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Unmanned

Fire Scout unmanned helicopter training facility opened by Navy in Florida - News

July 12, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Northrop Grumman officials opened a new Fire Scout unmanned helicopter training facility for operators that has enhanced flight simulators, classroom instruction, and hands-on aircraft maintenance. It is located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.

Radar/EW

Reaper UAV to use dismount detection radar from Raytheon - News

July 11, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Raytheon won a U.S. Air Force contract to provide four radar pods equipped with ground moving target indication and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. The pods will be mounted beneath the wings of MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Raytheon officials made the announcement this week during the Farnborough Air Show.

Radar/EW

Airborne synthetic aperture radar from Lockheed Martin now available to nations in Europe and Asia - News

July 10, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Lockheed Martin?s airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is now available internationally. The AN/APY-12 airborne reconnaissance radar produces high resolution, photo-like imagery, in darkness or inclement weather or darkness. Company officials made the announcement this week at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom.

Unmanned

ITT Exelis & Sierra Nevada to design Advanced WAPS System - News

July 09, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Sierra Nevada Corporation

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Officials at Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and ITT Exelis have joined hands to build a manned aircraft-based Wide-Area Airborne Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) system, dubbed Vigilant Stare. It is inspired by a similar U.S. Air Force system.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy and Raytheon start integrating MALD-Js into Super Hornets - News

July 06, 2012

Alice Moss Raytheon Company

Unmanned

New rugged computer released by Ecrin for manned and unmanned aircraft - News

July 06, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Ecrin Systems

CROLLES, France. Engineers at Ecrin Systems released a new rugged computer ? ONYX ? for constrained space applications such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), ground vehicles, and manned aircraft. The new small form factor device is based on a rugged COM Express module design.

Avionics

FAA awards WAAS Safety Computer contract to Verocel - News

July 05, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Verocel, Inc. Curtiss-Wright

WASHINGTON. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials selected Verocel in Westford, Mass., under a $6.2 million single- source contract to develop the next-generation safety computer for use in the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). Verocel, a software verification company, will ensure that the safety computer will comply with RTCA/DO-178B1 and RTCA/DO-2542 to Level B.

Radar/EW

This year's second target intercepted by Lockheed Martin's Aegis BMD - News

July 02, 2012

Alice Moss Lockheed Martin

Comms

GPS replacement technology - NAVSOP - developed by BAE Systems - News

July 02, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

GREAT BADDOW, United Kingdom. Scientists at BAE Systems have developed research on a replacement for GPS that takes advantage of existing transmissions such as TV, Wi-Fi, mobile phone signals, and radio to determine a user?s location to within a few meters.

Unmanned

Navy SM-3 missile from Raytheon takes out ballistic missile target off coast of Hawaii - News

June 29, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii. A Standard Missile-3 Block IB from Raytheon was fired by personnel on the USS Lake Erie and destroyed another ballistic missile target during a recent test, that marked the 21st intercept for the SM-3 program.

Radar/EW

F-35 DAS and AESA radar from Northrop Grumman detect, track, and target ballistic missiles - News

June 28, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

LINTHICUM, Md. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) and AN/APG-81 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system from Northrop Grumman Corp. recently detected ballistic missiles during a demonstration in coordination with NASA the U.S. Air Force.

Comms

Navy E-6B gets secure, high-speed communications and networking upgrade from Northrop Grumman - News

June 27, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman Corp. won a a $44.3 million U.S. Navy contract to install high-speed, secure communications and networking systems on an Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft, as part of the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) strategic communications relay mission.

A.I.

Quantum computing funding awarded to Raytheon BBN Technologies by IARPA - News

June 26, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Officials at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies $2.2 million worth of funding under the Quantum Computer Science (QCS).

Radar/EW

Flying ISR laboratory from Lockheed Martin to be used by Italian air force - News

June 25, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ROME. Engineers at Lockheed Martin in Denver have designed a flying intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) hub called the innovative Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) for the Italian air force. The Italians are using the ISR aircraft in a live operational environment.

Radar/EW

10-gigabit RF signal detection, recording, and playback products for SIGINT released by D-TA - News

June 21, 2012

John McHale - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems D-TA Systems, Inc.

OTTAWA, Ontario. Engineers at D-TA Systems Inc., released two new software radio solutions, dubbed RFvision-1 and RFvision-2, for performing signal activity detection, RF spectrum scanning, and real-time signal recording and playback.