.4-2016, Optical Interconnect On VPX – Half Width MT Variant