DENIS SMETANA, CURTISS-WRIGHT DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

The advantages that the Intel Xeon processor D-1500 product family brings to compute-intensive embedded electronic warfare (EW) system designs is clear. These 8-/12-/16-core devices deliver enhanced performance at low power, making them suitable for use on rugged open-architecture modules designed for deployment in harsh environment applications including electronic warfare (EW)...

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Defense intelligence company Altamira Technologies has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for $24.6 million to provide next-generation radio frequency (RF) sensing technologies through advanced research and development of RF systems and subsystems.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Northrop Grumman reports that it has delivered the first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) that incorporates advanced high power and high efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) antenna technology, further improving the system's operational capabilities.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Lockheed Martin Canada officials tapped Cambridge Pixel to supply its radar acquisition and display technology for integration with the naval Combat Management System 330 (CMS 330).

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Raytheon will supply the U.S. Army with its Coyote unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and KRFS (Ku-band radio frequency system) radar to help the Army counter the escalating threat of enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the skies above the battlefield.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The U.S. Navy -- Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs -- recently announced the successful completion of two antisubmarine warfare (ASW) mission package testing milestones.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

U.S. Army officials selected LONGBOW LLC -- a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman -- to provide LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) hardware for Apache AH-64E helicopters and will support the Army's lots 7 and 8 production contracts plus three international customers.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Raytheon has won a $96.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce 250 miniature air-launched decoy (MALD) missiles.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Engineers in the Intelligence, Information, and Services business unit at Raytheon demostrated its Low-Power Radar's ability to provide precision approach guidance to landing aircraft from 15 nautical miles. U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force officials in Brockville, Florida were present during the demo late June.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Saab has received an additional order from the U.S. Navy to supply the Sea Giraffe AMB multimode radar (MMR) system for the U.S. Coast Guard's newest class of ship, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).

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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

U.S. Army officials tapped SRC, Inc. for a $32 million contract to deliver next-generation, multimission electronic warfare systems.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

To date, U.S. Navy officials received 150 OE-120 Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) antennas from BAE Systems used by sailors to identify friendly aircraft and vessels, and supports shipboard air traffic management systems for both IFF and secondary surveillance radars.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Officials at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), selected QinetiQ North America (QNA) to demonstrate advanced, low power, sidescan sonar technology under a contract that will leverage the company's DOLPHIN technology.

DAVID SHEETS, CURTISS-WRIGHT DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

The ability of an embedded system to identify, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks intended to disrupt its operational capabilities is defined by measuring its level of cybersecurity and cyber resiliency. The concept of cyberattacks can refer to either electronic warfare (EW) like signal jamming or to cyberwarfare, for example, such as sending malformed packets to disrupt the system.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Officials at L3 technologies, Ultra Electronics Command and Sonar Systems, and Leonardo will collaborate to offer an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) acoustic system based on Leonardo's new lightweight Ultra-LIght SonicS Enhanced System (ULISSES) processor.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Raytheon officials announced the opening of a new radar development facility in Andover, Massachusetts. The $72 million, 30,000 square foot facility features advanced automation technology to support complex radar testing and integration.

MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation officials selected the Radant Technologies Division of Communications and Power Industries (CPI) for a two-year contract to replace existing radomes on the U.S. Air Force B-52 aircraft. The firm-fixed price contract is worth approximately $4.1 million.