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Comms
Raytheon wins $298 million FAB-T satellite terminal program contract from Air Force - News
June 03, 2014
MARLBOROUGH, MA. Raytheon won a modification contract worth nearly $300 million for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminals (CPT) Production program.
Avionics
Flight test milestones met by F-35 - News
June 02, 2014
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. Last month, in three separate flight tests the F-35 Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin demonstrated an air-to-air combat capability, finished its first flight test with the next level software load and also made a landing at the maximum test speed and drop rate.
Comms
Networked rifles from Colt Canada enable data exchange with C2 platforms - Product
May 31, 2014
Engineers at Colt Canada are integrating their Variable Message Format (VMF) interface from General Dynamics Canada into the Soldier Weapon & Observer Reconnaissance Devices (SWORD) system to improve Command and Control (C2) communications. This will extend the data exchange capability dow...
Comms
DSP technology used for BLDC speed and torque motor controller - Product
May 31, 2014
A new speed and torque Brushless DC (BLDC) motor controller from Data Device Corporation (DDC) uses advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to provide a solution that can be easily tuned for use with various motors and loads. The device’s programmability enables parameters such as s...
Unmanned
Small, rugged carrier board for unmanned systems, digital mapping - Product
May 31, 2014
Engineers at Connect Tech developed their CCG010 COM Express Type 10 Mini Carrier Board for rugged Small Form Factor (SFF) applications in unmanned systems, avionics, military ground vehicles, digital mapping, and others with high performance processing needs in constrained Size, Weight, a...
Unmanned
Heavy duty drive for harsh environments - Product
May 31, 2014
Experts at maxon motor developed a heavy duty motor program that contains 22 mm-32 mm diameter brushless motors with shock, vibration, and temperature tolerances necessary for the exceptionally high requirements in space technology or far below the Earth’s surface where extreme opera...
Comms
Secure M2M command and control communications - Product
May 31, 2014
FreeWave Technologies engineers released a family of command and control solutions targeted at unmanned systems and other military and government applications.
Radar/EW
Thermal testing of electronic components - Product
May 31, 2014
Designed for power cycling and thermal testing of electronics components to simulate and measure lifetime performance, the MicReD Industrial Power Tester 1500A from Mentor Graphics Corporation combines power cycling and thermal transient measurements with structure function analysis while...
Comms
Satellite launch provider Astrotech Space Operations to be acquired by Lockheed Martin - News
May 30, 2014
BETHESDA, MD. Lockheed Martin officials announced they have a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Astrotech Corp's Astrotech Space Operations business unit in Titusville, FL. The organization provides satellite launch preparation services, from final testing and fueling through to encapsulation and day-of launch operations. Once the deal is closed, Astrotech Space Operations will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin under it's Space Systems business area.
Comms
Marine Corps Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) upgrades to be supported by SAIC - News
May 28, 2014
MCLEAN, VA. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) won a prime contract from The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Program Executive Office – Land Systems (PEO-LS) to engineer, design, and test upgrades of 10 prototype and 52 LRIP vehicles for the Legacy Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) Personnel Carrier Variant Platform program.
Comms
Networked rifles from Colt Canada now enable data exchange with C2 platforms - News
May 27, 2014
OTTAWA, Ontario. General Dynamics Canada engineers are integrating their Variable Message Format (VMF) interface into the Soldier Weapon & Observer Reconnaissance Devices (SWORD) system from Colt Canada. This will extend the data exchange capability down to the dismounted soldier.
Unmanned
Spacecraft for next Mars mission set to begin construction - News
May 20, 2014
DENVER. Lockheed Martin engineers working on building the Mars mission spacecraft received the go ahead from NASA to start construction of InSight, the mission's spacecraft. The mission will study how Earthlike planets form.
Unmanned
HALE upgrade program to use Curtiss-Wright subsystems - News
May 19, 2014
ORLANDO, FL. – May 14, 2014 – Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions won a contract from Northrop Grumman to deliver the integrated mission management computer (IMMC) for use in Northrop Grumman's High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) Enterprise IMMC upgrade program. Curtiss-Wright made the announcement at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems Show in Orlando, FL last week.
Comms
Intel's 8XC196 family re-introduced by Rochester Electronics - News
May 16, 2014
NEWBURYPORT, MA. Rochester Electronics officials announced that the company is now a fully-authorized continuing source for the Intel 8XC196 Family of microcontrollers. These MCUs, introduced in 1982 as the Intel MCS-96 family, are most commonly used in modem, motor control, printer, and pattern recognition applications within embedded systems.
Unmanned
Comms
More than 36,000 MMICs delivered for AEHF payloads - News
May 12, 2014
REDONDO BEACH, CA. Northrop Grumman engineers delivered more than 36,000 integrated circuits (ICs) for payloads onboard the U.S. Air Force's fifth and sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites.
Unmanned
TALON laser-guided rocket certified by Army on Apache helicopter - News
May 09, 2014
TUCSON, AZ. U.S. Army and Raytheon engineers finished the certification process for air worthiness release (AWR) of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket (LGR) for use on the Apache AH-64D/E Attack helicopter. The AWR certification enables potential operational employment of the TALON weapon system on Army Apaches and Apaches that are part of international fleets.
Unmanned
Ground-based laser takes out small boats in demonstration - News
May 08, 2014
SUNNYVALE, CA. Lockheed Martin engineers tested a prototype laser system -- the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) system -- disabling two boats at a range of about 1 mile. These were the system's first tests against maritime targets.
Avionics
Apache sensors to be produced for U.S. Army and Indonesia - News
May 05, 2014
ORLANDO, FL. Lockheed Martin won a $80.6 million Army production contract for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) used on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. Army officials are procuring eight systems and spares and nine systems are being developed for the Indonesian army.
Radar/EW
Software modules for radar-camera sensor integration released by Cambridge Pixel - News
April 30, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom. Cambridge Pixel engineers announced a new line of software modules for radar and camera security designers to integrate different sensor types into their solutions to reduce development cost and time.
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