Aonix Java VM Used on Modernized Guided Missile Cruiser USS Bunker Hill

Development tools supplier Atego has announced the successful deployment of its industry-leading Aonix PERC Virtual Machine technology in support of Lockheed Martin’s Java language components used in the Aegis Open Architecture System during recent combat tests. The guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) (Figure 1), modernized with the Aegis Weapon System, completed an operational trial of its full combat system. 

Aonix PERC Ultra is used by Lockheed Martin in its Aegis Weapon System, providing deterministic, real-time performance and high productivity development. Aonix PERC Ultra additionally provides the instrumentation and VM management tools necessary to support the mission-critical real-time requirements of the Aegis Weapon System. The Aegis Weapon System includes precision SPY-1 radar and an integrated command and control system that seamlessly guides the interceptor and uplinks target track information to the missile for terminal homing. Its ability to detect, track and engage targets ranging from sea-skimming cruise missiles to ballistic missiles in space is proven.

Aonix
San Diego, CA.
(858) 457-2700.
[www.aonix.com].

TCGroup and Saab Teams for Ground C2 System Deployments

Tactical Communications Group (TCG) and Saab announced successful deployments of Saab’s highly scalable command and control (“C2”) solution incorporating TCG’s LinkPRO tactical data link processing engine. This combined solution has now been successfully fielded multiple times, and is being used to provide secure, fully integrated operational ground C2 solutions for countries in Northern Europe and Asia Pacific.

Historically, comprehensive and fully integrated ground C2 systems have taken years to develop and deploy, have not been designed to easily accommodate future military communication requirements or growth, have been very expensive for countries to procure, and have been extremely complex for users to operate. Saab’s C2 solution, which incorporates TCG’s LinkPRO tactical data link software, is uniquely capable of meeting today’s new requirements for secure, fully integrated, state-of-the-art military communication systems, which can be quickly fielded on a cost-effective basis.

Tactical Communications Group
Tewksbury, MA.
(978) 654-4800.
[www.g2tcg.com].

Quintron Supports Recent Delta IV Weather Satellite Launch

Quintron Systems announced that it supported the recent Delta IV weather satellite launch (Figure 2) from Cape Canaveral with several critical communications systems, including a DICES voice system used by the launch pad and control room operators, closed-circuit television equipment used to monitor numerous locations during rocket preparation and launch, infrared camera systems that monitor for leaks and fires on the hydrogen fuel tanks and fittings (hydrogen flames are not visible in normal light), and a special high-speed television system to record critical areas of the rocket during initial launch phase.

These three satellites are orbiting observatories, known as Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). They will provide enhanced imagery with constant observations of clouds, atmospheric conditions and weather, enabling the better prediction of tornados, hurricanes and other severe weather warnings.

Quintron Systems
Santa Maria, CA.
(805) 928-4343.
[www.quintron.com].

ViaSat Awarded $21.5 Million MIDS-LVT Lot 11 Delivery Order

ViaSat has received a delivery order valued at approximately $21.5 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System – Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), MIDS Program Office (MPO) in San Diego, California. MIDS-LVT terminals provide greater situational awareness in combat for U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and for U.S. defense partners by gathering information into a digital view of the battlefield. The secure, high-capacity, jam-resistant wireless (non-satellite) system connects users with both digital data and digital voice communications. Delivery of the Lot 11 MIDS-LVT units is expected to begin in March of next year and continue through February of 2012.

The MIDS-LVT Lot 11 order includes LVT(1) airborne and LVT(2) ground-based terminals under a new five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This new award includes LVT(1) terminal variants for F/A-18, P-3, E-2D aircraft (Figure 3) and MH-60R/S helicopters, along with terminals for the BACN program and other U.S. Navy applications. The MIDS-LVT Lot 11 order also includes LVT(2) terminal variants for various U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and Joint Forces applications as well as terminals for Germany, Australia and Korea.

ViaSat
Carlsbad, CA.
(760) 476-2200.
[www.viasat.com].