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JULY 2016 ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE New horizons of rad-hard processors U.S. Air Force and NASA developing radiation-hardened ARM processor for space. PAGE 4 Small sensor payloads, big performance Unmanned vehicles are getting smaller and smaller, and so are their payloads. PAGE 10 militaryaerospace.com High-performance embedded computing Engineers blending several HPEC components in hybrid architecture for sensor and signal processing. 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We make portions of our subscriber list available to carefully screened companies that offer products and services that may be important for your work. If you do not want to receive those offers and/or information via direct mail, please let us know by contacting us at List Services Military & Aerospace Electronics, 98 Spit Brook Rd LL-1, Nashua, NH 03062-5737. Printed in the USA. GST No. 126813153. Publications Mail Agreement no. 875376. www.militaryaerospace.com MILITARY & AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS JULY 2016 1 1607MAE_1 1 7/1/16 8:07 AM trends BY JOHN KELLER, EDITOR IN CHIEF Time to boost the importance of U.S. Cyber Command Simple question: Are top U.S. gov- The U.S. House of Representatives arsenal of land-, submarine-, and ernment leaders serious about cy- just approved a defense authoriza- aircraft-based nuclear weapons. The bersecurity and cyber warfare, or tion bill for federal fiscal 2017. This organization also is responsible for not? It would be simple for anyone bill contains a provision to make missile defense; command, control, concerned to say, “what a silly ques- U.S. Cyber Command the nation’s communications, computers, intel- tion; of course we are!” Okay, then, tenth unified combatant command. ligence, surveillance and reconnais- it’s time to prove it. The Senate has yet to vote on the sance (C4ISR); and combating weap- Congress is considering a plan to measure, and it’s not clear if boost- ons of mass destruction. It’s an open boost the profile of U.S. Cyber Com- ing Cyber Command’s profile might question whether Cyber Command mand at Fort Meade, Md., by elevat- face a presidential veto. fits in here. ing the organization to the status The nine unified combatant com- Still, let’s face it, I’m not hearing of a unified combatant command. mands that exist today in the U.S. about another potential global “Pearl Put simply, that would mean that Department of Defense (DOD) are: Harbor” when it comes to special op- Cyber Command leaders would re- U.S. Africa Command based in Stutt- erations, transportation, or C4ISR. port directly to the secretary of de- gart, Germany; U.S. Central Com- It’s time that Cyber Command with fense and the president of the Unit- mand based at MacDill Air Force its responsibilities for policies, plans, ed States, unencumbered by other Base, Fla.; U.S. European Command and enabling technologies for of- layers of command. based in Stuttgart, Germany; U.S. fensive and defense cyber warfare Is cybersecurity high enough on Northern Command at Peterson Air stepped out on its own. the list of national defense priori- Force Base, Colo.; U.S. Pacific Com- There’s much to be gained. Cyber ties to warrant its own unified com- mand at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii; activities within the U.S. govern- mand? Clearly the answer is yes. U.S. Southern Command in Doral, ment and the cyber industry that Only nuclear weapons post a more Fla.; U.S. Special Operations Com- supports them today are woefully dire threat to the continued exis- mand at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; fragmented. Industry doesn’t have tence of the U.S. as a national entity U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air one clear mission when it comes to than does cybersecurity. Force Base, Neb.; and U.S. Transpor- developing the most important cy- A catastrophic cyber attack on U.S. tation Command at Scott Air Force bersecurity technologies. Custom- military forces and public service in- Base, Ill. er bases are scattered, and we have frastructure like power distribution, Placing Cyber Command among a collection of competing cyber transportation, water, finance, and these organizations would take it out fiefdoms. the food supply has the potential to from under U.S. Strategic Command, Now it’s time for one voice and trigger millions of deaths in Con- where Cyber Command resides to- one clear message to industry, and tinental U.S. within a few months. day as an armed forces sub-unified elevating U.S. Cyber Command to a There’s a good reason that experts command. U.S. Strategic Command unified combatant command within refer to a potential catastrophic cy- primarily is responsible for main- the U.S. Department of Defense is a ber attack as a “Cyber Pearl Harbor.” taining and deploying the nation’s crucial first step toward that goal. 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TEKTRONIX and the Tektronix logo are registered trademarks of Tektronix. 1607MAE_3 3 7/1/16 8:07 AM news IN BRIEF Air Force, NASA to develop radiation- Boeing to upgrade missile hardened ARM processor for space guidance systems on Minuteman III ICBMs BY JOHN KELLER This four-year project is expect- Missile guidance experts at the GREENBELT, Md. — U.S. government ed to deliver a next-generation, rad- Boeing Co. will continue upgrad- space researchers want industry hard space processor based on the ing guidance systems on U.S. to develop a next-generation, radi- ARM processor architecture to pro- Minuteman III intercontinen- ation-hardened, general-purpose, vide optimal power-to-performance tal ballistic missiles (ICBMs) un- multi-core processor within the for upgradeability, software avail- der an $8.1 million U.S. Air Force next four years to meet on-board ability, ease of use, and cost. contract modification. Officials computing needs of future manned The HPSC project also will use of the Air Force Nuclear Weapon spacecraft and space robots.