UNITED KINGDOM. Leonardo has signed a long-term pricing agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide pointer/trackers for the U.S. Army’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) program as it enters full-rate production.
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Hybrid antenna for 5G and remote sensing developed by Lockheed Martin - News
August 24, 2021BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin announced that the company has invented a new type of satellite dish technology with a wide range of use on satellites and ground terminals, including space-based 5G.
Radiation-hardened single board computer for space enters fabrication - News
August 24, 2021ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems has announced that its radiation-hardened RAD510 System on Chip (SoC) for space-based computing is entering fabrication. Manufactured by GlobalFoundries (GF), the RAD510 SoC will be the core of a single board computer (SBC) designed with twice the performance capability of the RAD750 microprocessor.
WEBCAST: VMEbus in Military Systems - News
August 22, 2021SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The VMEbus technical standard has enjoyed a very long life supporting military systems. At almost 40 years old, it’s probably the longest lasting single standard in the history of computing; it has kept up with technology by supporting backwards compatibility while enabling technology upgrades and is still in use across a broad range of applications. This webcast of industry experts will provide a brief history of VMEbus as well as why and how it remains the reliable stalwart of critical systems used across multiple defense platforms. The speakers will discuss how legacy and EOL issues are dealt with, addressing security issues, support for existing and newer operating systems, and how having a healthy ecosystem with wide vendor support has enabled the standard to such enjoy long-lasting technology refreshes and migration. Use case will also be presented along with a sneak-peek at how some platforms are examining next-gen platform migration from VME to OpenVPX and SOSA.
Global Hawk utilized by Air Force in battle management system exercise - News
August 20, 2021FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation’s RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk, with imagery and signals intelligence collection capabilities, was utilized by the U.S. Air Force during Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) exercises for the U.S. European Command.
Link-22 Signal Processing Controller completes interoperability testing - News
August 20, 2021ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS announced today it has completed formal interoperability testing of its Link-22 Signal Processing Controller (SPC) within the NATO Improved Link Eleven (NILE) Link-22 Network.
WESCAM MX-electro-optical infrared and laser sensors to be delivered to Special Ops - News
August 20, 2021MELBOURNE, Fla. The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year, $96 million IDIQ contract to procure WESCAM MX-electro-optical, infrared and laser designator sensor suites and services.
Virtual reality used by Embry-Riddle for cybersecurity defense training - News
August 19, 2021DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are designing a simulator to train Navy ROTC students, or midshipmen, in how to identify cybersecurity threats. In order to do so, officials at the university are leveraging virtual reality (VR) expertise found on the Daytona Beach Campus.
Open architecture high-speed connectivity to better enable JADC2 efforts - News
August 19, 2021FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has validated the open architecture nature of its advanced gateway system offering by integrating and demonstrating a new High Capacity Backbone (HCB) capability provided by L3Harris Technologies with one of Northrop Grumman’s platform agnostic gateway systems.
On-the-move SATCOM terminal demoed on AMOS-17 digital Ka-Band - News
August 19, 2021ISRAEL. Spacecom and Get SAT have announced the testing of Get SAT's next generation Micro Sling Blade Ka-Band Satcom-On-The-Move terminal on AMOS-17's advanced, digital Ka-Band. The test was hosted at the SMS Teleport in Rugby, U.K.
MOSA-built digital engineering environment to enable next-gen space systems - News
August 19, 2021JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Redwire has announced initial operational capability for its investment in a digital engineering environment, the Hyperion Operational Space Simulation Laboratory (HOSS).
AI-powered sensing capabilities goal of Sarcos Defense and BAE Systems team - News
August 17, 2021SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Sarcos Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics, and BAE Systems, announced that the companies are partnering to develop advanced perception and sensing capabilities for autonomous platforms for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), to benefit Department of Defense (DoD) operations.
4G-connected UAV shown by Drone Nerds at Xponential 2021 - News
August 17, 2021AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021--ATLANTA. Unmanned-vehicle company Drone Nerds is showing its latest unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology at AUVSI Xponential -- held August 16-19 in Atlanta -- which includes the Parrot ANAFI Ai; Drone Nerds states that the UAV is the first 4G LTE-connected robotic drone.
C4ISR market is growing across the world, study finds - News
August 17, 2021NORTHBROOK, Ill. The deployment of small, reliable, and sophisticated C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelliegence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] systems in a wide range of applications has increased their demand across the globe, a trend that will continue for at least the next few years, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, "C4ISR Market - Forecast to 2026."
Small UAV satellite communications system shown by Honeywell and Pipistrel at Xponential show - News
August 16, 2021AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021--ATLANTA. Honeywell's Small UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] satellite communications (SATCOM) system has been selected by small aircraft designer and manufacturer Pipistrel, as part of the new outfitting for three of Pipistrel'snew aircraft, including the fixed-wing Surveyor and both unmanned Nuuva platforms, the V300 and smaller V20.
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Metron and Cellula Robotics Complete a Series of In-Water Demonstrations for Multi-National Defense and Commercial Customers
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Switchblade loitering munitions to be provided to U.S. Army by AeroVironment
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Autonomous logistics aircraft tested during U.S. Air Force exercise
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: VersaLogic’s Swift rugged embedded computer
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Honeywell completes acquisition of CAES
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Viper Electronic Warfare Suite cleared for flight testing on U.S. Air Force F-16s
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New F127 frigates for German Navy to be developed by thyssenkrupp, NVL
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Thales, PIT-RADWAR to collaborate on radar technologies
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Cyber
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LVC training for Navy fleet readiness contract signed with SAIC
August 14, 2024
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Intelligence spot on large GSA contract awarded to LIS Solutions
August 09, 2024
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Cyberintelligence software contract signed between U.S. Army and CACI International
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An argument for a dynamic root of trust in mission-critical systems
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U.S. Navy signs CACI to 5-year engineering, systems support contract
September 03, 2024
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Mobile satellite terminals to be provided to U.S. Department of Defense by Ovzon
August 30, 2024
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Comms system to be integrated onto Australian frigates by Rohde & Schwarz
August 29, 2024
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Heavy Tactical Vehicle contract for U.S. Army won by Oshkosh Defense
August 23, 2024