We’ve listened to many customers describe the type of detect-and-avoid (DAA) needs they have for their concept of operations (ConOps), usually pausing to ask about their existing knowledge of DAA and generally hearing responses that are informed by “industry knowledge.” While most of the community working in the uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) industry is well-informed, there are recurring themes that would benefit from the subtle distinction about what is – and importantly – what is not, DAA.
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GIVING BACK: The Camaraderie Foundation - Blog
June 11, 2025Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day.
GUEST BLOG: Smarter by design – How AI Is rewriting the rules of defense engineering - Blog
June 11, 2025Today’s defense and intelligence missions face a persistent challenge in that high-fidelity optics and sensor systems are expensive and slow to produce. The sector remains stuck in the size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) dilemma, where engineering tradeoffs restrict performance, delay innovation, and increase costs. However, artificial intelligence (AI) can now be harnessed to model millions of design iterations in seconds, allowing for advances in materials such as metasurfaces and metalenses to be incorporated into exquisite optic and system systems helping to overcome traditional SWaP-C limitations.
GUEST BLOG: 5G – critical to modernizing federal IT - Blog
June 11, 2025The rapid expansion of 5G is transforming the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling greater integration of devices at the edge of the network. This advancement is particularly impactful for government applications, where 5G enhances national-security operations, improves military surveillance capabilities with drones, and enables faster and more secure data transmission for emergency response.
GUEST BLOG: Smarter, tougher networking – How AI can help in DDIL environments - Blog
June 11, 2025The aim of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) is clear: to enable the military to make faster and better-informed decisions to achieve decision advantage over its adversaries. But the path to that goal is anything but straightforward.
GUEST BLOG: RF interconnects and military performance - Blog
May 09, 2025Modern military platforms demand increasingly sophisticated radio-frequency (RF) interconnect solutions that can perform reliably in the most challenging environments while meeting strict size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements. Decades of development across the RF industry have led to considerable innovation in supporting these mission-critical applications.
GUEST BLOG: AI will help to navigate the newest defense frontier: the Arctic - Blog
May 09, 2025At 4% of the Earth’s surface, the Arctic is both the latest and least-explored global frontier. The region will define U.S. and European defense strategies for a generation, and scaling polar preparedness is now recognized as an imperative across all military domains.
GUEST BLOG: Changes in naval warfare -- AI and unmanned systems at WEST 2025 - Blog
April 29, 2025Over about 20 years of working in U.S. Navy systems technology development – including must-have upgrades in radar, electronic warfare (EW), laser weapons, and more – I’ve witnessed firsthand how technology transforms naval warfare: The changes aren’t rapid! Delivering new transformative capabilities can take decades, from requirements development to securing funding to system development, integration, and testing.
GUEST BLOG: The demand-side of worldwide military markets - Blog
April 24, 2025WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG: The time has arrived for us to pull together the previous eight articles about the worldwide military platform markets, and organize that data in a clear and informative manner. We could spreadsheet all these numbers and produce some scatter plots or bubble charts. But, they seem so cold and dull. So, let’s take a more aesthetic and artistic approach, the "feng shei statistical analysis method” using balance and harmony. That requires a modified tree diagram. Everybody loves a good tree diagram.
GIVING BACK: The Warrior Alliance - Blog
March 17, 2025Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day.
GUEST BLOG: The U.S. Army’s SBOM mandate: A catalyst for software supply-chain security - Blog
March 17, 2025The U.S. Army’s recent mandate for software bills of materials (SBOMs) marks a significant step forward in bolstering software supply-chain security. This proactive measure, driven by President Biden’s 2021 executive order on cybersecurity, aims to improve the visibility and security of software components. As the federal government and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) prioritize supply-chain security, we can expect SBOM requirements to become a standard across all military branches.
GUEST BLOG: Solving harsh environment challenges in fiber applications - Blog
March 17, 2025When designing components for aerospace and defense systems, engineers must design not only for performance but also for reliability as many military applications fall under extreme environmental conditions. These conditions challenge the reliability, durability, and operational efficiency of equipment, necessitating innovative engineering approaches – especially with fiber-optic interconnect solutions that must withstand high demands in the field.
MOSA reaffirmed, empowering small business - Blog
February 27, 2025Fans of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) modular open systems approach (MOSA) mandate got a nice surprise before the December holiday season: a new Tri-Service memo emphasizing continued support for MOSA, well-timed with new DoD leadership coming in focused on reforming acquisition.
GUEST BLOG: Securing military embedded systems -- three challenges - Blog
February 13, 2025Embedded systems form the backbone of modern defense capabilities, controlling everything from weapons systems and communications to flight controls and mission-critical sensors. As adversaries become increasingly sophisticated with regard to cyberwarfare, securing the software within these embedded systems is necessary to maintain military advantage and operational resilience.
GUEST BLOG: The U.S. Army's new SBOM requirement - Blog
February 13, 2025It’s in the U.S. Army’s nature to act with precision and synchrony when executing complex tasks such as multidomain operations, training, and logistics, so why would we expect anything less from the software that powers it?
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Portuguese Air Force to buy sixth KC-390 Millennium
June 17, 2025
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U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft receives MV-75 designation
June 02, 2025
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Electro-optical systems to support Canada’s P-8A surveillance aircraft
May 27, 2025
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Encrypted ACMI system delivered to U.S. Air Force for 4th gen aircraft
May 22, 2025
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Qorvo introduces new S-Band switched filter bank modules at IMS 2025
June 17, 2025
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RAF Typhoon's future radar gets more funding
June 16, 2025
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EW market to reach $34.1 billion by 2031, study predicts
June 16, 2025
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Analog Devices will showcase RF, data, power solutions at IMS 2025
June 12, 2025
Cyber
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Moving beyond the label: How U.S. defense can successfully adapt the Cyber Trust Mark Program
May 08, 2025
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Cubic launches DTECH Fusion Trust platform at SOF Week 2025
May 05, 2025
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Cybersecurity software firm Star Lab acquired by Mercury Systems
May 02, 2025
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Command-and-control contract signed for 95th Wing support
April 24, 2025
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Aeluma signs contract with U.S. Navy to accelerate photodetector development
June 16, 2025
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Bloomy announces commercialization of eSoldier advanced power monitoring system
June 12, 2025
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Troposcatter system to be delivered to U.S. Army for training and evaluation
June 11, 2025
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Multi-sensor satellite system under joint development by BAE Systems, Hanwha Systems
June 11, 2025