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Comms
Central control for crew communications - Product
July 14, 2015
The Telephonics NetCom-V system provides crew intercommunications and radio management for a wide range of tactical vehicles, including airborne, ground vehicle, and marine applications.
Comms
Digital communication system aimed at evolving security needs - Product
July 14, 2015
In response to the world’s constantly evolving transmission and communication security needs and to comply with the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Cryptographic Modernization Initiative, Rockwell Collins offers the RT-1939 ARC-210 Generation5 military airborne transceiver/receiver.
Avionics
Flight display replaces several instruments - Product
July 14, 2015
The iSFD, or integrated secondary flight display, system from Meggitt Avionics is an update of the company’s SFD. The updated system, aimed at use in commercial and military fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, displays critical flight information – attitude, altitude and airspeed...
Radar/EW
OpenVPX 3U SBC a fast data processor for common algorithms - Product
July 14, 2015
The AcQ Inducom “Medusa” VPX3424 is a 3U OpenVPX (VITA 65) single board computer (SBC), featuring the T4240 QorIQ processor from Freescale Semiconductor with as much as 12 GB of DDR3 RAM with ECC and a range of fast interconnects.
Avionics
FACE-based tool for military avionics systems - Product
July 14, 2015
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) engineers released the company’s Transport Services Segment (TSS), a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) connectivity software based on the new Technical Standard for Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) edition 2.1. It enables avionics-software devel...
Radar/EW
Digital tuner for space-constrained applications - Product
July 14, 2015
With a frequency range of 2 to 6,200 MHz, the Polaris SI-9150/D4 multichannel wideband digital tuner from DRS Technologies can intercept a wide range of signals of interest, providing a wideband 85 MHz digitized bandpass from each of its up to four channels.
Unmanned
Multirotor drone market to reach $2.28 billion by 2020, market analysts say - News
July 13, 2015
Analysts at Markets and Markets are estimating that multirotor drones market will be $840.21 million this year with a projected CAGR of 22.2 percent reaching $2.28 Billion by 2020.
Cyber
Defending DoD from cyberattacks, getting to the left of the boom - Story
July 09, 2015
In this Q&A with Deon Viergutz, Vice President of Cyber Solutions at Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions in Fort Meade, Md., he discusses the most common cyber attacks against the military, the biggest threats are going forward such as insider attacks, and how Lockheed Martin leverages its Cyber Kill Chain approach to defend against cyberattacks. Edited excerpts follow.
Comms
RF Center of Excellence opened in Denver by Lockheed Martin for satellite and communication applications - News
July 08, 2015
DENVER. Officials at Lockheed Martin have carved out a niche in the Rocky Mountains for their new Radio Frequency (RF) Center of Excellence, which will focus on the development new RF payloads for satellite sensing and communication applications. It will be located at the company's Denver facility.
Comms
Harris reorganizes following Exelis acquisition - News
July 07, 2015
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corp officials today announced it is reorganizing its business segments to enable the integration of Exelis, which it acquired earlier this year.
Unmanned
Alien ocean submarines, asteroid satellite swarms among concepts receiving NASA research funding - News
July 06, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials chose seven technology proposals to move forward under Phase II of the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The choices were based on the potential of each to transform future aerospace missions, present new capabilities, or substantially improve today's methods for building and operating aerospace systems.
Radar/EW
All-in-one electronic warfare pod being developed by Lockheed Martin - News
July 06, 2015
WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin engineers are testing and developing an electronic warfare (EW) pod that they say is a self-contained electronic warfare package, comprising an entire suite of EW capabilities in one unit.
Avionics
New Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for commercial applications released by Northrop Grumman - News
June 29, 2015
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman engineers released a new, dual-use tactical grade inertial measurement unit (IMU), which is specially designed for the commercial market.
Radar/EW
Radar simulation tool for training and R&D announced by Presagis - News
June 26, 2015
MONTREAL. Presagis engineers released a new radar simulation tool, called Ondulus Radar, enables high-fidelity, high-performance radar sensors to be added to simulation applications in training as well as research & development (R&D) efforts.
Comms
M-Code GPS receiver from GPS Source works in DAGR Distributed Device from Rockwell Collins - News
June 24, 2015
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. Engineers at Rockwell Collins and GPS Source demonstrated the ability of the Military-Code Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module (GB-GRAM-M) receiver card to work within the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) Distributed Device (D3).
Unmanned
Open systems architecture flown on NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft - News
June 18, 2015
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft flew with a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture implemented by Northrop Grumman engineers to enable the ability to quickly and cost-effectively adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).
Comms
Reduced SWaP, COTS in space, and budget constraints in the rad-hard world - Story
June 15, 2015
Defense and space agency budgets remain flat while commercial small-satellite opportunities are heating up, all forcing radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronic component designers to tackle reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements as well as re-examine the viability of using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment in space environments. Meanwhile, radiation testing and qualification requirements are getting tougher and embracing TOR standards.
Radar/EW
Ballistic missile defense radar may be used by allies in forward-based mode - News
June 15, 2015
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. government has authorized a number of U.S. allies and security partners to potentially procure via Foreign Military Sales the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar -- made by Raytheon -- for use in forward-based mode.
Comms
Xpedition Package Integrator aimed at codesign teams - Product
June 14, 2015
The Xpedition Package Integrator from Mentor Graphics is aimed at enabling integrated circuit, packaging, and printed circuit board (PCB) codesign teams to visualize and optimize single or multichip packages integrating silicon on board platforms. The software, according to the maker, can...
Radar/EW
ACPU 20-10 leverages GPUs for more performance with less energy - Product
June 14, 2015
The ACPU-20-10 is Dynatem’s offering of a dual-socket soldered memory (up to 128 GB) board, with two GPGPU PCIe slots and optional FPGA.
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