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Army looks to Benchmark Electronics for special Air Warrior helicopter air crew transceivers

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 7 March 2013. U.S. Army helicopter warfare experts needed special RF transceivers for the Army's Air Warrior program to improve the effectiveness and survivability of Army helicopter crew members. They found their solution from The Benchmark Electronics Inc. Minnesota Division in Rochester, Minn.

Boeing gets order for more than 1,000 laser guidance kits for JDAM smart munition

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 4 March 2013. The U.S. Navy is ordering more than a thousand laser guidance kits to enable the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to destroy moving targets under terms of an $11.4 million contract announced late last week from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.

UTC Aerospace Systems to provide EO/IR reconnaissance pods for Turkish Air Force F-16s

CHARLOTTE, N.C., 2 March 2013. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), won a contract to provide the advanced DB-110 airborne reconnaissance system on the F-16 platform for the Turkish Airborne Reconnaissance Program (TARP).

Navy to field-test hydrogen fuel cell- and solar-powered military renewable energy system

CHINA LAKE NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, Calif., 1 March 2013. Military renewable energy experts in the U.S. Navy are testing a trailer-mounted regenerative fuel cell system that could save money and warfighter lives, Navy officials say.

German military chooses long-range cooled thermal imagers for surveillance from Thales

STUTTGART, Germany, 28 Feb. 2013. Infrared imaging experts in the German military's Office of Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support in Stuttgart, Germany, needed long-range cooled thermal imagers for surveillance, target acquisition, and identification. They found their solution from Thales Group in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Z Microsystems to provide rugged displays for Navy shipboard UAV control system

SAN DIEGO, 27 Feb. 2013. U.S. Navy unmanned aerial drone experts needed color rugged displays for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS RQ-21A) program aboard several kinds of amphibious transport ships. They found their solution from Z Microsystems Inc. in San Diego.

A & J to provide mil-spec electronics enclosures for two Navy littoral combat ships

PANAMA CITY, Fla., 26 Feb 2013. U.S. Navy shipboard electronics experts will look to A & J Manufacturing Co. in Tustin, Calif., to provide mil-spec electronic equipment enclosures and related equipment for the Multiple Vehicle Communications Systems (MVCS) on two new littoral combat ships (LCS).

Navy looks to Bluefin for enhanced UUV technology to inspect hulls of ships at anchor

ARLINGTON, Va., 26 Feb. 2013. U.S. Navy researchers needed improvements to a hovering unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to continue investigations in untethered inspection of ship hulls below the water line. They found their solution from Bluefin Robotics Corp. in Quincy, Mass.

Army chooses body-worn radios from Thales and General Dynamics for Nett Warrior program

CLARKSBURG, Md., 22 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army leaders needed body-worn secure radios to support a battlefield situational awareness initiative called Nett Warrior. They found their solution from Thales Communications Inc. in Clarksburg, Md., and General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Green Hills operating system chosen for Marine Corps helicopter avionics computer upgrade

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 14 Feb. 2013. Military avionics designers at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems segment needed a multicore software operating system for the company's Gen II mission computer for the U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopter avionics upgrades. They found their solution from Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif.