MAE Defense Executive - Dec 5th, 2023
 
 
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December 5, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUITE
ANGSTRM will develop a strategic rad-hard non-volatile memory device with near-commercial state-of-the-art performance for space and strategic systems.
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FACT will explore how humans communicate in natural language with AI systems without overtrust that reveals implicit assumptions among partners.
SDA officials are asking industry ideas on potential space antenna array payloads that have low size, weight, power consumption, and cost (SWaP-C).
DARPA OP TEMPO seeks to evaluate team performance by validating neural signals and speech to enable a new way to assess team dynamics during training.
3DHI technology may represent the next major wave of microelectronics innovation for leading-edge aerospace and defense electronics applications.
DESIGN-IN CASE STUDIES
Mercury Mission Systems will provide 48 data transfer units and 121 high-definition video recorders for the F/A-18 carrier-based combat aircraft.
BAE Systems and Qorvo join Raytheon and Northrop Grumman in attempts to reduce thermal resistance in GaN devices while maintaining channel current.
SBNVG has binocular image intensifier with a modular uncooled thermal imaging, dual-power cable, external power supply, and helmet mounting system.
Southwest Research to work with military to develop cyber tactics, techniques, and procedures through exercises and proof-of-concept demonstrations.
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS
AGM-88G helps U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and allied combat jets to attack and destroy enemy air-defense radar systems and time-critical mobile targets.
The multirole KC-46A aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft can refuel compatible U.S., allied, and coalition military aircraft.
Link 16 provides real-time data communications, situational awareness and navigation, and jam-resistant crypto-secured digital voice.
GPI is for regional hypersonic missile defense by launching modified missiles from U.S. Navy surface warships against incoming hypersonic missiles.
MORE STORIES
NASA plans to land a Sample Retrieval Lander near or in Jezero Crater no earlier than 2028, bringing a small rocket (MAV) on which the samples collected by the Perseverance rover would be loaded.
The LCAP is a roll-on/roll-off ASW acoustic test and measurement system that operates aboard the Navy P-8A maritime patrol and ASW aircraft.
M109A7 is the primary indirect fire support system for Army armored brigade combat teams, and reduces maintenance by replacing obsolete components.
ACQUISITION & LOGISTICS
AIRSIDESIM uses mixed-reality simulation training technology, allowing students to learn and recognize its limits in a safe, hazard-free environment.
The aerospace contractors to design space nuclear power through the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-orbit Nuclear Power (JETSON) project.
The EWIS will comprise over 64 miles of wiring, requiring more than 45,000 electrical connections.
Honeywell's solution allows remote operation of the aircraft, translating instructions from the aircraft's operator into flight control commands on the aircraft.