Military Embedded Systems

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, announced it will provide signals intelligence field services for the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System, which collects, processes, and analyzes intelligence.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its LITENING advanced targeting pod has been fielded for the first time with full-color, digital video capability with the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, intended to give pilots of the service’s F-16s situational awareness and targeting certainty.

GERMANY. Cobham Mission Systems, supplier in military aircraft countermeasure components, announced it has won subcontracts to provide chaff and flare dispenser equipment for the German Air Force’s Quadriga Tranche 4 Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has won an additional $15.4 million contract to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS) to the U.S. Army. The advanced nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being used to augment squad and small unit-level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as part of the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program.

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc., a U.S. government services provider, announced that it was selected to develop cyber tools and solutions for the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER).

The advent of unmanned systems reflects a huge aspect of warfare – that of protecting the warfighter – through the development of platforms that can be operated by humans from a distance, keeping them out of harm’s way. Some of these platforms are actually on the way to becoming fully autonomous. Hurdles in the way of both manufacturers and end users include interoperability and cost-efficiency. Although these hurdles are challenging, organizations including The Open Group and corresponding consortia have made noticeable strides to standardize in an effort to universalize otherwise complex unmanned systems.

BERWYN, Pa. AMETEK, Inc. has announced the comapny's acquisition of NSI-MI Technologies, a provider of radio frequency and microwave test and measurement solutions and services. NSI-MI was acquired for $230 million and has annual sales of approximately $90 million.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. TiaLinx, Inc., developer of highly integrated wireless systems, announced implementation of its planar programmable polarized antenna technology at the Ka-band. The small footprint antenna element has been integrated with the switch and phase shifter to address a fully integrated planar programmable polarized cell with beamsteering capability in an antenna array (P3BA2).

FORT WORTH, Texas. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command is working toward the next phase of replacing the legacy Light Armored Vehicle with a modern, robust Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), and Elbit Systems of America has teamed with Textron Systems to produce a solution that will aim to provide Marines with capabilities including enhanced situational understanding technologies.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has completed the Initial Design Review (IDR) of the space vehicle and ground segment for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program.

PHOENIX, Ariz. Honeywell and Inmarsat announced an agreement to develop and deliver commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) solutions to the U.S. government. The solutions will be focused on fixed-wing and non-fixed wing aeronautical platforms operating worldwide, including in Arctic regions. 

GERMANY. Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has received an order from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to equip the Royal Netherlands Army's Fennek armored reconnaissance vehicles with visual systems. The scope of the order includes 188 BAA II NL observation and reconnaissance systems as well as a number of spare parts.

WASHINGTON. Shift5, Inc., an operational technology data and cyber security company, has released a solution for real-time predictive maintenance technology for Department of Defense (DoD) weapon systems. The solution combines hardware and software so platform owners and operators can gain visibility into their fleet health status to decrease maintenance costs and increase operational readiness.

DAVIDSON, N.C. Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it was selected by Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) to provide its Fortress flight recorder system to upgrade the T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. 

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc., company specializing in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced it was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) that includes delivery and integration of Switchblade 600 tactical missile systems into specialized maritime platforms, scheduled to be completed by January 2023.

WHITE SALMON, Wash. Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company providing situational awareness solutions for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and Pen Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to integrate Sagetech Avionics' MXS transponders and Detect and Avoid (DAA) systems into the PEN 55V midsize drone and the PEN 1360V heavy cargo drone.

FRANCE. Thales has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin as a tier-one supplier for the delivery of up to 55 airborne anti-submarine warfare sonars. The Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) dipping sonars will be installed on the MH-60R platform for the U.S. Navy and three additional navies. Delivery of the first 42 systems will occur over the next five years with a delivery of 13 optional systems to occur in year six.

PLANO, Texas. The U.S. Navy has selected Martin UAV's V-BAT for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) prototyping and development effort in order to fulfill new technological requirements driven by the evolving nature of threats in contested operating environments.

GERMANY. Sensor systems supplier HENSOLDT has won a contract in the frame of ‘Quadriga’ procurement program of 38 Eurofighter/Typhoon combat aircraft by the German Air Force. The contract placed by Airbus Defense and Space comprises production and delivery of radar systems and core electronics components which will be produced at HENSOLDT’s site in Ulm and at consortium partner Indra’s site in Spain.

RALEIGH, N.C. The U.S. Army Research Office awarded AURA Technologies a $50 million contract focused on artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems. AURA Technologies is a company that specializes in various aspects of AI, including machine learning algorithms for both time and frequency-domain data, computer vision, and image recognition.