MilitaryNet-Centric Operations Supplement: Beginning JTRS After more than a decade in development, the Pentagon’s software-defined Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) has never been closer to reality. Major contracts have been awarded, and the program’s Airborne, Maritime and…
MilitaryNet-Centric Operations Supplement: A Networked NATO The growing United States commitment to Net-Centric Operations and the rise of coalition military operations are driving the development of international net-centric initiatives. Since the allied actions in Kosovo in the 1990s,…
MilitaryNet-Centric Operations Supplement: Future Combat, Unmanned Systems The U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, its technology development and modernization plan, is best known for its terrain-bound vehicles like the Non-Line-of-Sight Canon and the unmanned ground vehicle, as well…
CommercialEmbedded Overall Despite driving key technologies in systems ranging from pacemakers to fighter aircraft, embedded software has not received nearly the recognition of high-profile enterprise applications. The embedded market “is not as big as…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Light Jets Burdened One of the interesting subplots of this year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Orlando was the state of the light-to-Very Light Jet (VLJ) sectors. A year ago, we were quoting…
MilitaryL-3 Communications Wins Navy Contract L-3 Communications was awarded a $9.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for training support and up to 2,000 flight instructor hours on a Boeing 737 next-generation aircraft…
Business & GATerraMetrics to Develop Landing System TerraMetrics, Inc., of Littleton, Colo., was awarded a two-year, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to research and develop a system that will help make…
Business & GAFreeFlight Upgrades Navigation Database FreeFlight Systems, of Waco, Texas, released a 4 MB navigation database memory upgrade for its Approach Plus GPS Navigation Management Systems (including the I/O models) and equivalent legacy equipment with the Trimble…