Mariana Iriarte, Technology Editor
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BAE Systems orders Cobham's microelectronic products
SAN DIEGO. BAE Systems has placed a series of orders from Cobham for microelectronic products for the F-35 Lightning II platform. The order includes integrated microelectronic assemblies for radar and electronic warfare (EW).
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Upgraded electronic warfare weapon tested by Raytheon and U.S. Air Force
TUCSON, Ariz. The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon completed a series of flight tests of the HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM), an upgrade to existing HARM missiles.
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360-degree turret prototype tested for tactical aircrafts
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin has developed the Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control (ABC) turret, a prototype laser turret for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) that can engage targets in a 360-degree field of regard for laser weapon systems on an aircraft flying near the speed of sound.
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Officials announce full-rate production contract for Improved Gray Eagles at AUSA show
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army selected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) for a full-rate production contract for 19 Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The announcement was made at the annual AUSA show this year.
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CERDEC becomes VITA's sponsor member followed by Curtiss-Wright initiative to support the U.S. Army's MORA
WASHINGTON. At the AUSA 2015 show, VITA announced their newest sponsor member, the U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC), who is developing the U.S. Army’s Modular Open RF Architecture (MORA) that enables open standards-based RF and microwave modules and small-form factor subsystem designs that address the size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints of ground vehicles. Also announced at the show was Curtiss-Wright's support of the U.S. Army's MORA with compliant RF capabilities using embedded commericial-off-the-shelfs (COTS) systems.
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Beachhead system supports M-Code PNT architecture
WASHINGTON. The Defense Solutions division at Curtiss-Wright announced at the AUSA 2015 show that its second-generation DuraDBH-672 Digital Beachhead Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch and vetronics computer subsystem now supports the Military Code (M-Code) Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) architecture.
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Strategic Alliance Agreement signed between Rockwell Collins and U.S. Army
WASHINGTON. Rockwell Collins and the U.S. Army Material Command signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement that focuses on the implementation of strategies and initiatives to optimize efforts to supply advanced products and services to warfighters.
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Lockheed Martin announces ICARUS at AUSA
WASHINGTON. At the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Lockheed Martin announced their latest capability, ICARUS, which detects and identifies small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
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SDR security and shared spectrum challenges
The more challenging the signals become, the more powerful SDR hardware needs to become to handle the signal processing requirements of these wideband signals.
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Lockheed Martin selects Alcoa to supply titanium for F-35 airframe structures
NEW YORK. Alcoa will be the titanium supplier for airframe structures for all three variants of the F-35 Lighting II aircraft over the next nine years (2016-2024) under a contract with Lockheed Martin. The contract has an estimated value of $1.1 billion.
Mariana Iriarte, Technology Editor
Mariana Iriarte, Technology Editor
Mariana Iriarte, Technology Editor
Mariana Iriarte, Technology Editor