SAN DIEGO – Jan. 10, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract to develop and demonstrate a Software Programmable Open Mission Systems (OMS) Compliant (SPOC) radio terminal for the U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman’s SPOC solution will provide the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center with an…

Recently, the team working the digital interoperability initiative for the USMC highlighted how they were leveraging the AN/PRC-117B radio to pipe through Link 16 data to the force., "The digital interoperability team highlighted that in their view C2 was a weapon system and needed to be regarded as such. And…

Paris/ Munich, 12 February 2020 The governments of France and Germany have awarded  Dassault Aviation, Airbus, together with their partners MTU Aero Engines, Safran, MBDA and Thales, the initial framework contract (Phase 1A), which launches the demonstrator phase for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). This framework contract covers a first period of…

In a 2018 paper presented by four Lockheed Martin engineers, the nature of the F-35 as an integrated and networked "first generation integrated flying combat system" was presented at the 2018 Aviations Technology, Integration and Operations Conference. The F-35 comprises a set of highly common aircraft for the Air Force,…

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At the time of GlobeRanger’s purchase by Fujitsu, one Dallas Business Journal writer described the acquisition this way: GlobeRanger has been operating since 1999 and has grown to employ about 20 people who have helped contribute to the development and promotion of its iMotion Edgeware platform, which works to simplify the…

The new Meteor missile developed by MBDA is a representative of a new generation of air combat missiles for a wide gamut of new air systems. It can be fitted on the F-35, the Eurofighter, Rafale, Gripen and other 21st century aircraft. The Background Environment Increasing proliferation of state-of–the-art air-to-air…

The F-35 is built on a foundation of 21st century technology. The F-35’s onboard computer, microchips and software are among its most critical components. The Integrated Core Computer (ICP) was designed from the start to undergo capability upgrades every few years, as technology progresses. System software will be upgraded over…