John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media
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NASA is looking for small satellite proposals
WASHINGTON. Officials at NASA in Washington are requesting proposals for small satellite technology flight demonstrations ti improve the technical capabilities as well as range of uses this spacecraft category.
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Embedded software security testing solution released by Wind River and Coverity
SAN FRANCISCO AND ALAMEDA, Calif. Officials at Wind River Alameda, Calif., and Coverity in San Francisco have joined hands create a solution that integrates a development testing platform from Coverity into embedded software products from Wind River.
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NAVAIR unveils P-8A Poseidon cockpit and weapons simulators
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Navy leaders have introduced brand new cockpit simulators for P-8A Poseidon pilots to train on the state-of-the art avionics and weapons computers they will fly with when the new aircraft is deployed to the fleet later this year.
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MUOS satellite payload readies for launch
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. The Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite has been encapsulated into its payload fairing to get ready for a Feb. 16 liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on an Atlas V launch vehicle.
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Army Ground Combat Vehicle program hybrid electric drive to use QinetiQ transmission
MCLEAN, Va. Engineers at QinetiQ will provide the transmission for a hybrid electric drive for the U.S. Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program’s technology development phase.
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Military Embedded Systems launches new website
If you have visited mil-embedded.com in the last 24 hours you should be in for a pleasant surprise. The Military Embedded Systems editorial team along with our in-house web designers have completely modernized the site to bring a clean look that is easy to navigate with more fresh content.
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Global Hawk UAV airborne communications payload supplied by Northrop Grumman
SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman won a U.S. Air Force $2.7 million contract to integrate two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two Global Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
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COTS suppliers calm despite big DoD cuts on the horizon
Suppliers of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products are calm even thought they know big cuts are coming to the defense market.
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Australian military buys $235 million of Harris radio technology
MELBOURNE, Fla., The Australian Department of Defense rewarded Harris Corp. in Melbourne, Fla., with a $235 million contract for new radio systems as part of the country’s efforts to modernize its tactical radio program with Type-1 tactical data and voice communications.
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VITA's Embedded Tech Trends a good start
VITA's first Embedded Tech Trends (ETT) conference held last month in Cocoa Beach, Fla., -- the 2012 version of the old Bus & Board conference -- was a good start to recreating the positive networking environment that made Bus & Board (B & B) a must attend for those in the board industry.