February 2019

The McHale Report, by mil-embedded.com Editorial DirectorJohn McHale, covers technologyand procurement trends in thedefense and aerospaceelectronics community.

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PODCAST

Countering complex battlefieldthreats, faster DoD acquisitionprocess, game-changing artificialintelligence, rugged computingadvances

Lessons learned in combatsituations like Ukraine and anti-access area denial (A2/AD)environments have given U.S.defense planners a betterunderstanding of the technologicalcapabilities of near peer

adversaries such as Russia and China...This podcast is sponsored by Annapolis MicroSystems.

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SPECIAL REPORT

VITA's switched fabrics roadmap

Over the years, VITA's charter hasevolved to embrace a host of newopen architecture standards forcritical embedded computing.Originally founded to developstandards and an ecosystem insupport of VMEbus, VITA has

evolved its interconnect strategy for high performancecomputing to be based on leading switched fabrics.Most popular are Ethernet, PCI Express, InfiniBand,and Serial RapidIO. Today's working groups now spendtheir efforts on developing standards that implementthe latest advancements in the roadmaps of thesefabrics in various VITA form factors such as VPX, VNX,XMC, and FMC.

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STOP STORY

Game-based maintenance trainingsolution developed for USAF aircraft

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UGV market to grow to $7.0 billionglobally by 2025, study says

Turnkey Data Acquisition Solution

The Model 5983-313 is a 4-Ch. 250 MHz A/D with DDCs, 2-Ch. 800 MHz D/A with DUC &Interpolator 3U VPX board. Its built- in data capture features offer a turnkey solution as well as aplatform for developing and deploying custom FPGA-processing IP. This high-performance board

is optimized for radar, communications or general data acquisit ion applications.

U.S. Air Force (USAF) officialsselected Charles River AnalyticsInc., developer of intelligentsystems solutions, to develop the

Evaluation-Driven Active Guide for LearningMaintenance Events (EAGLE).

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The global market for unmannedground vehicles (UGVs) isprojected to grow from $2.7 billion

in 2018 to $7.0 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 14.81percent, according to a new report fromMarketsandMarkets...

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TOP STORY

USAF accepts Pegasus tankerdelivery, deficiencies to beaddressed with remote visionsystem

U.S. Air Force officials acceptedthe first KC-46A Pegasus tankerfrom The Boeing Company. This isa major milestone for the nextgeneration tanker and will allow

Airmen to begin operational testing and flight training,Air Force officials report.

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DARPA seeks designs to cool super-hot hypersonic vehicles

The Defense Advanced ResearchProjects Agency (DARPA) recentlyannounced its MaterialsArchitectures and Characterization

for Hypersonics (MACH) program, which seeks todevelop and demonstrate new design and materialsolutions for sharp, shape-stable, cooled leading edgesfor hypersonic vehicles.

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GUEST BLOG

Fiber and copper working togetherfor today?s Ethernet backbones

In all mobile military and airborneplatforms, the transition frommechanical systems toelectronically controlled systems istaking place. As the electronicscontent continues to grow, so dothe processing loads that happen

on every platform. Embedded computers are rising insophistication as they need to support sensors, radar,video streams, and remote-control functions.

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MARKET/BUSINESS DEALS

EW simulation, training contractsigned between Northrop Grummanand U.S. Air Force

Northrop Grumman Corp. and theU.S. Air Force have signed a $450million indefinite delivery/indefinitequantity (ID/IQ) contract stipulatingthat Northrop Grumman willdeliver its Joint Threat Emitter

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Spanish army to get completehelicopter fleet upgrade from Boeing

Boeing has signed an agreementwith the government of Spain toupgrade all 17 of Spain?s CH-47DChinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding

features such as the digital automatic flight-controlsystem, common avionics architecture system, andadvanced cargo handling. The upgrades will be

(JTE) anti-electronic warfare (EW) training systems tothe Air Force.

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performed to align Spain's helicopters with those ofother nations.

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MARKET/BUSINESS DEALS

CMV-22B variant support servicesadded to V-22 platform contract withBell Boeing

Officials at the Bell Boeing JointProgram Office signed a firm-fixed-price requirements contractfor performance-based logistics(PBL) and engineering support for

the V-22 platform. The 11-month base contract withfour one-year option periods is valued approximately$143.8 million.

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Avionics from Collins Aerospace willride on NASA's QueSSTdemonstrator aircraft

Collins Aerospace has beenselected by Lockheed Martin toprovide avionics for NASA's newX-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology

(QueSST) aircraft; Lockheed Martin is developing theX-59 in order for NASA to collect data that could makesupersonic commercial travel over land possiblethrough low-sonic-boom technology.

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MARKET/BUSINESS DEALS

Global combat aircraft marketrevenues to reach $493.14 billion by2026, study says

The global combat aircraft marketis set for rapid growth, with thepotential to reach revenues of$493.14 billion by 2026, accordingto a new market study by Frost &Sullivan, "Global Combat AircraftMarket, Forecast to 2026." The

market study predicts a combined annual growth rate(CAGR) in this market of 39 percent, a high rate thathas much to do with geographical instability, territorialand border disputes...

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MARKET/BUSINESS DEALS

UAS developer Aeryon Labs Inc.acquired by FLIR Systems

Developer of unmanned aerialsystems (UAS) Aeryon Labs Inc.has been acquired by FLIRSystems, Inc for $200 million.

Based in Waterloo, Canada, and with offices in Denverand Salt Lake City, Aeryon Labs was founded in 2007and is a designer and manufacturer of mission-focusedGroup 1 UAS solutions built around aircraft under 20pounds.

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CRA employs deep learningalgorithms to extend detectioncapabilities in TOPGUN effort

The Office of Naval Research(ONR) tasked Charles River

Analytics Inc. to build a maritime defense tool for theTopside Optical Processing for Global Unmanned Navy(TOPGUN) effort. The 18-month program is valued at$1.6 million.

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'Swarm and Search AI Challenge'launched by U.S., U.K. researchinstitutes

Officials at the U.K. DefenceScience and TechnologyLaboratory (DSTL), the Air ForceResearch Laboratory (AFRL), the

Wright Brothers Institute, and the University of DaytonResearch Institute launched an artificial intelligence(AI) challenge that will conclude with a final showdownon March 29 - 31, 2019.

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DARPA hosts preliminarycompetition before SC2 grand finale

Defense Advanced ResearchProjects Agency (DARPA) officialsheld a second preliminary event ofthe Spectrum Collaboration

Challenge (SC2) in December. Fifteen teamsrepresented by members from across the academic,commercial, and defense industries gathered at JohnsHopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)to pit their intelligent radio designs against each otherin a head-to-head competition.

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MARKET/BUSINESS DEALS

GECO Avionics acquired by MercurySystems

Officials at Mercury Systems, inc.completed the acquisition of

safety-critical avionics and mission computing solutionsprovider, GECO Avionics, LLC. The acquisition ofGECO is expected to complement Mercury?s previousacquisitions of Creative Electronic Systems (CES),based in Geneva, Switzerland, and RichlandTechnologies (RTL), based in Duluth, Georgia, officialssay.

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SPONSORED CONTENT

ADLINK?s DDS-based TSSSoftware is Aligned to the FACETechnical Standard for the AviationSector

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High-power amplifiers selected forU.S. Navy?s Next GenerationJammer

The global CubeSat market is projected to grow from$152 million in 2018 to $375 million by 2023, at a

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ADLINK has developed its VortexDDS implementation as areference to align to the FACETechnical Standard Edition 2.1.1

TSS, using DDS as the underlying transport layer. Thisis fully compatible and interoperable with thecommercially supported Vortex OpenSpliceTM V6.10solution.

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CAGR of 19.87 percent, accordingto a new report fromMarketsandMarkets, "CubeSatMarket by Application (Earth

Observation & Traffic Monitoring, Communication,Science & Technology and Education)...

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TOP STORY

Phase two of active protectionsystem for Bradley Fighting Vehicleto proceed as planned

General Dynamics Ordnance andTactical Systems (GD-OTS) --together with Elbit Systems and ateam from IMI -- will move forwardwith Phase II of the Iron Fist Light(IFL) Active Protection System(APS) for the Bradley FightingVehicle following theannouncement of a positive Army

Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) decision.

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Airbus to develop satellite bus forDARPA Blackjack program

Defense Advanced ResearchProjects Agency (DARPA) officialsselected Airbus Defense andSpace Inc. to develop a satellite

bus in support of the Blackjack program. AirbusDefense and Space, Inc. [Herndon, Virginia] ispartnered with OneWeb Satellites [Exploration Park,Florida] as service providers for the Blackjack program.

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SPONSORED CONTENT

New from TE: High speed productsdeveloper kit

The world of high speedconnectivity is constantly changingand evolving, which is why wemade it easier for you to makesmart decisions about which high-speed interconnect products you

should use. Everything you need to design yourapplication is at your fingertips in TE Connectivity?s(TE) High-Speed Products Developer Kit.

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IMT Vislink to deliver airborne videodownlink solution to USAF

U.S. Air Force (USAF) officialsselected xG Technology'sbusiness unit, IMT Vislink, to

supply airborne video downlink solutions under a$900,000 order. The follow-on order is part of apreviously announced contract announced in May 2018originally valued at $1.4 million.

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GUEST BLOG

Future weapons and the kill web

Come with me now as we travel toanother dimension, a realm farbeyond the mundane incrementalimprovements in traditional militaryweaponry. It?s a curious domainwhere warfare is bounded only by

our imagination. The technology to implement theweapons you will see is available now, give or takesome miniaturization of the components here andthere. Not since the invention of gunpowder hasmankind experienced such a revolution in the tools ofarmed conflict.

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MARKET/BUSINESS DEALS

Vertex Aerospace to continuelogistics support for USAF C-12program

Mississippi-based company VertexAerospace will continue logisticsupport for the U.S. Air Force(USAF) C-12 program under a

follow contract valued approximately $35 million and anestimated cumulative value of $70 million.

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