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Avionics
Air Force chooses COTS-based ILS from Thales - News
August 17, 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia. U.S. Air Force officials selected Thales provide Deployable Instrument Landing Systems (D-ILS) that will be used in airfield environments where the capability to enable precision guidance to aircraft on final approach during low visibility or low-ceiling weather conditions – while also being able to quickly set-up, activate, break-down, and re-locate – are essential.
Cyber
DHS grants cybersecurity accreditation to Lockheed Martin - News
August 14, 2015
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials accredited Lockheed Martin as a Commercial Service Provider (CSP) under the department’s Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) program, which enables DHS to share sensitive and classified cybersecurity threat information with Lockheed Martin to support its efforts in guarding public and private entities against cyber attacks.
Avionics
Air Force gets latest C-5 Super Galaxy delivery earlier than expected - News
August 13, 2015
FAIRFIELD, California. Lockheed Martin officials dropped off their latest modernized C-5M Super Galaxy with the U. S. Air Force last week at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) in Fairfield.
Comms
Next-gen SATCOM radio delivered for certification testing for U.S. Army - News
August 12, 2015
MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon won a $36 million Army contract to fund the certification and testing of a new upgrade to the AN/ARC-231 Multi-Mode Communications System. The enhanced systems will enable the highest level of security for voice and data communications for more than 7,000 fixed wing, rotary, and unmanned Army platforms – such as Blackhawks, Apaches, Gray Eagles and Chinooks.
Comms
JLTV production continues at Lockheed Martin - News
August 11, 2015
DALLAS. Production Representative Vehicles (PRVs) for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) are being produced at Lockheed Martin's Camden, Arkansas, facility to cut down on technical risk, and exercise and prepare the program supply chain, according to company officials.
Comms
More Digital Modular Radios from General Dynamics ordered by U.S. Navy - News
August 10, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Navy officials ordered more 56 AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMRs) and related equipment from General Dynamics as part of contract won back 2010 to provide the radios for use on submarines, surface ships, and locations on shore. These radios, which will go onboard Navy destroyers and submarines currently under construction, will be able to use the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform, which is the digital dial tone necessary for making voice calls to the U.S. Department of Defense's narrowband MUOS satellite communications system.
Unmanned
Additional Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack UAS ordered by NAVAIR - News
July 31, 2015
BINGEN, Wash. Insitu engineers are slated to build six RQ-21A Blackjack systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under the terms of their latest contract -- the $78-million Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (STUAS) Lot IV Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract.
Avionics
Super Hornet and Growler fighter jets to get new avionics from Harris - News
July 30, 2015
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corp. won a two-year, $29 million full-rate production contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver avionics components to improve the targeting capabilities of flight crews on the U.S. and Australia's F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft and EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighter.
Avionics
Drop in DoD simulation and training market due to budget cuts - News
July 29, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. The defense simulation and training market in the U.S. is expected to shrink from from $13.11 billion in 2014 to $13.00 billion in 2019 at a negative compound annual growth rate of 0.2 percent, according to analysts at Frost & Sullivan in a report titled "DoD Training and Simulation Market."
Comms
Propulsion and communications aerospace research contracts awarded by NASA - News
July 29, 2015
CLEVELAND. NASA chose 13 aerospace companies to deliver advanced propulsion and communications system technologies under ongoing long-term aerospace research activities at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Unmanned
Billion dollar missile interceptor contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
July 28, 2015
DALLAS. U.S. and allied military forces are upgrading their missile defense systems under a new $1.5 billion contract awarded to Lockheed Martin for production and delivery of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles.
Radar/EW
Additional electronic warfare won by Lockheed Martin under Navy SEWIP - News
July 27, 2015
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lockheed Martin won a $154 million U.S. Navy contract to upgrade the fleet’s electronic warfare defenses against anti-ship missiles and other evolving threats under Block 2 of the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).
Comms
DNA marking of ICs still causing discontent - Story
July 24, 2015
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) caused quite a stir among authorized integrated circuit (IC) suppliers and original component manufacturers (OCMs) in 2013 when - in an effort to mitigate counterfeits - it essentially required them to mark their Federal Supply Class (FSC) 5962 IC parts with plant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to tag them as authentic. I wrote about the controversy in this space in our December issue with a column titled: "DNA marking for counterfeit parts: problem solver or money pit," that had comments from the DLA and from authorized suppliers affected by the mandate.
Avionics
Navy RNP-RNAV flight management system aligned to FACE standard - News
July 23, 2015
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and Rockwell Collins officials joined hands under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Required Navigation Performance-Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV) Flight Management System that will enable more software reuse in naval flight systems by being aligned to Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) standard.
Comms
Counterfeit IC threat evolves with spread of clone parts - Story
July 21, 2015
The better government and industry get at detecting counterfeit parts, the better counterfeiters get at fooling detection techniques, especially today with remanufactured or cloned parts adding to the threat. They are an imminent threat as they can permeate military systems, from fighter jets to nuclear submarines, and cause catastrophic failures.
Avionics
Sikorsky acquired by Lockheed Martin - News
July 20, 2015
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin officials say the company is now in a definitive agreement to buy Sikorsky Aircraft, known for producing military and commercial helicopters, for $9.0 billion.
Unmanned
ISR network web created for French armed forces by Airbus Defence and Space - News
July 20, 2015
MUNICH, Germany. Airbus Defence and Space won a contract from French defense procurement agency, DGA, has to improve the interoperability of its intelligence systems, through the industrialization, deployment, and support of the DOPEC (system for optimizing the use of sensors) and coalition shared data (CSD) systems.
Comms
Cobham releases new rad-hard analog multiplexers - News
July 17, 2015
BOSTON. Cobham Semiconductor Solutions (formerly Aeroflex) released the RHD8541 64-Channel Analog Mux this week at the Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference in Boston this week. The device, part of Cobham's RadHard-by-Design Analog family, is now RHA certified and in QML production.
Avionics
AdaCore's Robert Dewar passes away - Other
July 16, 2015
NEW YORK CITY. AdaCore lost its founder last month and the embedded software community lost one of its most eloquent experts with the passing of Dr. Robert Dewar, AdaCore President. Dr. Dewar succumbed to cancer on June 30, 2015. He was 70.
Comms
Threat of counterfeit parts to defense supply chain getting worse - Story
July 16, 2015
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 the proliferation of counterfeit parts in the defense supply chain and how the Department of Defense (DoD) and industry are dealing with it.
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