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Radar/EW
Patriot radar gets digital processor upgrades from Raytheon - News
July 16, 2014
LONDON. Raytheon won a $235.5 million contract to provide Radar Digital Processor (RDP) kits for upgrading the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for the U.S. and two partner nations.
Comms
International Rectifier introduces new rad-hard DC-DC converters for satellite applications at NSREC - News
July 15, 2014
PARIS. Engineers at International Rectifier announced the release of the M3G120 Series of 40W radiation-hardened (RAD-Hard) 120V input DC-DC converters at the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) in Paris this week. The products will support a variety of digital and analog satellite power systems requiring as long as 15 years or more of mission life such as space stations and NASA’s Orion MPCV (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) programs.
Comms
New RadHard-By-Design products released by Aeroflex at NSREC 2014 - News
July 15, 2014
PARIS. Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions - HiRel engineers expanded their RadHard-by-Design (RHD) Analog Function Series family with four new products -- Quad Op Amps, Quad Comparators, Analog Multiplexers, and A to D/D to A converter. The devices are specifically developed for spacecraft designers involved in work on LEO, MEO, GEO, HEO, or Deep Space missions with specific radiation requirements. They made the announcement this week at the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) in Paris.
Comms
New CurveMaster Curve Tracer product released by HILEVEL Technology at NSREC - News
July 15, 2014
PARIS. HILEVEL Technology, Inc. officias introduced the a new compact model of their CurveMaster Curve Tracer at the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) in Paris this week. The product has as many as 2,048 pins and DC parametrics.
Comms
Aeroflex announces flight-ready, next-generation microprocessors at NSREC - News
July 14, 2014
PARIS. Engineers at Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions - HiRel in Colorado Springs, Colo. announced the availability of two next generation UT699E and UT700 LEON 3FT-based microprocessors at the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) this week in Paris. The UT699E is in production with prototypes available for the UT700 and production planned for the second half of this year.
Comms
Navy's third MUOS satellite begins its final testing preparation at Lockheed Martin - News
July 11, 2014
SUNNYVALE, Calif.. Lockheed Martin engineers finished environmental testing of the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite. Trials cleared included thermal vacuum, which validated performance in simulated space conditions. The satellite is now in final check out.
Comms
Rockwell Collins engineers to develop new antenna technology for DARPA - News
July 08, 2014
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) tasked Rockwell Collins engineers to develop new electronically scanned array (ESA) antenna technology as part of DARPA's Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program.
Radar/EW
Naval SIGINT application to use RF and IF devices from Mercury Systems - News
July 08, 2014
CHELMSFORD, Mass. – July 7, 2014 – Mercury Systems, Inc., won $4.4 million in orders from an unnamed defense prime contractor for their advanced radio frequency (RF) microwave tuner and intermediate frequency (IF) devices for a naval signals intelligence (SIGINT) application.
Unmanned
Persistent Surveillance Center of Excellence created by TCOM for lighter-than-air vehicle payloads - News
July 07, 2014
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Officials at TCOM announced the creation of a Persistent Surveillance Solutions Center of Excellence (CoE) at its Manufacturing and Flight Testing Facility in Elizabeth City, N.C. The new CoE will include integration testing of platforms, payloads, sensors, and PED technologies in partnership with manufacturers from around the globe to further the development of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems.
Radar/EW
Boeing delivers 14th P-8A Poseidon to Navy - News
July 07, 2014
SEATTLE. Boeing delivered the 14th P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy where it becomes part of a squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Boeing officials say seven more of the maritime patrol aircraft will be delivered later this year.
Comms
C4ISR collection and dissemination for the Navy to be enhanced by Lockheed Martin - News
July 02, 2014
DENVER. Navy officials tasked Lockheed Martin to enhance how the Navy exchanges its Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) data throughout the space, air, surface, subsurface, and unmanned sensor domains through a contract with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) Pacific.
Radar/EW
Navy awards Northrop Grumman $3.6 billion contract for 25 more E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft - News
July 01, 2014
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman won a $3.6 billion Navy contract to produce and deliver 25 new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, which would bring the total number of contracted aircraft to 50. The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is a carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system with upgraded intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and flight systems.
Unmanned
Blimp-borne JLENS radar preparation completed for Army contingent operations - News
June 30, 2014
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon engineers completed preparation of a blimp-borne radar system -- Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) as a rapidly deployable strategic asset. JLENS was previously used for testing only.
Radar/EW
Next two missile defense SBIRS satellites to be built by Lockheed Martin - News
June 25, 2014
SUNNYVALE, CA. Lockheed Martin won a U.S. Air Force contract worth about $1.86 billion to finish production of the fifth and sixth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, also known as GEO-5 and GEO-6, for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).
Unmanned
Unmanned helicopter to use Ethernet router from Curtiss-Wright - News
June 23, 2014
Salt Lake City. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions won a contract to supply its COTS-based rugged Ethernet Router technology for use on an unmanned helicopter. Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will deploy its Parvus DuraMAR 5915 router product, which will enable IP data routing onboard the rotorcraft.
From The Editor
What's in a name? Some company names are better than others - Story
June 10, 2014
In this issue's Editor's Perspective, John McHale discusses the San Jose, CA-based company LynuxWorks' recent name change to Lynx Software Technologies.
Avionics
DARPA miniaturized IMU to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News
June 10, 2014
WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Northrop Grumman engineers will be developing a miniaturized navigation grade inertial system for use by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator (C-SCAN) program. It is part of U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center contract.
Radar/EW
Modular, open-architecture radar system to be demonstrated by Raytheon for Navy - News
June 09, 2014
TEWKSBURY, MA. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) tasked Raytheon to further develop an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). The company's EASR concept uses existing Radar Modular Assembly (RMA) architecture that has been proven on Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) platforms. EASR will be able to meet the performance needs of various candidate ship classes for ship situational awareness, self-defense, air traffic control, and weather monitoring.
Radar/EW
Space Fence Radar system contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
June 04, 2014
MOORESTOWN, NJ. Lockheed Martin won a $914 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for improving the way objects are tracked in space to increase U.S. capabilities for preventing space-based collisions.
Comms
Budget cuts pressuring rad-hard designers to maintain quality while cutting costs - Story
June 03, 2014
A lack of new programs and delayed funding for others has created a demand in military space circles to extend the life of platforms and look for ways to reduce funding in less critical systems by pursuing more commercial parts and manufacturing processes. Meanwhile, high-speed processors are creating thermal management challenges for radiation-hardened Integrated Circuit (IC) designers.
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