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July 2018

 
 
 
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The McHale Report, by mil-embedded.com Editorial Director John McHale, covers technology and procurement trends in the defense and aerospace electronics community.

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SPECIAL REPORT
 
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As the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) builds up its cyberwarfare programs, what sorts of cyber ops are North Korea and other nation-state adversaries focusing on? Does attribution or admission of responsibility actually act as a deterrent to other would-be cyberattackers?
 
 
EDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE
 
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President Donald Trump recently called for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to create a new branch of the U.S. armed forces, a Space Force, to deal with threats outside our atmosphere. The move, like many Trump announcements, created immediate controversy...
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Jade Model 71865 is a 2-Ch 200 MHz 16-bit A/D channelizer with 762 narrowband digital down converters (DDCs) and 4 wideband DDCs, based on the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA. It is an economical and energy efficient, complete software radio receiver solution for commercial, military and government high-channel count applications..

 
 
 
 
 
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National-security IT provider CACI International has won a $48 million task order to provide engineering and technical related services (ETRS) to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division.
 
 
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U.S. Army officials tapped Raytheon to develop a preliminary design of a 100 kW class laser weapon system that will integrate onboard the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTVs). The contract is worth an estimated $10 million.
 
 
 
 
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Cyberattack has become the adversary's first weapon of choice, and military platforms, on land, air, sea, and space, are prime targets. Nation-state cyberattacks against military, contractor, and critical-infrastructure facilities are a daily occurrence, and compelling public demonstrations have recently included attacks against commercial cars and planes.
 
Mercury Systems
 
 
 
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials will host a competitors day on September 27, 2018, to communicate the vision and timeline of the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge, engage potential competitors, and provide a space for technical and operational exchange.

 
 
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The increasing competitive advantages of high-altitude aeronautics platform stations (HAAPS) over conventional and terrestrial-based systems have made them essential for use in both military and commercial applications, according to a new report from BIS Research...

 
 
 
 
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Officials at Viasat Inc. announced the 1,000th KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal (STT) production unit shipped with the latest one installed in the U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft. In addition to shipping the 1,000th production unit, Viasat is steadily increasing production deliveries to 50 per month in response to growing market demand.
 
 
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Oshkosh Defense, an Oshkosh Corporation, has won a $49 million contract from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to integrate existing palletized load system (PLS) vehicles with scalable autonomous technology as part of the U.S. Army's Expedient Leader Follower (ExLF) program.
 
 
 
 
CYBERSECURITY UPDATE
 
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The signature of the long-sought-after Majorana particle - a particle that has unusual properties believed to render it resistant to external interference - has been found by a group of researchers led by UCLA and funded by the U.S. Army. What they've found may just be the key to blocking intruders on sensitive communications networks in the future.
 
Annapolis Micro Systems
 
 
 
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U.S. Army officials tapped SRC, Inc. for a $32 million contract to deliver next-generation, multimission electronic warfare systems. Under the contract, SRC will provide a range of research, development, test and evaluation (RDTandE) services...
 
 
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Engineers at Raytheon began operational testing this month of the Small Diameter Bomb II, now officially dubbed StormBreaker. Operational testing follows completion of a successful Operational Test Readiness Review in Spring 2018.
 
 
 
 
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IBM and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) officials showcased the world's largest neuromorphic digital synaptic super computer at AFRL's Information Directorate Advanced Computing Applications Lab in Rome, New York.

 
 
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Global expenditure on ground-based ballistic missile defense systems will total upwards of $15.39 billion during 2018, according to a new report from Visiongain, "Ground Based Ballistic Missile Defence Systems Market Report 2018-2028."
 
 
 
 
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Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd., has been selected by defense contractor Tactical Air Support, Inc. (TacAir) to install the Garmin tandem integrated flight deck for TacAir's fleet of supersonic F-5 fighter aircraft.
 
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a new initiative it calls Learning with Less Labels (LwLL), in which the agency will research new machine learning (ML) algorithms that require greatly reduced amounts of information to train or update.
 
 
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Engineers at BAE Systems began work on the Cross Deck initiative to transition the Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) system from the legacy EC-130H aircraft to the EC-37B aircraft platform, a special-mission Gulfstream G550 that meets Air Force requirements.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works engineers performed a series of flight tests under a five-year DARPA program dubbed System of Systems Integration Technology and Experimentation (SoSITE).


 
 
MARKET/BUSINESS DEALS
 
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L3 Technologies officials completed the previously announced sale of its Vertex Aerospace businesses to American Industrial Partners for $540 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments.
 
 
 
 
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BAE Systems has been selected by the Australian government as the preferred tenderer for the SEA 5000 program to deliver nine future frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. The overall announced program is expected to be in the region of AU $35 billion (approximately $25.7 billion) for the design, build, and support of the ships.
 
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WARFARE EVOLUTION GUEST BLOG
 
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In our last article, we examined how U.S. fighter planes fit into the kill web, along with a review of European Union (EU), Russian, and Chinese fighters. And, we looked at some of their flight characteristics and design parameters. Now, it's time to explore long range heavy bomber aircraft.
 
 
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Researchers for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program completed Phase 2 flight test. They were able to demonstrate advanced algorithms designed to turn small air and ground systems into team members that could autonomously...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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