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Unmanned
Persistent Surveillance software package to be built by Raytheon for NAVAIR - News
July 03, 2013
DULLES, VA. Officials at the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) selected Raytheon to produce an integrated multi-INT system for safeguarding forward deployed forces. The Persistent Surveillance System Cross Domain Solution (PSS CDS) provides warfighters with an advantage by enabling a complete picture of impending threats, from classified and unclassified sources.
Comms
Third SBIRS satellite payload deployed to Air Force by Lockheed Martin - News
July 02, 2013
SUNNYVALE, CA. The third of four highly elliptical earth orbit (HEO) satellite payloads was delivered by Lockheed Martin to the U.S. Air Force for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).
Avionics
Army helicopter maintenance contract awarded to Lockheed Martin - News
June 26, 2013
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin won an aircraft maintenance and logistics contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, AL, to deliver field and sustainment-level maintenance for U.S. Army helicopters.
Radar/EW
Littoral combat ship (LCS) mine countermeasure mission package integrated by Northrop Grumman - News
June 25, 2013
BETHPAGE, N.Y. Northrop Grumman Corp. won a Navy contract worth $28 million for engineering and production planning services for surface warfare and mine countermeasures mission module components that will be deployed from, and be integrated with, the littoral combat ship (LCS).
Comms
WIN-T Increment 2 continues to use Parvus Ethernet switches - News
June 24, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Parvus Corp., a Eurotech subsidiary, won follow-on orders from General Dynamics C4S, the prime contractor for the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. Parvus Ethernet switches have bene used in the WIN-T tactical network for about four years. Deliveries for the latest follow-on orders - valued at $4.8 million -- are expected to happen over the next 3-5 months.
Comms
Export compliance reforms on the way for aircraft and satellite suppliers - Story
June 13, 2013
U.S. export compliance regulations such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), set in place to protect national security, have also handcuffed American defense electronics suppliers - preventing them from competing internationally. New reforms coming out of the Obama Administration promise to loosen those controls for non-combat related aircraft and commercial satellite related items.
Comms
Rad-hard requirements increase as space market slows - Story
June 13, 2013
Radiation immunity and signal processing requirements are increasing for spacecraft and satellite electronic systems as designers look to add more capability for government and civilian applications. Meanwhile, the U.S. military and commercial markets for space electronics remain flat, thanks to the slow global economy and government budget cuts.
Avionics
Shrinking DoD budget still has funding for aircraft upgrades - Story
June 13, 2013
The President's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for the Department of Defense is down as expected in procurement and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding. However, funding still exists for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), electronic warfare, and avionics retrofits and modernizations.
Comms
Turret Drive Control Unit for Bradley Fighting Vehicle gets upgrade from Curtiss-Wright Controls - News
June 12, 2013
CHARLOTTE, NC. Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. won a contract from BAE Systems for lifecycle management services under an obsolescence mitigation upgrade program for the Turret Drive Control Unit (TDCU) of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Engineers at the Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions business group will provide an obsolescence-free upgraded version of the Tech Data Pack (TDP) used in the TDCU.
From The Editor
Government-funded rad-hard fabs fading away - Story
June 12, 2013
Back in 2002 tempers were flying in the radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronics community over government funding of rad-hard semiconductor fabrication (fabs) foundries owned by BAE Systems in Manassas, VA, and Honeywell Microelectronics in Plymouth, MN.
Avionics
Army orders more than 170 CH-47F Chinooks from Boeing - News
June 11, 2013
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, PA. U.S. Army officials ordered 177 CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Boeing under a $4 billion contract. The Army also is holding options that could raise its total purchase to 215 aircraft. Deliveries are schedule dot start in 2015.
Cyber
Trusted Mail System from Raytheon now available - News
June 10, 2013
HERNDON, VA. Officials at Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions (RTCS) released their Trusted Mail System cross domain solution for securing policy-enforced email exchanges and attachments between users on different networks. The software eliminates the need for switching between systems at multiple levels.
Radar/EW
Intel 4th gen Core i7-based 3U VPX board released by Concurrent Technologies - News
June 07, 2013
WOBURN, MA. Engineers at Concurrent Technologies announced that their first processor board based on the new quad-core 4th generation Intel Core processor family -- aka Haswell. The TR B12/msd is a 3U VPX single-board computer that features the new i7-4700EQ device -- based on 22nm process technology -- and its associated mobile Intel QM87 Express chipset.
Radar/EW
3U VPX board first product from GE based on new Intel Core i7 - News
June 07, 2013
HUNTSVILLE, AL. The first product based on Intel's 4th generation Core i7 processor will be in a rugged 3U VPX form factor and dubbed the SBC326. The single-board computer (SBC) is targeted at constrained-space applications such as manned- and unmanned air and ground vehicles. The product provides enhanced graphics performance, improved processor performance, and better security – all in the same power envelope as previous generations.
Radar/EW
CompactPCI, Com Express, & Mini-ITX from Kontron use new Intel processor - News
June 07, 2013
ECHING, Germany. Kontron's initial offering of products based on the 4th generation Intel® Core i7 processors includes Mini-ITX, COM Express, 6U CompactPCI, and the Kontron SYMKLOUD Media cloud platforms. Four intelligent platforms with improved processing and graphics performance as well as energy efficiency are available for evaluation with immediate effect. n developments on their preferred new target platform.
Radar/EW
Small and large form factor designs featuring new Intel Core i7 processor developed by X-ES - News
June 07, 2013
MIDDLETON, WI. Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc.'s (X-ES's) embedded product offering based on Intel's 4th generation Core i7-4700EQ processor -- a.k.a Haswell --includes 3U VPX, 6U VPX, XMC, 3U CompactPCI, 6U CompactPCI, 6U VME, and COM Express single-board computers (SBCs) versions.
Radar/EW
6U OpenVPX server based on new Intel Core i7 processor released by Mercury Systems - News
June 07, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA. Engineers at Mercury Systems, Inc. have added a new server based on Intel's 4th generation Core i7 processor (formerly Haswell) -- the rugged Ensemble Series 6U OpenVPX HDS6502 High Density Server (HDS) that provides as much as 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM. It has built-in Serial RapidIO and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric compatibility.
Radar/EW
DSP and OpenVPX boards based on new Intel 4th gen i7 processor released by Curtiss-Wright - News
June 06, 2013
ASHBURN, VA. Engineers at Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions introduced two new products -- the CHAMP-AV9 and the S/DVME-1908 VME single board computer (SBC) -- geared toward rugged, military embedded applications such as sensor processing that take advantage of the processing performance and power mitigation characteristics of the new Intel Core i7-4700EQ processor.
Avionics
First F-35 JSF vertical landing completed for British Royal air force - News
June 05, 2013
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD. A F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) from Lockheed Martin made the first vertical landing for the British Roal air force.
Radar/EW
Radio frequency threat simulator from Northrop Grumman to be used at Warner Robins ALS - News
June 04, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. Northrop Grumman Corp. will deliver its enhanced Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) system to officials at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC). The company won a task order from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) under the Alliant indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.
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