ALISO VIEJO, Calif., 21 May 2012. U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) officials have qualified Microsemi Corp.’s (Nasdaq:MSCC) radiation-tolerant RTAX-S/SL field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) under Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class V, in accordance with military performance standard MIL-PRF-38535 space-level qualification requirements. QML Class V is the highest standard for space integrated circuits (ICs).

CHARLOTTE, N.C., 21 May 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc.’s rugged single-board computers are being used in a U.S. Air Force target recognition system. The processing systems were delivered under contract to an unnamed defense contractor as part of a tactical fighter jet modernization plan.

EGLIN AFB, Fla., 20 May 2012. Engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., are moving ahead with a project to deploy a small missile called Griffin on unmanned aerial vehicles, ground vehicles, surface ships, and utility aircraft with an $85 million U.S. Air Force contract awarded Friday for Raytheon to build 22 all-up Griffin missiles and 43 telemetry rounds for Griffin tests.

ARLINGTON, Va. 20 May 2012. Satellite designers at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are pushing forward with a project to develop small, networked clusters or orbiting satellite modules that are maintainable and upgradeable to replace traditional monolithic military satellites that can be risky and difficult to fix or upgrade when onboard malfunctions occur.

FORT MYERS, Fla., 20 May 2012. Crystek Corp. in Fort Myers, Fla., is introducing the CCHD-950 series ultra-low-phase-noise clock oscillator for avionics, test and measurement equipment, low-phase signal sources, synthetic instrumentation such as VXI and PXI, and high-definition TV. The CCHD-950 pushes the phase noise performance benchmark with a -168 dBc/Hz noise floor (100 MHz model).

LONG BEACH, Calif., 19 May 2012. Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the United Kingdom's eighth C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today at the company's final assembly facility in Long Beach.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 18 May 2012. Mercury Computer Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:MRCY), maker of commercially developed application-ready intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and electronic warfare (EW) subsystems for defense prime contractors, will provide an advanced, solid-state data recorder for the aggregation and storage of sensor data from airborne ISR applications.

NEW YORK, N.Y., 18 May 2012. the Commonwealth of Australia has selected L-3 Communications Inc. (NYSE: LLL), a provider of C4ISR systems, to provide the C-27J Spartan for the country’s battlefield airlifter program.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 17 May 2012. Rockwell Collins has selected the INTEGRITY-178B tuMP multicore operating system by Green Hills Software, a provider of high assurance operating systems, for use in their mission computer for the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., 16 May 2012. GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., is introducing the GRA112 3U VPX rugged graphics board for demanding graphical applications that require a general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU), such as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), radar, and sonar.

THE MIL & AERO VIDEO BLOG, 15 May 2012. Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are prodding industry to find ways of providing on-demand satellite photos of the forward edge of battlefields quickly and at a price competitive with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as John Keller reports this week in the Mil & Aero video blog.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., 15 May 2012. The NexGen Infrared missile warning system (MWS), a system Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) designed, built and tested protection system for C-17, EC-130J, HC/MC-130J and other Air Force aircraft, was authorized for full rate production by the U.S. Air Force.

SAN JOSE, Calif., 13 May 2012. Combat aircraft designers at the Boeing Co.Defense, Space & Security segment in St. Louis needed helmet-mounted displays for jet fighters. They found their solution from Vision Systems International LLC (VSI) in San Jose, Calif. Boeing awarded VSI a $32 million contract for the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) for U.S. Navy and Air Force jet fighter pilots, as well as for combat aircraft operating in Finland, Australia, Belgium, Canada, and Switzerland.

ARLINGTON, Va., 11 May 2012. Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., want to make relevant battlefield imagery available to front-line warfighters in real time using constellations of temporary and inexpensive orbiting satellites that are launched quickly enough to support fast-moving military operations.

MARIETTA, Ga., 11 May 2012. The Royal Canadian Air Force accepted the 17th Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] CC-130J Super Hercules, completing an order placed in December 2007.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., 10 May 2012. The U.S. Navy has placed an order for three additional Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and one ground control station. The order is valued at $25.7 million.

DENVER, 9 May 2012. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) representing the United Launch Alliance workforce at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.; Decatur, Ala.; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., accepted the company's offer of a new, three-year contract, concluding a 2012 contract negotiation process spanning several weeks.

FALLS CHURCH, Va., 9 May 2012. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has executed a definitive agreement to acquire IPW Holdings, Inc., the parent company of 3G and 4G LTE wireless broadband network equipment provider IPWireless, Inc.

ASHBURN, Va., 9 May 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS), a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has announced that the VPX3-685 rugged embedded secure ethernet router has been accepted for Common Criteria certification under the Communications Security Establishment Canada's (CSEC) Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS).