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    The AN/SPQ-9B X-band radar that scans the horizon for low-flying anti-ship cruise missiles, enemy ships, and aircraft.
    Test

    Navy taps Leonardo DRS for common frequency generator components for shipboard missile-defense radar

    John Keller
    Nov. 20, 2024
    A common RF frequency generator enables radar units in a network to measure the time it takes for a signal to travel to a target and back.

    Communications

    A rolling airframe missile (RAM) launcher fires a RIM-116 missile from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during combat systems ship qualification trials.
    These cross-domain systems are for mission processing, secure storage and authentication, encryption, networking, SATCOM, AI, and data diodes.
    A Navy fire controlman installs a pump in the Dual Band Radar cooling system during routine maintenance aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
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    ADK-1592 development kit interfaces Holt's HI-1592 radiation-hardened transceiver with a 1553 protocol controller or FPGA
    The Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM-USV) is recovered aboard the littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS 14) during a test in June 2021.
    Pendulum FTR-210R test instrument offers time reference and rubidium frequency for PNT
    Test

    Time reference and rubidium frequency gear for position, navigation, and timing (PNT) introduced by Pendulum

    Pendulum Instruments Inc
    Nov. 15, 2024
    Optional integrated independent frequency calibrator guarantees GPS traceability, and the system generates traceable calibration reports.
    The Raider supercomputer is part of the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
    Computers

    Air Force researchers eye artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for advanced target tracking

    John Keller
    Nov. 14, 2024
    Project seeks to help first responders find people in disaster areas based on last known location from their cell phones and other personal devices.
    Sailors load a MK 48 torpedo aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Annapolis.
    Sensors

    Navy asks Lockheed Martin for updated MK 48 submarine-launched sonar-guided torpedoes in $245.4 million deal

    John Keller
    Nov. 14, 2024
    MK 48 torpedo is aboard Los Angeles-, Virginia-, and Seawolf-class attack submarines, as well as Ohio-class ballistic- and cruise-missile submarines.
    The Silvius StreamCaster LITE 5200 (SL5200) MANET communications module links several unmanned vehicles
    Communications

    MANET radio module for communications networking among several uncrewed vehicles introduced by Silvius

    Nov. 14, 2024
    The Silvius MN-MIMO waveform can link hundreds of nodes in any environment, and enables operators to connect several different unmanned vehicles.
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    Commercial Aerospace

    FAA seeks industry input to upgrade aging airport radar systems

    Jamie Whitney
    Nov. 13, 2024
    Industry feedback is sought on acquisition strategies, including a potential shift to radar data as a service. Under the service model, the FAA would obtain data feeds from private...