Military Embedded Systems

SYDNEY, Australia. DroneShield has established a counter-uncrewed aerial system (UAS) manufacturing line in the European Union through a collaboration with a contract manufacturer, the company announced in a statement.

Modern light military vehicles were originally engineered with off-road mobility and protection against ground-based threats as their primary purpose. As the war in Ukraine has demonstrated, however, the battlefield is rapidly changing.

Software decides future wars. Every aircraft, tank, and communications system runs on embedded software. From targeting to telemetry, code defines capability and determines who wins. Once deployed to production, the software on those systems is open to adversaries’ exploitation. There is no safe harbor. Delay a patch by months, and you haven’t just slipped schedule – you’ve left the warfighter defenseless.

CAMBRIDGE, England. Blighter won a contract to supply border surveillance radars and related software to an undisclosed Eastern European army for fixed and vehicle-mounted border monitoring, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft entered the build phase under Bell Textron as part of the SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies program, the agency announced in a statement.

FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America won a $120.5 million Other Transaction Authority contract from the U.S. Army to develop the Soldier Borne Mission Command system, the company announced in a statement.

By now, “Ukraine success = UAVs + AI” [artificial intelligence] is not only a meme to American warfighting planners and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) leadership, it’s the principal catalyst for how the U.S. military wants to speed up program and product development.

As unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology continues to evolve, the interconnects that enable these systems must evolve in parallel. The gap between commercial and military-grade solutions is narrowing, creating opportunities for innovative approaches that deliver optimal performance for specific applications. Modular designs enable platforms to be rapidly reconfigured for different mission profiles, while standardized interfaces reduce integration complexity and enable rapid technology insertion. Success in this realm requires not just technical excellence, but a deep understanding of the operational realities that drive UAV design decisions.

The SOSA Technical Standard is just that, a technical standard, written by technical people for a technical audience. 

WALLINGFORD, Conn. RF and microwave interconnect solution provider Times Microwave Systems launched its Levitate cable assembly line, aimed at use in both military and commercial RF systems.