EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

CAE announced that CAE USA has won a contract valued at more than $135 million, including options, by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to lead integration efforts for the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Global Situational Awareness initiative. USSOCOM has exercised the first option of the contract valued at more than $19 million.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, supplier of rugged open-standard solutions, has introduced the VPX6-1961, an 11th Generation Intel Core single-board computer (SBC) based on the Intel Xeon W (formerly Tiger Lake-H).

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Ball Aerospace, in collaboration with Microsoft, completed a series of demonstrations intended to show the viability of using commercial cloud computing to process and securely deliver actionable information to those who need it, whether they are in a ground station, command center, or on the battlefield.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Thales has announced that the first of the five Sea Fire active electronically scanned array (AESA) digital radars for French Navy’s future Frigates for Defense and Intervention (FDI) arrived at the Lorient shipyard April 27, 2021 for integration on the first vessel.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The Expeditionary Robotics Center of Expertise (ERCoE) has been launched by Defense Equipment and Support (DE&S) in collaboration with the British Army. Officials claim the ERCoE will aim to bring together robotics and autonomous systems experts from across defense, government, academia, and industry and aligns with DE&S’ strategy to deliver the edge through people, technology, and innovation.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Ramon.Space, company specializing in space computing solutions, has raised $17.5 million in Series A funding. The capital will be used to continue development of the company's computing solutions, support its rapidly expanding U.S. and Israel operations, and expand the team globally.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

For the first time, artificial intelligence (AI) is being used by the Royal Navy at sea as part of Exercise Formidable Shield, which is currently taking place off the coast of Scotland.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that, following competitive technical evaluations, the company has won an approximately $80 million contract by a country in Asia-Pacific to supply SPECTRO XR multi-spectral electro-optic (EO) systems for maritime forces. The contract will be performed over a period of four years.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Thales Australia, Microsoft, and Australian companies Myriad Technologies, archTIS, and Fortifyedge have partnered to launch Nexium Defense Cloud Edge (NDC Edge), a secure Tactical cloud computing capability designed for the edge of the battlespace.

WIND RIVER

This paper outlines the principles behind avionics security and shows how Wind River® can help meet the objectives of DO-326A and DO-356A while maintaining strict compliance with DO-178C. The objective of a safe and secure platform is therefore achieved.

RAMBUS

For the highest level of anti-tamper protection, the Rambus Root of Trust (RT-600 series) is at the forefront of a new category of programmable hardware-based security cores. Siloed from the primary processor, it is designed to securely run sensitive code, processes and algorithms.