JOHN MCHALE, GROUP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

The military unmanned aircraft market while mature, is a market that is growing in the U.S. and globally thanks to the increases in defense spending worldwide. The U.S. has made cyber and unmanned technology a priority, says Mike Blades, Vice President of Research and Consulting for Aerospace, Defense, and Security in the Americas at Frost & Sullivan, in this podcast. He also covers the latest trends from the commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) market and how defense companies play in that market. Blades closes with his outlook for the counter-UAS market.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Radar and sensor maker Hensoldt announced an upgrade to its collision-avoidance radar system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): The company says that its enhanced radome technology protects the radar from mechanical environmental influences -- such as bird strikes or lightning -- while minimally affecting the radar’s functionality.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has announced joint research and development programs in the area of quantum technology with the Israel Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Increasing investment in modern warfare technologies and increasing use of electronic warfare (EW) is expected to fuel the growth of the military embedded systems market over the next 10 years, according to a recent report from Visiongain, "Military Embedded Systems Market Forecast, 2019-2029."

RONEN ISAAC, MILSOURCE

Adding or enhancing new command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and electronic warfare (EW) technologies in armed forces’ tactical ground vehicles has historically been done through a “bolt-on” approach. Communications systems have traditionally been independent, siloed systems that lacked integration, futureproofing and as importantly, economies of size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C).

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Defense research and development (R&D) corporation SRC acquired radar R & D company SAZE in Silver Springs, Maryland. SAZE will become a subsidiary under SRC Ventures, Inc. and 11 SAZE employees will become SRC employees.

JOHN MCHALE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Modern processors, graphics processors, FPGAs, etc. provide untold performance benefits, but also generate excessive amounts of heat. Getting rid of this heat and keeping electronics cool is essential for designers of electronic warfare, radar, and other processing-intensive military applications. In a webcast, titled "Making it Cool: Solving Thermal Management Challenges in Military Electronics," on Thursday, July 18, at 11 am Est., industry experts will cover various methods for solving thermal management challenges when integrating commercial processing technology.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Lockheed Martin has won a $7.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Combat System Ship Integration and Test on new-construction guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) ships.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The U.S. Army recently announced that the Howler counter unmanned aerial system achieved Initial Operational Capability, putting critical protection against drones in the hands of soldiers.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Mercury Systems has received $16 million in follow-on orders -- against its previously announced $152 million, five-year sole-source basic ordering agreement (BOA) -- to deliver advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to the U.S. Navy.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The global military airborne radar market, valued at $2.9 billion in 2019, will increase at a combined annual growth rate of 3.84%, to $4.2 billion by 2029, according to a market study by Global Data, "The Global Military Airborne Radar Market 2019-2029."

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

SRC Inc., a research and development company, won a $5.2 million contract from BAE Systems to build and deliver 40 Common Electronic Attack Receiver (CEAR) systems. The 40 CEAR systems will be manufactured by SRCTec, LLC, an SRC subsidiary.

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