MAE Defense Executive - Jun 6th, 2023
 
 
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June 6, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUITE
The Constellation-class frigates will be able to keep up with fast Navy aircraft carriers, and will have sensors networked with the rest of the fleet.
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Knowledge curation involves acquiring information; ranking its importance; identifying causal links; and developing metrics to measure objectives.
DARPA wants to improve understanding of the state of the art and the emerging technologies available for magnetic navigation in noisy RF environments.
ACX remotely collects imagery of the superregional area for air quality forecasting, hazard forecasting, and fire pollutant forecasting and warnings.
ATOM seeks to identify materials operating over broad spectral bandwidths in the visible, midwave infrared, and longwave infrared spectra.
DESIGN-IN CASE STUDIES
The AbMN enables air crews of MC-130J aircraft to send and receive mission-critical data to and from tactical and operational nodes in war zones.
Collins will demonstrate the company's EVS-3600 digital HUD on an Air Force C-130J aircraft with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS).
Project seeks to move and share data among many fixed and mobile sites using constantly available, high-bandwidth, beyond-line-of-sight communications.
The AN/WSN-7 self-contained ring laser gyro inertial navigation system senses ship motion, and computes its precise position, velocity, and heading.
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS
JASSM is a long-range, conventional, air-to-ground, precision standoff missile designed to destroy high-value, well-defended enemy targets.
GE Aerospace and Waygate Technologies will also pursue technology solutions focused on advanced analytics.
The continuation of this agreement with Boeing will ensure the supply of Magellan’s acoustic plug and nozzle exhaust assemblies for the 767 program.
Natilus’ Kona blended-wing body design will use ZeroAvia engines, Jonathan Welsh reports for Flying.
MORE STORIES
The missile employs a multi-mode sensor suite, weapon data link, and enhanced digital anti-jam Global Positioning System (GPS) to attack targets.
The JASSM-ER is a 2,250-pound cruise missile with a 1,000-pound penetrator and blast-fragmentation warhead that uses precision routing and guidance.
Space Forge’s Pridwen heat shield uses a high temperature alloy which is large enough to radiate the heat of re-entry away without burning the material; making it fully reusable
Polar orbits place sensors and electronics in hazardous environments, which require radiation-hardened electronic components and other safeguards.
ACQUISITION & LOGISTICS
AM General took over production of the JLTV last February from Oshkosh Defense LLC in Oshkosh, Wis. The JLTV is replacing the venerable HMMWV.
Satellite payloads will involve electro-optical sensors, RF and microwave sensors, or a combination of both -- including hyperspectral sensors.
The scanner at the passenger checkpoint allow passengers to leave liquids and electronics in hand luggage starting June 2024.
Northrop Grumman will use 3D printing and additive manufacturing to create advanced hypersonic test facility components and test articles.