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2014 Influential Women in Defense Electronics: Nan Mattai, Senior VP, Engineering & Technology for Rockwell Collins - Story
March 06, 2014
Nan Mattai is Senior VP, Engineering & Technology for Rockwell Collins where she's responsible for the Engineering & Technology organization, including the Advanced Technology Center. Mattai holds a M.S. degree in Nuclear Physics from the University of Windsor, Canada and has completed all graduate courses for a Doctorate in Physics.
Radar/EW
2014 Influential Women in Defense Electronics: Lynn Bamford, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions - Story
March 06, 2014
Lynn Bamford, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Defense Solutions division of Curtiss-Wright, is responsible for directing five business units located around the globe. She has held various engineering, marketing, and operation positions at Curtiss-Wright and other defense electronics companies. Ms. Bamford earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University.
Radar/EW
Comms
Navy submarine development contracts won by General Dynamics - News
March 05, 2014
GROTON, CT. General Dynamics Electric Boat won two contract modifications from the U.S. Navy for submarine work. The total value is $35.8 million.
Comms
Navy training systems task order won by Northrop Grumman - News
March 04, 2014
MCLEAN, VA. Northrop Grumman Corp. will continue development and improvement of Navy combat systems trainers under a task order valued up to $33 million, if all the options are exercised.
Radar/EW
Navy sonar mine hunting contract won by Raytheon - News
March 03, 2014
TEWKSBURY, MA. Raytheon won a $35.5 million contract to deliver AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar systems and equipment to the U.S. Navy. The system will be deployed from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), functioning as the variable depth sonar for the AN/WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System (RMS), where it will be towed undersea to scan the water in front, below, and to the sides of the vehicle to look for anti-shipping mines.
Comms
AN/PRC-155 Manpack tactical radios included in Army Capability Set 14 - News
February 28, 2014
SCOTTSDALE, AZ. The latest update to the Soldier's Network has two-channel AN/PRC-155 Manpack tactical networking radios from General Dynamics added to the U.S. Army’s Capability Set (CS) 14, an integrated package of radios, software applications, satellite systems, smartphone-like devices, and other network parts. Organizations within the 101st Air Assault Division, Fort Campbell, KY, are scheduled to receive CS 14 units.
Avionics
U.S. Army Apache sustainment contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
February 27, 2014
ORLANDO, FL. The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract the end of last year for sustainment of the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system for the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The PBL contract is valued at $92 million.
Radar/EW
Infrared search and track sensor tested by Navy on Super Hornets - News
February 19, 2014
ST. LOUIS. U.S. Navy officials completed the first tests of the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor on a F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft -- produced by Boeing. The sensor looks for hard-to-detect targets over long distances.
Radar/EW
New electronic warfare group formed by Raytheon - News
February 17, 2014
EL SEGUNDO, CA. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems officials announced a new mission area dubbed Electronic Warfare Systems that combines several of the company's Electronic Warfare (EW) programs. The new group will be based in El Segundo, CA and consists of the following programs/products: EW self protection systems; airborne information operations; Next Generation Jammer; advanced EW programs; EW communications systems; and other EW pursuits.
Avionics
Avionics obsolescence management concept from Northrop Grumman to be used on Air Force B-2 - News
February 11, 2014
PALMDALE, CA. Northrop Grumman engineers are demonstrating for the U.S. Air Force a new method they developed for battling obsolescence in avionics on the B-2 stealth bomber. Company engineers are developing a functional replacement for a B-2 avionics box dubbed the Audio Central Distribution Unit (ACDU).
Avionics
British Apache targeting and pilotage system support contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
February 10, 2014
ORLANDO, FL. Lockheed Martin engineers will support the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system for the U.K.’s Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft under a sustainment and support contract from AgustaWestland valued at $60 million.
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Aviation Command & Control System (AC2S) developed by General Dynamics passes critical design review - News
February 05, 2014
SCOTTSDALE, AZ. – A General Dynamics C4 Systems-led team was part of the critical design review of the Aviation Command and Control Subsystem (AC2S), which is a part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S). Company engineers will now build four AC2S engineering development models (EDM) for use in a CAC2S system for developmental testing and operational assessment.
Radar/EW
Air Force centers to integrate air operations and missile defense with Lockheed Martin software planner - News
February 04, 2014
DENVER. Lockheed Martin engineers developed a software planner that will integrate air operations and missile defense systems, providing the Air Force with the ability to see and better understand dynamic global scenarios. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and is worth about $8 million to provide an air and missile defense planner that will then be integrated into the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center.
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More Boeing search and rescue radios ordered by Air Force - News
February 03, 2014
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials ordered 2,550 more Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) radios – which are used in the rescue of downed pilots and other warfighters in dangerous situations. The contract is valued at $24 million.
Radar/EW
Embedded signal processing enables advanced radars and EW systems with low latency - Story
January 29, 2014
Modern radar and electronic warfare designs rely heavily on embedded computing systems that leverage high-speed commercial processors and FPGAs to find every target or signal and enable the warfighter to respond in real time. Meanwhile, signal processing system designers are cutting costs by using parallel compute platforms such as OpenCL that work across multiple chip platforms.
Radar/EW
Radar market promising for embedded computing designers - Story
January 29, 2014
Welcome to our 2014 Radar Issue. Why have an issue focused on radar? Simple: the radar market, along with Electronic Warfare (EW), shows the most promise for embedded-computing system designs.
Radar/EW
AESA radar, electronic warfare upgrades made to Korean military aircraft - News
January 27, 2014
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon won a contract with BAE Systems to support the Republic of Korea's fleet's upgrade of more than 130 KF-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. As a subcontractor to BAE Systems, Raytheon will provide their Advanced Combat Radar (RACR), the ALR-69A all-digital radar warning receiver, advanced mission computing technology, and weapon systems integration.
Radar/EW
FMC/VPX carrier from Pentek has optical backplane interface - News
January 21, 2014
PHOENIX,. Pentek released a new FMC carrier board that has an optical backplane interface making it ideal for high-level signal processing applications such as radar and Software Defined Radio (SDR). The 3U VPX product -- the Model 5973 -- is the first one from of Pentek's new Flexor line of FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) carriers and FMC modules. Pentek released the product this week at the Embedded Tech Trends conference in Phoenix.
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