Green Hills Software enables secure virtualization for mobile ARM TrustZone technology-based devices
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 21 Nov. 2009. Green Hills Software Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., is releasing its Integrity Virtualization for ARM TrustZone technology in the latest enhanced version of the company's Integrity real-time ...
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Universal Display, Flexible Display Center at ASU to supply flexible active-matrix PHOLED display prototypes to U.S. Army
EWING, N.J., 20 Nov. 2009. Universal Display Corp., provider of displays and lighting through its UniversalPHOLED phosphorescent OLED technology, and the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University are jointly fabricating ...
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Boeing laser systems destroy UAVs in tests
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 19 Nov. 2009 Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] experts demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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VPX embedded computer not to blame for $14 million cost overrun in Marine Corps G/ATOR radar system
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md., 19 Nov. 2009. The U.S. Marine Corps mobile air-defense radar surveillance system called the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) has had a $14 million cost overrun, but these unanticipated added costs ...
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NTS to test advanced arresting gear, electromagnetic aircraft launch system for General Atomics
CALABASAS, Calif., 19 Nov. 2009. National Technical Systems Inc. won contracts by General Atomics (GA) Electromagnetic Systems Division (EMS) of San Diego, Calif., for the performance of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and environmental ...
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NASA's Wise Eye to survey night sky with electro-optics
WASHINGTON, 18 Nov. 2009. NASA officials are on hand at SuperComputing 2009 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. They are discussing the latest NASA aircraft, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wise), which has been ...
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NASA's human-robotic systems communicate with RTI middleware
SUNNYVALE, Calif., 17 Nov. 2009. Real-Time Innovations (RTI) has announced that NASA is using RTI middleware to control a fleet of experimental robots. The NASA Human-Robotic Systems Project is developing four prototype robots at ...
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UAV miniature weapon technology contract won by Boeing
ST. LOUIS, 16 Nov. 2009. Boeing [NYSE: BA] won a $500,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract for the first phase of a program to demonstrate miniature weapon technology for use on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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Directed-energy weapons will be the next generation of precision-guided munitions
ARLINGTON, Va., 15 Nov. 2009. Precision guided munitions (PGMs) have become synonymous with the U.S. military in the past two decades, with each new advance in technology increasing the ability to hit a specific target with a single ...
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U.K.'s largest, autonomous unmanned aircraft completes initial flight trials
DAYTON, Ohio, 14 Nov. 2009. BAE Systems has flown the largest, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the U.K. The next-generation autonomous system, MANTIS, completed its maiden flight in Woomera, South Australia. ...
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Raytheon wins $197 million, serves as electronics system integrator for LPD 17 program
TEWKSBURY, Mass., 13 Nov. 2009. Raytheon Company won a $197 million U.S. Navy contract for life-cycle engineering and support of the LPD 17 class, the Navy's next generation of amphibious warfare ships. The contract includes five ...
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Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum and Avionics USA call for papers deadline next week on Nov 17
SAN DIEGO, 12 Nov. 2009. The call for papers deadline for the 2010 Avionics USA and Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum conferences is next week on Nov. 17, 2009. Both conferences will be held June 3 to 4, 2010 in San Diego at ...
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ATK wins $100 million for Trident II solid rocket propulsion systems
MINNEAPOLIS, 12 Nov. 2009. Alliant Techsystems won a $100 million contract from Lockheed Martin to produce solid rocket propulsion systems for all three stages of the U.S. Navy's Trident II (D-5) Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM). Under ...
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The LaserMotive team poses with its winning design during the 2009 Power Beaming Challenge. (Photo courtesy of NASA.)
LaserMotive wins NASA's Centennial Challenges program with wireless energy beaming technology
WASHINGTON, 11 Nov. 2009. LaserMotive of Seattle won $900,000 in the 2009 Power Beaming challenge, part of NASA's Centennial Challenges program, for its demonstration of a new wireless energy beaming technology. LaserMotive engineers ...
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Quantum ships diesel hybrid vehicles with weapons ring to the U.S. Army for reconnaissance, surveillance, and targeting
IRVINE, Calif., 11 Nov. 2009. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. is developing and shipping diesel hybrid vehicles to the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) National Automotive ...
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General Dynamics wins $22 million contract from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to design network-centric electronic solution
FAIRFAX, Va., 10 Nov. 2009. General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, won a $22.2 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to support the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental ...
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TiaLinx Inc. won an Army Phase-II contract for its handheld precision target, motion detection technology
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., 10 Nov. 2009. TiaLinx Inc., a developer of millimeter-wave integrated radio and antenna arrays, won a phase II contract from the Department of Army for development of a miniaturized antenna array at V-band. ...
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USS New York, made with steel from World Trade Center, commissioned in New York
NEW YORK, 9 Nov. 2009 The Navy's newest ship, the USS New York (LPD 21), was commissioned this weekend at a U.S. Navy ceremony in New York.
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Government agencies come to grips with wind turbine-caused clutter for U.S. radar systems
WASHINGTON, 8 Nov. 2008. Electricity-generating wind turbines are considered an essential part of reducing U.S. reliance on fossil fuels, yet these massive multi-bladed structures can cause big problems for the nation's radar systems ...
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Stanley wins $49 million DISA task order to infuse global information grid with cybersecurity, network security
ARLINGTON, Va., 7 Nov. 2009. Stanley Inc., a provider of systems integration and professional services to the U.S. federal government, won a five-year, firm-fixed-price task order valued at $49 million, if all options are exercised, ...
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Raytheon contracted to provide engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System
TEWKSBURY, Mass., 6 Nov. 2009. Raytheon Company won a $5.8 million contract modification for engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense system. The contract calls for Raytheon to provide systems analysis, software ...
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Stanley wins contract with Marine Corps to support Total Information Gateway for Enterprise Resources Web Portal Program for sharing vital information
ARLINGTON, Va., 6 Nov. 2009. Stanley Inc., a provider of systems integration and professional services to the U.S. federal government, won a five-year, firm-fixed-price contract valued at $12.4 million, if all four option years ...
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