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Cyber
DISA networks get continued cyber-attack prevention from Northrop Grumman - News
March 23, 2015
MCLEAN, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials tapped Northrop Grumman Corp. to continue its lead position on the agency's Acropolis and Sensor Operations program, which protects DISA-managed networks against cyber-attacks and enables global cyber situational awareness for the networks.
Avionics
Funding for avionics upgrades looks steady in DoD budget request - Story
March 20, 2015
DoD budget funding steady for avionics
Comms
Army AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack Radios to get MUOS Waveform updates from General Dynamics - News
March 20, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a contract to support upgrades to their Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform that is used in the Army's AN/PRC-155 two-channel MUOS-Manpack radios. The waveform is the digital 'dial-tone' necessary for connecting with the U.S. Navy's new MUOS satellite communications network that will enable U.S. military and government personnel to have smartphone-like voice clarity and data connectivity.
Radar/EW
BSP with 40 Gbps Ethernet via Wind River VxWorks released by Curtiss-Wright - News
March 20, 2015
ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions released a new Board Support Package (BSP) to enable 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) support via the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) on rugged OpenVPX commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modules.
Comms
Harris tactical radios to use MicroGRAM GPS from Rockwell Collins - News
March 19, 2015
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. MicroGRAM GPS receivers from Rockwell Collins will now be used for Harris Corporation’s tactical radios, including the Falcon III AN/PRC-158 and AN/PRC-117G.
Avionics
Black Hawk cockpit avionics program to use VxWorks 653 - News
March 18, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. chose the Wind River VxWorks 653 Platform to use in its digitization avionics mission equipment package that will be integrated into the Army Black Hawk UH-60V helicopter.
Avionics
New aircraft production down, avionics upgrade funding steady - Story
March 18, 2015
Budget cuts and sequestration have reduced funding for new aircraft platforms but there are still pockets of funding for avionics and flight decks in existing military aircraft. In this Q&A with Troy Brunk, Vice President and General Manager of Airborne Solutions for Rockwell Collins Government Systems, he discusses his outlook for military avionics technology, what pilots want avionics technology to do for them, and the situational-awareness benefits of synthetic vision technology. Edited excerpts follow.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy orders more DRFM Jammers from Mercury Systems - News
March 17, 2015
CHELMSFORD, Mass. U.S. Navy officials ordered and additional $2 million of advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers from the Mercury Defense Systems (MDS) subsidiary of Mercury Systems.
Unmanned
SM-3 missiles get threat upgrade to their software from Raytheon - Other
March 16, 2015
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon engineers have started upgrading Standard Missile-3 Block IBs with what they call 'threat upgrade' software, enabling the weapon's kill vehicle to essentially hunt down more complicated, more lethal targets.
Avionics
DO-178 compliance, performance-based navigation highlight avionics conference in Munich - Other
March 12, 2015
MUNICH. Performance-based navigation, open architectures, DO-254 & DO-178 compliance, are some of the topics in the lineup for the Aviation Electronics Europe show being held March 25-26 in Munich, Germany at the MOC Event Center.
Unmanned
Unmanned
Radar/EW
NXP buys Freescale, maker of PowerPC technology - News
March 11, 2015
AUSTIN, Texas. Officials at NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement that will have NXP merge with Freescale in a transaction valued at just over $40 billion. Freescale's PowerPC chips fuel computing and signal processing in many defense electronics applications such as avionics, radar, and electronic warfare.
Avionics
Avionics highlights from DoD budget request - Story
March 11, 2015
While there does not appear to be an end to sequestration any time soon, the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget re-quest for the Department of Defense (DoD) shows an increase over 2015: For FY 2016, the Department is requesting base budget funding totaling $534.3 billion, an increase of $38.2 billion from the FY 2015 enacted budget of $496.1 billion.
Avionics
Sale of ARINC Aerospace Systems Engineering and Support by Rockwell Collins to Field Aviation Inc. completed - News
March 11, 2015
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins, Inc. officials announced completion of the sale of the company's ARINC Aerospace Systems Engineering and Support (ASES LLC) business to Field Aviation Inc., a privately held U.S. company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Unmanned
Commercial unmanned aircraft to reach $1.27 billion by 2020 say market analysts - News
March 11, 2015
Research analysts at ASD Reports say in a new report that the commercial unmanned aircraft, or drone, market was valued at about $15.22 million in 2014 and that it is expected to grow to $1.27 billion by 2020.
Radar/EW
Patriot router development by Raytheon and Teldat for Poland moves to next phase - News
March 10, 2015
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon and TELDAT engineers completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase of their effort to co-develop and co-produce advanced militarized routers for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense system for Poland, which validates the TELDAT design's capability to meet all Patriot system requirements and also enables the company to move into the manufacturing and design qualification phase of the program.
Radar/EW
Navy Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) contract won by Northrop Grumman - News
March 06, 2015
LINTHICUM, Md. Northrop Grumman Corp. won the U.S. Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 contract for developing and manufacturing the next-generation surface electronic warfare system.
Comms
Navy to use IXI Data I/O Converter to link radar, weapons and other systems over Ethernet - News
March 05, 2015
YORBA LINDA, Calif. U.S Navy tasked IXI Technology to provide its advanced Data I/O Converter system where it will convert information from the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) to fiber for the AN/SLQ-32(V) shipboard electronic warfare (EW) system. The EW system provides electronic support and countermeasure protection for U.S. and international navies.
Radar/EW
Radar market expanding as is our coverage - Story
March 04, 2015
Embedded signal processing solutions are driving the bandwidth in modern military radar systems and electronic warfare designs – two of the hottest areas in the defense electronics market, both of which we cover extensively at Military Embedded Systems. The market for radar is especially strong and looks to stay that way.
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