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Unmanned
Interoperable tech opportunities growing in U.S. UAS market, analysts say - News
September 29, 2016
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The U.S. military, looking to minimize training requirements, is channeling funding toward platform upgrades and autonomy especially in unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), say analysts at Frost & Sullivan. The U.S. Air Force wants to upgrade its UAS programs by deploying an open architecture, ensuring standards-based modularity to enable plug and play sensors and implementing quick hardware and software upgrades, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Radar/EW
Aitech rugged GPGPU system provides 1 teraflop to the sensor - News
September 28, 2016
CHATSWORTH, Calif. Officials at Aitech Defense Systems Inc., announced a new fanless, rugged GPGPU supercomputer that measures only 20 cubic inches, while providing 1 TeraFLOP of parallel processing. Dubbed the A176 Cyclone, it comes in a custom small form factor design and provides 60 GigaFLOPs/Watt in a low-power high performance embedded computer (HPEC).
Radar/EW
Shipboard embedded computing and COTS - Story
September 20, 2016
The U.S. military's funding for defense systems has been relatively flat in recent budgets, but Navy applications are seeing an uptick. The Navy is seeing a focus on modernization of shipboard systems - which require more rugged, embedded-computing systems processing - as well as rugged, state-of-the-art displays.
Comms
Radar, electronic warfare, UAS payloads are steadiest part of military market - Story
September 09, 2016
"Uncertainty" best describes the current outlook for the U.S. military market, with the next presidential election still undecided, as is the nation's future defense outlook. Regardless of inertia or doubt in Washington, military program managers and industry engineers must continue to keep the current defense electronics systems in air, ground, and sea platforms running efficiently to ensure continuing military readiness. Moreover, key radar, unmanned, electronic warfare, and other systems must still be modernized. All of this means that opportunities still exist for embedded electronics suppliers. Radar, electronic warfare, UAS payloads are steadiest part of military market
Comms
From The Editor
Remembering Joe Pavlat - Other
September 06, 2016
Summer ended with sad news for our OpenSystems Media family when we learned our friend and co-worker, Joe Pavlat, Editorial Director of PICMG Technologies magazine, passed away suddenly at his home in Grass Valley, California. He was only 63 years old.
Radar/EW
The Aegis Combat System's continuous modernization - Story
August 26, 2016
The Aegis Combat System has been around since 1969, but modernizations of the Aegis fleet happen regularly, enabling the system to have the latest signal-processing technology, radar systems, electronic warfare capability, and more. In this Q&A with Jim Sheridan, Vice President of the Naval Combat and Missile Defense Systems (NC&MDS) market segment within the Integrated Weapon Systems and Sensors (IWSS) line of business at Lockheed Martin, he details the latest Aegis Combat System Baseline 9.C1 and the new capabilities it provides, the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts and products and open architectures in the program, reduced SWaP trends, and potential game changers to naval warfare such as kinetic weapons. Edited excerpts follow.
Avionics
All 147 Marine Corps CH-53E helicopters to get tech reset - News
August 26, 2016
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. U.S. Marine Corps officials announced that a a full reset of the Corps' CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters has begun and is aiming to significantly increasing the number of operationally fit aircraft.
Cyber
Cybersecurity business of Sypris Electronics sold to Analog Devices - News
August 25, 2016
NORWOOD, Massachusetts. Officials at Analog Devices, Inc. announced that the company has acquired the Cyber Security Solutions (CSS) business of Sypris Electronics LLC., in Tampa, Florida, which is owned by Sypris Solutions in Louisville, Kentucky.
Radar/EW
Unmanned
UAV payload market to reach nearly $8 billion by 2021, analysts say - News
August 24, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington Analysts at Markets and Markets say they estimate the unmanned aircraft payload market to be valued at $3.63 billion in 2016 and forecast it to reach $7.72 billion by 2021, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.25 percent between 2016 and 2021.
Radar/EW
Solid-state pulsed radar to guide Singapore Navy's new vessel program - News
August 15, 2016
ENFIELD, United Kingdom. Officials for the Republic of Singapore navy chose the SharpEye solid-state pulse Doppler navigation radar from Kelvin Hughes for the country's Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) program.
Comms
CubeSat initiative now open to educational and nonprofit groups - News
August 12, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced that accredited educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and NASA centers can now participate in the next round of the agency?s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Applicants must submit proposals by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 22.
Comms
C4ISR market to have 3.38 percent CAGR through 2021, analysts say - News
August 10, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington. Analysts at Markets and Markets say they estimate the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance (C4ISR) market o be valued at about $93.8 billion in 2016, and forecast it to grow to $110.78 billion by 2021, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.38 percent from 2016 to 2021.
Avionics
F-35A Lightning II declared combat ready by Air Force - News
August 03, 2016
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia. ? U.S. Air Force officials during a ceremony announced that the The F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft is now combat ready.
Avionics
Spaceship from Virgin Galactic gets FAA operator license - News
August 02, 2016
MOJAVE, California. Officials at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration?s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA-AST) granted Virgin Galactic an operating license for SpaceShipTwo, also known as VSS Unity. This license award will ultimately permit commercial operations of the vehicle.
Avionics
3D-printed, safety critical parts fly on V-22 Osprey - News
August 01, 2016
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials announced the completion of a flight demonstrating flight critical aircraft component built using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques also known as 3D printing.
Comms
COTS and mega-constellations, satellite export reforms, and military space market trends - Story
July 28, 2016
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry ? from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded electronics market. This month we discuss trends in the military space market with attendees and exhibitors from the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held this month in Portland, Oregon. They opine on the market growth, the use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) in mega-constellation applications, and the impact of export reforms on the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Cyber
Demand rising for military simulation & training tech, virtual reality tools, and head-worn displays - Story
July 28, 2016
Cuts to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget over the last few years have created more demand for innovative simulation and training systems for military personnel, systems ranging from flight crews to radar technicians to maintenance teams across all services. In this Q&A with LeAnn Ridgeway, Vice President and General Manager of Simulation and Training Solutions for Rockwell Collins, she covers this trend and shares her outlook for the market long term, how the industry and the government is leveraging open architectures for simulation and training, and details new innovations such as virtual reality systems that enable the military to not only train how they fight by where they fight. Edited excerpts follow.
Unmanned
DARPA looks to integrate PCBs onto chip-sized devices - News
July 28, 2016
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) want to take another step forward in electronics miniaturization by essentially integrating the collective functions hosted by an entire PCB onto a device that is about the size of a single chip.
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