Navy chooses rugged Ethernet switches from GE for MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopterPATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 18 June 2013. U.S. Navy aircraft experts needed rugged Ethernet switches for the Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). They found their solution from GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala. |
3U VPX PowerPC-based embedded computer for aerospace and defense introduced by KontronECHING, Germany, 18 June 2013. Kontron in Eching, Germany ins introducing the VX3240 3U VPX PowerPC processor board to meet challenges of size, weight & power and cooling (SWaP-C) requirements for constrained environments in military, aerospace, and transportation embedded computing applications. |
Radioelectronic Technologies introduces precision navigation avionics at Paris Air ShowPARIS, 17 June 2013. Radioelectronic Technologies holding company in Moscow is introducing the SINS-SP2 avionics navigation system this week at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France. The SINS-SP2, which helps determine the location of an aircraft in the absence of satellite navigation and communications with ground-based services, is part of the Russian Sukhoi Su-35S multrole jet fighter. |
Military services order 99 new V-22 tiltrotor aircraft in $4.9 billion contract modificationPATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 14 June 2013. U.S. Navy leaders are ordering 99 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, Texas, for the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps under terms of a $4.9 billion contract modification announced this week. |
Network bridge that moves Link-11 shipboard data over Ethernet introduced by SabtechYORBA LINDA, Calif., 14 June 2013. Sabtech Industries in Yorba Linda, Calif., is introducing the PowerNet ATDS Bridge system to help aerospace and defense communications applications extend Airborne Tactical Data Systems (ATDS) serial (MILSTD-188-203-1A, Appendix D2) data communications over a network. |
Navy orders embedded computers and data converters from Aitech for LCAC landing vesselsPANAMA CITY, Fla., 13 June 2013. U.S. Navy landing craft designers are looking to Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif. to provide rugged single-board computers and other embedded computing components for command, control, communications, computers, and navigation (C4N) equipment aboard the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) amphibious assault vessel. |
Navy to brief industry on technologies needed for special operations warfare from submarinesWASHINGTON, 11 June 2013. U.S. Navy expeditionary warfare experts will brief industry on 25 June 2013 on upcoming contracting opportunities to help Navy and Marine Corps warfighters operate more effectively in operations between sea and shore that involve stealthy troop insertion by submarine. |
6U OpenVPX embedded server based on 4th generation Intel Core i7 introduced by MercuryCHELMSFORD, Mass., 11 June 2013. Mercury Systems Inc. is introducing the rugged Ensemble series 6U OpenVPX HDS6502 high-density server (HDS) module based on 4th generation Intel Core i7 processors, which were unveiled last week. |
Lockheed Martin to make COTS upgrades to submarine sonars in $29.4 million contractWASHINGTON, 10 June 2013. Submarine sonar experts at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems and Training segment in Manassas, Va., will upgrade submarine signal processing equipment on the U.S. Navy submarine fleet with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) computers under terms of a $29.4 million contract modification announced Friday. |
COM Express embedded computing board based on 4th Gen Intel Core i7 introduced by KontronECHING, Germany, 10 June 2013. Kontron in Eching, Germany, is introducing the COMe-bHL6 COM Express basic computer-on-module based on the 4th generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 and Celeron processors for surveillance and security, medical imaging, industrial process control, digital signage, and similar applications. |
Navy names five electronics distributors to supply aerial weapons parts over next five yearsRIDGECREST, Calif., 7 June 2013. U.S. Navy aerial weapons experts are looking to five electronics distributors to complete for the opportunity to supply a wide variety of high-reliability electronic components for aerial weapons deployment, research, and development. |
Navy orders as many as five Burke-class destroyers in potential $3.5 billion contractWASHINGTON, 5 June 2013. U.S. Navy leaders are ordering four Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyers under terms of a $2.8 billion contract announced Monday to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. |
General Dynamics to enhance Navy SEWIP shipboard EW systems in $15 million contractWASHINGTON, 3 June 2013. U.S. Navy officials are asking engineers at the General Dynamics Corp. Advanced Information Systems segment in Fairfax, Va., to upgrade shipboard electronic warfare (EW) systems under terms of a $15 million contract announced Friday. |
Raytheon, Applied Physical Sciences to develop Navy unmanned mine-hunting technologyARLINGTON, Va., 2 June 2013. U.S. Navy researchers are looking to two defense companies to begin developing a future generation of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and mission payloads that function as minesweepers to augment U.S. counter-mine capabilities. |
RUGGED DISPLAYS: Rugged 17-inch sunlight-readable display for aircraft and ships introduced by TRU-VuTRU-Vu Monitors Inc. in Arlington Heights, Ill., is introducing the ARM-17S 17-inch industrial-grade sunlight-readable display for applications such as aircraft, ships, and surveillance equipment where video image visibility in direct sunlight is crucial. |
RADAR AND SENSORS: Coast Guard looks to ITT Exelis for long-range surveillance radar for HC-130J aircraftU.S. Coast Guard leaders needed a long-range surveillance radar for the service's fleet of HC-130J Super Hercules long-range surveillance aircraft. |
IN BRIEF: Argon ST picks up where it left off in sensor-fusion program to reduce military GPS useNavigation and guidance experts at Argon ST Inc. in Fairfax, Va., are building on previous company research to develop a prototype sensor fusion system for land, sea, and airborne applications. |
Air Force asks industry for handheld Link-16 special operations networking radiosU.S. Air Force special operations experts are surveying industry to find companies able to design and build a small handheld Link-16 secure, jam-resistant, high-speed digital data radio that is no larger than today's fielded AN/PRC-148 multiband inter/intra team radio (MBITR). |
Navy considers new circuit protection technologies for sensitive shipboard electronicsARLINGTON, Va., 31 May 2013. U.S. Navy researchers are trying to find new fast-switching electrical technologies for protecting sensitive electronic circuitry aboard large surface warships in the event of malfunctions or battle damage. |
Honeywell to build 121 advanced multi-purpose displays for F/A-18F and F/A-18G combat aircraftPATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 30 May 2013. U.S. Navy aircraft specialists are looking to the Honeywell Inc. Defense & Space Electronic Systems segment in Albuquerque, N.M., for several sizes of advanced multi-purpose displays (AMPD) for the avionics systems of the Navy F/A-18F jet fighter-bomber and EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft. |
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