Embedded Hardware
VPX, Rugged Computers, FPGAs
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GPS integration benchmark completed by Raytheon, Lockheed Martin
AURORA, Colo. Officials at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon announced that the two companies finished the first integration benchmark between the Raytheon Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and GPS III satellite system from Lockheed Martin.
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U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft expected to fulfill any and all missions
Not even the world’s best overachiever can be all things to all people, but the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft concept promises to do just that. FVL is destined to heft more weight, fly faster, and render a smaller logistical footprint than any member of the Army’s present airborne fleet. The in-progress conceptualization [...]
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DARPA, Raytheon look to triple Gallium Nitride power handling ability
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tasked Raytheon engineers with developing next-generation Gallium Nitride devices bonded to diamond substrates – or Thermally Enhanced Gallium Nitride (TEGaN). Under the the 18-month, $1.8 million contract Raytheon engineers will look to increase GaN device power handling capability of GaN devices by at least a factor of three.
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Top 5 stories from Design West
SAN JOSE, Calif. Last month's Design West show in San Jose, Calif., had steady traffic even on the last day and was a good show for releasing new products and networking. Our coverage of the event included blogs, stories, and tweets from the show floor. Below I've listed the top five most viewed blogs and stories from the show on our website.
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B-1 Lancer navigation system gets facelift
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. The Air Force awarded Boeing a $55.3 million contract to upgrade the B-1 Lancer aircraft’s navigation system a new ring laser gyro system.
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Rhetoric heats up over Small Form Factors (SFF)
The debate over Small Form Factor (SFF) design standards is escalating but also becoming entertaining with different views coming from both sides of the Atlantic on how to create SFF designs. Demand for these designs in military C4ISR systems is increasing, but system integrators don’t want to get locked into proprietary solutions. So, embedded computing companies are looking at how they can satisfy this demand as well as the need for lower Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP).
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More than $1 Billion in avionics and sensors for Navy helicopters to be provided by Lockheed Martin
WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin won a billion dollar Navy contract to deliver more than 200 digital avionics cockpits as well as sensors and integrated mission systems for the MH-60S Sierra and MH-60R Romeo helicopters – both of which are manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, Conn.
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Army Special Operations helicopters to continue upgrading avionics with Rockwell Collins parts
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins engineers will continue providing replacement avionics parts for Army Special Operations helicopter cockpits under a $17.2 million contract renewal.
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Modernized Patriot missile defense system fires first PAC-3 Missiles during test flight
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The upgraded Patriot Patriot Air and Missile Defense System from Raytheon fired two PAC-3 missiles at a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) during a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test marked the first launch of PAC-3 missiles from the modernized Patriot system.
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Missile warning satellite final tests completed by Air Force and Lockheed Martin
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. Air Force and Lockheed Martin engineers finished final systems tests for the U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). The Final Integrated System Test (FIST) confirmed the spacecraft's functionality and performance prior to launch site delivery.
John McHale, Editorial Director
John McHale, Editorial Director
John McHale, Editorial Director
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