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Comms
First upgraded Assault Amphibious Vehicle delivered to Marine Corps - News
March 25, 2016
QUANTICO, Virginia. Science Applications International Corp. officials announced delivery the first Assault Amphibious Vehicle Survivability Upgrade (AAV SU) to U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico this month. It will be the first of 10 AAV SU vehicles scheduled for delivery for testing to the Marine Corps by May.
Comms
Hundreds of Army tactical vehicles get tech upgrades - News
March 24, 2016
FORT BLISS, Texas. Hundreds of Army tactical vehicles are getting upgrades within the Integration Motor Pool at Fort Bliss, Texas, in preparation of the Army's on-the-move communications Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 16.2 coming this spring.
Radar/EW
Microsemi to sell RF & microwave, embedded security, and custom microelectronics businesses to Mercury Systems - News
March 23, 2016
CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts. Officials at Mercury Systems announced today that the company signed a definitive agreement with Microsemi Corp. to purchase its embedded security, RF and microwave, and custom microelectronics businesses for about $300 million. The additional RF and microwave technology should strengthen Mercury's capabilities in military radar and electronic warfare applications.
Cyber
Thales closes acquisition of cloud security company, Vormetric - News
March 21, 2016
PARIS. Thales Group officials announced that the company's acquisition of Vormetric for ?375 million has closed following the approval of regulatory authorities. The acquisition, which enables Thales to add capability in data protection and cybersecurity, will place the Vormetric operation Thales?s cybersecurity business.
Avionics
IFF and missile warning system contract for Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter - News
March 17, 2016
NASHUA, New Hampshire. The U.S. Air Force chose BAE Systems to supply survivability and situational awareness technology -- its Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) technology dubbed AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder (RST) and its Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) -- for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH).
Avionics
Software enables modern weapons integration into older military aircraft - News
March 16, 2016
TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon engineers have developed a software solution for integrating of new weapons into older aircraft. The software can be implemented across various platforms and current bomb rack systems.
Radar/EW
First SeaRAM missile system fired from DDG - News
March 15, 2016
ATLANTIC OCEAN. A live-fire SeaRAM missile system test was performed by sailors serving on the USS Porter (DDG 78), a Arleigh-Burke class, guided-missile destroyer stationed in Rota, Spain. SeaRAM is a self-contained detect-to-engage ship self-defense system that marries the sensor systems of a CIWS with an 11-round Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher.
Comms
NextGen funding in FAA's FY 2017 budget request - News
March 14, 2016
WASHINGTON. The Fiscal Year (FY)2017 budget request for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is
$15.9 billion, slightly less than the FY2016 enacted total of $16.3 billion. The entire FY 2017 Next Generation Air Traffic Management System (NextGen) effort totals $1.0 billion, a 2 percent increase over the FY2016 enacted total.
Avionics
NextGen, SESAR, ADS-B tech highlight agenda at Aviation Electronics Europe - News
March 14, 2016
MUNICH, Germany. Sessions on Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA'S) NextGen initiative, and Automatic Dependent Surveillance ? Broadcast (ADS?B) technology highlight the first day of the Aviation Electronics Europe conference and exhibition to be held April 20-21 in Munich, Germany at the MOC Event Center.
Cyber
Navy Tactical Cloud contract won by Charles River Analytics - News
March 14, 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) selected Charles River Analytics Inc. for a contract to develop Navalytics, a framework for probabilistic, multi-source naval analytics and analytic services, to enable rapid development and deployment of rich, mission-critical analytics. The work will be performed under the Navy Tactical Cloud effort, which brings big data capabilities to the warfighting environment.
Comms
Major DoD program procurement and modernization budget highlights - Story
March 10, 2016
WASHINGTON. Funding slated for Department of Defense (DoD) major weapon systems programs for Fiscal Year 2017 totals $183.9 billion. The entire DoD budget request for FY 2017 is $582.7 billion, a $2.4 billion increase over the FY 2016 enacted total.
Radar/EW
Rohde & Schwarz transceiver covers frequencies from 30 MHz to 400 MHz - Product
March 06, 2016
Rohde & Schwarz?s MR6000A, an airborne transceiver in the R&S M3AR product family, is intended for applications in military and civil environments including airborne platforms such as helicopters, transport aircraft, jets, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The transceiver covers...
Radar/EW
Self-encrypting solid-state drive for sensitive data - Product
March 06, 2016
Microsemi?s 1 TB TRRUST-Stor SATA SLC self-encrypting solid-state drive is aimed at keeping sensitive data from getting in the wrong hands with features including AES-256 encryption, sanitization protocols, and Microsemi?s TRRUST Purge technology that renders data unrecoverab...
Radar/EW
OpenVPX-compliant board for embedded signal-processing applications - Product
March 06, 2016
Based on the ANSI/VITA 65 OpenVPX standard, the AV104 board from ApisSys is part of the company?s range of high-speed data-conversion and signal-processing solutions. It has default support for the MOD3-PAY-2F1F2U-16.2.1-3 and MOD3-PAY-2F1F2U-16.2.1-4 module profiles, PCIe Gen 1 or...
Radar/EW
Multiport Gigabit Ethernet aircraft switch - Product
March 06, 2016
Aeronix?s Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GES) GEN2 has a rugged design for use in military, commercial, and industrial environments. The GEN2 is a 12-port Gigabit Ethernet switch designed for integration into aircraft where size, weight, and power are a priority. GEN2 weighs two pounds, 1...
Radar/EW
Converter delivers data bits on dedicated output pins - Product
March 06, 2016
The NEXSYS ARINC 429 to Discrete Signal Converter (SR429) from Applied Avionics converts the data bits associated with a single ARINC 429 label and dissects them into 23 discrete output pins, one for each data bit. The unit is software-free as well as firmware-free and does not require a...
Radar/EW
QuadView UHD displays four sources simultaneously - Product
March 06, 2016
From RGB Spectrum, the QuadViewUHD is a quad-screen splitter and presentation-switcher scaler designed for displaying as many as four sources simultaneously on a single screen in a variety of layouts. It can connect to any monitor or projector from XGA up to 4K resolution. The user can m...
Unmanned
Unmanned DARPA VTOL X-Plane contract won by Aurora Flight Sciences - News
March 04, 2016
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Phase 2 contract to Aurora Flight Sciences for the unmanned VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane). The program looks to overcome the challenge of increasing top speeds in VTOL aircraft without sacrificing range and efficiency.
Unmanned
Predator B Extended Range aircraft increases flight time - News
March 03, 2016
WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), officials announced the first flight of Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Extended Range (ER) Long Wing, which is retrofitted with enhanced long-endurance wings with more internal fuel capacity and additional hard points for carrying external stores.
Unmanned
SYERS-2 intel-gathering sensor flown on Global Hawk UAS - News
March 02, 2016
SAN DIEGO. A SYERS-2 intelligence gathering sensor flew on a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS), making it the first time this mature U.S. Air Force sensor was demonstrated on a high altitude UAS.
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