Military & Aerospace Electronics

Aurora Flight Sciences eyes developing X-plane demonstrator to showcase unmanned enabling technologies ARLINGTON, Va. – Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts at Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. are moving forward with developing an X-plane to demonstrate enabling technologies in speed and runway independence for future crewed and unmanned aircraft. Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va. announced a $25 million order to Aurora Flight Sciences on Tuesday for phase 1B of the SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) program. https://lnkd.in/e4iiJiu9

Air Force asks ARCTOS and UES for new electro-optical and electronic materials for electronic warfare (EW) WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – U.S. Air Force researchers needed new electronic, photonic, electro-optical, and quantum materials for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), as well as for electronic warfare (EW). They found their solution from ARCTOS Technology Solutions LLC in Beavercreek, Ohio, and from UES Inc. in Dayton, Ohio. Officials of the Electronic Materials Branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on Tuesday announced separate $12 million contracts to ARCTOS and UES for the Materials for Integrated Nano-electronic and Optoelectronic Structures (MINOS) project. https://lnkd.in/gSYYnYki

U.S. airport security experts ask industry for enabling technologies in open-architecture threat detection SPRINGFIELD, Va. – U.S. airport security experts are reaching out to industry to find companies able to provide open-architecture enabling technologies in a future connected transportation security system of systems. Officials of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Springfield, Va., have issued a request for information (TSA25-04-03789) for the agency's Open Architecture Initiatives program. https://lnkd.in/euFJQc_i

Air Force picks Sierra Nevada to build command and control aircraft for nuclear war secure communications HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The U.S. Air Force is choosing Sierra Nevada Corp. in Englewood, Colo., to design and build a new command and control aircraft to replace the service's E-4B National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC). Officials of the Air Force Life cycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., announced a $13.1 billion contract to Sierra Nevada on Friday for the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) weapon system. https://lnkd.in/e9JKZrxD

DARPA researchers to brief industry in June on microelectronics for photonic circuits and quantum computing ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers will brief industry in June on several upcoming microelectronics technologies projects concerning photonic, quantum, and organic circuits; sustainable microsystem manufacturing; and commercial scaling with military-only capabilities. Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) in Arlington, Va., will brief industry from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern time on 24 June 2024 in-person and online during a DARPA MTO open house. https://lnkd.in/es462EEW

Learn more about solving power challenges in modern manned and autonomous airborne and space systems at 15 May webinar NASHUA, N.H. - Military + Aerospace Electronics cordially invites you to join our free webinar on 15 May at 2 p.m. Eastern to learn more about how to solve electric power challenges in modern manned and autonomous airborne and space systems. This event is sponsored by Infineon HiRel in San Jose, Calif. The evolution and increased density of electronics in space and airborne avionics Systems has transformed the industry, progressing from World War II aircraft to modern avionics with high processing power payloads. This, coupled with a shift away from traditional hydraulics and pneumatics to electric systems has enhanced system efficiency, weight and capabilities, but also introduced new challenges. https://lnkd.in/euejMbcD

Army approaches industry for reversible camouflage fabric to enable infantry to hide from infrared sensors NATICK, Mass. – U.S. Army infantry experts are reaching out to industry for companies able to develop special camouflage fabric to enable foot soldiers to conceal themselves from a wide variety of enemy electro-optical sensors. Officials of the Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground Natick activity in Natick, Mass., issued a sources-sought notice on Monday(RFIForPrototypeReversibleSignatureManagementOverwhiteGarments) for the Prototype: Reversible Signature Management Overwhite Garments project. https://lnkd.in/efmJ-uiY

IARPA extends deadline to develop analytic technologies to safeguard software code from cyber attackers WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence researchers are extending the deadline until the end of May 2024 for a project to find new ways of analyzing software code to uncover characteristics that will help reveal the identities of cyber attackers. Officials of the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) in Washington have announced plans to accept proposals until 31 May 2024 for a broad agency announcement (IARPA-BAA-24-02) in the Securing Our Underlying Resources in Cyber Environments (SoURCE CODE) program. The original bidding deadline for the SoURCE CODE program originally was last January. https://lnkd.in/eR7WYNmR

Learn more about the latest enabling technologies for electronic warfare during 30 April webinar NASHUA, N.H. - Military + Aerospace Electronics cordially invites you to join our free webinar on 30 April at 2 p.m. Eastern to learn more about the latest enabling technologies for electronic warfare (EW). The event is sponsored by Wind River's Star Lab Software in Washington, D.C. The panel discussion will consist of a prime EW systems integrator on the most important EW technologies needed from suppliers; a high-performance embedded computing expert from the Curtiss-Wright Corp. Defense Solutions Division on the latest embedded computing technologies for EW, and a trusted computing expert from Star Labs Software on some of the latest cyber security innovations for EW. https://lnkd.in/eMKA6jQV

Air Force asks Northrop Grumman for APG-83 AESA fire-control radar systems to upgrade F-16 jet fighters WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – U.S. Air Force aerial warfare experts are ordering additional modern active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for F-16 jet fighter aircraft under terms of an $55.9 million order announced in late March. Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are asking the Northrop Grumman Corp. Mission Systems segment in Linthicum Heights, Md., for additional production radars and spare parts. This order increases the total value of the Northrop Grumman radar contract to $1.6 billion. https://lnkd.in/erviKGaZ