LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Development of next-generation information warfare systems will continue to be a growth area for the electronic warfare (EW) market over the next eight years, according to a new market study from Market Forecast, "Electronic Warfare -- Market and Technology Forecast to 2030."

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

MAG Aerospace has won a task order worth up to $258 million under the Army's Project Manager Electronic Warfare & Cyber (PM EW&C) Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) program, the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has delivered the initial operating capability (IOC) for a new communications platform to be used by nuclear bomber, missile, and support aircraft crews, the company said in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

KBR has won a $4.8 billion contract through Xandar, a KBR joint venture, to support the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Scientific and Technical Information Analytic Capability Support (NOVASTAR) program, the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Sealing Technologies has won a $168.5 million task order to assist the U.S. Marine Corps with their Defensive Cyber Weapon System (DCWS), the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Data infrastructure artificial intelligence company Torch.AI has won a five-year contract from the U.S. Navy to provide next-generation AI and data infrastructure software capabilities for the Navy's Digital Warfare Office (DWO), the company announced in a statement.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The U.S. Army asked General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin to develop ground-based extended-range electronic warfare (EW) concepts for the first phase of a project called Terrestrial Layer System--Echelons Above Brigade, a planned Army system intended to enable integrated signals intelligence (SIGINT), EW, and cyber capabilities for large-scale combat operations.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

BAE Systems has awarded the U.S. Navy a contract worth $42.6 million for production of seven Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) systems, which will enable the Navy to simultaneously transmit and receive real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance data from multiple sources and enables the exchange of command and control information over multiple data links.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Artificial intelligence data infrastructure company Torch.AI won a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to provide software for a new cyber and insider threat analysis capability called the System for Insider Threat Hindrance (SITH), the company announced in a statement.

LDRA

The guidance document DO-178 “Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification”1 2 was first published in 1982, re-written in 1992 as DO-178B and updated in 2011 as DO-178C, to reflect the experience accrued to meet today’s aviation industry needs.

ONE STOP SYSTEMS (OSS)

Overlooking thermal design in today’s truck-mounted advanced driver assistance systems can cripple performance, cause critical safety problems, and expose vehicle operators and vendors to liability. Technical leads for autonomous trucks should carefully review ADAS vendors’ thermal design to ensure it meets their performance, durability, and safety requirements.