Radar
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Thales selects Interface Concept's ComEth4510a for radar application
QUIMPER, France. Thales engineers have integrated Interface Concept's ComEth4510a, a 6U OpenVPX Gigabit & 10/40 Gigabit L3+ Ethernet switch and IP Router in a radar application.
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U.S. Army exercise successfully demos directed energy counter-UAV system
FORT SILL, Okla. A recent U.S. Army exercise saw 45 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones knocked out of the sky after a high-power microwave and laser dune buggy from Raytheon advanced engaged and destroyed them.
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Increased DoD budget good news for COTS suppliers
The latest Department of Defense (DoD) fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget request is $686.1 billion, an increase of about five percent over the FY 2018 request. This is outstanding news for the warfighters, as they will get more support from a technology standpoint than during recent years where budget cuts and sequestration were the rule. Embedded commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics suppliers will find it pleasing too, as the budget request provides funding for avionics; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); electronic warfare (EW); and radar applications.
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Future USS Tulsa passes acceptance trials
MOBILE, Ala. U.S. Navy officials report that the future Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Tulsa (LCS 16) recently successfully completed acceptance trials following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations for the naval Board of Inspection and Survey.
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DARPA DREaM program on track to develop new GaN transistors for use in radar, radio communications
MALIBU, Calif. Research and development laboratory HRL Laboratories is working with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to develop the next generation of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors with dramatically improved linearity and reduced power consumption for use in electronic devices in such applications as radio communications and radar.
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Global electronic warfare market to reach $30.32 billion by 2022, study says
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The electronic warfare (EW) market is projected to grow from an estimated $24.20 billion in 2017 to $30.32 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.61 percent during that time period, according to a new market study, "Electronic Warfare Market by Capability (Electronic Support, Electronic Attack, Electronic Protection), Platform (Airborne, Naval, Ground, Space), Product (EW Equipment, EW Operational Support), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022" from MarketsandMarkets.
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Australia to upgrade long-range coastal radar network with BAE Systems
CANBERRA, Australia. Australian government officials announced that BAE Systems Australia will lead a $1 billion project to upgrade the country’s long-range, high-frequency radar network.
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USAF signs $96 million task order with Polaris Alpha for ISR, software operations
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense and intelligence contractor Polaris Alpha has won $96 million in U.S. Air Force task orders that involve work in software development, maintenance, and enhancements for command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.
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NAVAIR inks $24.3 million in contract mods for unmanned aerial drone systems
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has signed a $24.3 million contract modification with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Unmanned Systems Division (USD) to exercise an option for the low-rate initial production of the Subsonic Aerial Target BQM-177A and technical data.
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U.S. Navy, Boeing sign contract to modernize F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet
ST. LOUIS. Boeing has finalized a contract with the U.S. Navy to modernize the Navy's fleet of 568 F/A-18 aircraft, which is intended to extend the life of existing Super Hornets from 6,000 to 9,000-plus flight hours.
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