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The article takes a look at some of the U.S. military and allied radar system development and deployment programs in 2021. It reports the contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force to Lockheed Martin to build Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radars (3DELRR). Details of the order placed by the U.S. Army with General Dynamics Land Systems for kits to install the Trophy expedited active protection system aboard M1A2 Abrams SEPv2 and SEPv3 main battle tanks are presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. military's request for industry collaboration to develop advanced sensor processing for radar digital phased arrays of various sizes and bandwidths. Topics include the DARPA's Scalable On Array Processing (SOAP) project, overcoming digital bottlenecks, and developing scalable algorithms and processing architectures for large amounts of data in applications such as machine vision and language model training.

The article offers information on SIU36 configurable 3U OpenVPX COTS system from North Atlantic Industries (NAI).

The article offers information on small-form-factor embedded computing technologies which help to ensure components share a common platform and can interchange information across military branches. Topics discussed include information on C4ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards initiative of the U.S. Army; information on Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoC, a densest field-programmable gate array digital signal processor boards; and information on Abaco's SBC3511 rugged 3U VPX single-board computer.

The article offers information on use of powerful server-grade microprocessors in military. Topics include using the OpenVPX standard of the VITA Open Systems and Open Markets trade group in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and trends in databuses and enclosures that will produce some of the most powerful embedded computing systems.

The radar processing chain is divisible into front-end andpost-processing. gl The radar processing chain is typicallydivided into two main parts: * The radar front-end processing,which outputs the radar point cloud. This iscontrary to camera sensors, which requirecomplex (though well-known and tried)computer-vision (CV) and artificial-intelligence(AI) processing to achievethe same kind of outputs. Engineering Essentials The hot next trend in automated driving is L2+,with semi-autonomy guided by both camera and HD radarsensing. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers suggestion for aerospace and defense products, which include the VX6090 6U VPX single-board computer from Kontron AG; the the WavePulser 40iX high-speed interconnect analyzer from Teledyne LeCroy; and the Wind River Linux software from Wind River Systems.

The article reports that Comtech PST Corp. in Melville, N.Y., is introducing the model BHCDP928978-4000 gallium nitride (GaN) amplifier for ground or surface X -band radar applications. The AB lineardesign operates from 9.2 to 9.7 GHz frequency range over an instantaneous bandwidth of 500 MHz. Development of this product is for a traveling wave tube (TWT) replacement. The amplifier design features self-protection for load voltage standing wave ratio (VS"WR),.

The article reports that Shipboard radar experts at Raytheon Technologies Corp. will build hardware for the new AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), which will be integrated into late-model Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Aegis destroyers, under terms of a $650.7 million U.S. Navy order. Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington are asking the Raytheon Missiles &Defense segment in Marlborough, Mass., for AN/SPY-6(V) shipboard radar hardware.

The artcle evaluates several products incluidng GENASYS benchtop from Marvin Test Solutions; ATS-3100 VRS from Astronics Test Systems; and UXG Agile Vector Adapters from Keysight Technologies.

The article offers information that the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland has contracted with the aerospace company Lockheed Martin Corp. for the production of radar signal processing retrofit systems for the U.S. Navy E-2D carrier-based radar early warning aircraft. It reports on the use of AN/APY-9 radar of Lockheed Martin by the E-2D aircraft for Navy carrier surveillance and theater air and missile defense missions, as of May 2021.

The article offers information that the Air Force Life Cycle Manager Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida has awarded a contract to the defense contractor firm Raytheon Co. for the production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM). It reports on the inclusion of captive air training missiles and AMRAAM telemetry systems in the contract. It also highlights the ability of AMRAAM to reject radar clutter for attack on low-altitude targets, as of May 2021.

The article explores ways for generating complex radar signals with arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs). It discusses how arbitrary waveform generators leverage the capabilities of high-performance digital to-analog converters to directly produce radar waveforms to 20 gigahertz (GHz) for measurement and simulation.

The article focuses on the U.S. Navy missile-defense experts are asking the DRS Laurel Technologies segment of Leonardo DRS in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to provide AN/SPQ-9B shipboard anti-ship missile defense radar systems to help protect the U.S. Navy surface warships from enemy anti-ship missiles. Topics include the officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington has announced a million order to DRS Laurel in late March to build radar systems.

The article offers a review of Common Robotic System-Heavy (CRS-H) by FUR Systems.

The article discusses that Radar systems designers at the Raytheon Co. needed high-performance digital signal processing and RF solutions for the company's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) program.

The article offers a review of G/ATOR air-defense radar system by U.S. Marine Corps.

The article discusses the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and unmanned groud vehicles (UGV) along with unmanned sea vehicles. It mentions that until 2026, there will be 63,000 new UAVs that will be built for the military and 30,000 UGVs. It discusses the importance of embedded computing on the radar signal processing, signal intelligence applications and electronic warfare (EW) of unmanned vehicles.

The article offers information on the military radar signal analyzer, X-Series by the U.S. based test and measurement equipment manufacturer, Keysight Technologies Inc.