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VPX is at the right place, at the right time, for serious market growth in embedded systems
 Product intelligence -- It's been a long time in coming, but the market for VPX-based embedded computing is ready to take off, now that interoperability standards are settling down, the need for small, fast computer boards ...


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Aerospace and defense organizations tap novel rugged mobile computers for mission-critical applications
Many professionals today need fast, reliable computers -- be they desktop, laptop, or handheld computers, servers, or similar devices -- yet a soldier's computer can mean the difference between mission success and failure, and even life and death.

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QinetiQ North America developing roving, early-warning WMD detector

 
MCLEAN, Va., 9 Feb. 2010. QinetiQ North America is working with Brewer Science and Applied Systems Intelligence ...


OpenVPX 1.0 for military systems webcast happening on Wednesday 10 Feb.
 
NASHUA, 8 Feb. 2010. Engineers from Boeing, GE Intelligent Platforms, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Solutions, ...

  ATK, NASA to perform final ground test for Space Shuttle program
 
PROMONTORY, Utah, 8 Feb. 2010. Alliant Techsystems and NASA will conduct the last ground test for the Space ...

Army needs radar fire control to help defend against rockets, artillery, and mortar rounds
 
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J., 7 Feb. 2010. U.S. Army researchers plan to ask industry to develop a radar sensing ...

  Rockwell Collins advances next-generation GPS by tracking new military signal
 
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, 6 Feb. 2010. Rockwell Collins achieved live satellite M Code tracking with its new Global ...

NASA and GM partner to create cutting-edge robotic technology
 
WASHINGTON, 5 Feb. 2010. NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate the development of next-generation ...

  Unisys wins $187 million to manage, upgrade ClearPath mainframe environment for U.S. Department of Defense
 
BLUE BELL, Pa., 4 Feb. 2010. Unisys Corp. won from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense ...

Crane Co. completes tender offer to acquire Merrimac Industries Inc.
 
STAMFORD, Conn., 3 Feb. 2010. During AFCEA West 2010 in San Diego, Crane Co., a diversified manufacturer of ...

  Herley wins $1.5 million production award for U. S. Navy P-8A electronics
 
LANCASTER, Pa., 3 Feb. 2010. Herley Industries Inc.'s Herley New England division won a contract valued at approximately ...

Hypres transitions SQUID array technology for HDR antenna applications to SBIR Phase 3 contract
 
ELMSFORD, N.Y., 2 Feb. 2010. Hypres Inc., developer of the Digital-RF product line, achieved a milestone by ...

 
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Another kind of Oscar race
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Each year at this time, I scramble to view as many Oscar contenders as I can before the award ceremony is held. Nominees will be announced on Feb. 2, so nothing is official as yet, but the industry is still buzzing with speculation. In the past, I covered computer graphics and visual effects technology as an editor. Today, I enjoy the benefit of seeing my previous and present roles converge: a majority of today's eye-catching, awe-inspiring films have a military, aerospace, and electronics vein.

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Navy asks OASYS Technology to develop multispectral sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles
LAKEHURST, N.J., 7 Feb. 2010. Systems designers at OASYS Technology LLC in Manchester, N.H., won a $10.6 million contract Friday to develop an unmanned airborne multispectral sensor suite for advanced imaging technology in unmanned ...

Boeing connects first F-22 mission training center to Air Force network
ST. LOUIS, 6 Feb. 2010. Boeing [NYSE: BA] connected the F-22 Mission Training Center (MTC) at Langley Air Force Base, Va., to the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) in November, allowing F-22 pilots at ...

Future data link radio communications buy is aim of Navy survey of industry
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 5 Feb. 2010. U.S. Navy officials are surveying industry for manufacturers of a potential future multifunction data link radio buy. Details are in a request for information (RFI) issued Thursday by the Naval ...

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Falcon Electric unveils first lightweight lithium-polymer battery pack for mobile military applications
SAN DIEGO, 8 Feb. 2010. Falcon Electric Inc., a provider of COTS and custom uninterruptible power systems (UPS) for military and aerospace applications, has unveiled a new lightweight power conversion system and ultra-light lithium-polymer ...


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Intel Atom-based rugged computer remote-control unit from Aitech dissipates 22 Watts of heat
CHATSWORTH, Calif., 7 Feb. 2010. Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing its latest version of the NightHawk RCU rugged Intel Atom-based rugged computer remote-control unit for unmanned vehicles, tracked ...


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Sonoscan expands tool set to detect counterfeit plastic ICs
ELK GROVE VILLAGE Ill., 6 Feb. 2010 – SonoLab, the applications laboratory division of Sonoscan, developed analytical techniques that bring to 25 the number of acoustically detectable features and characteristics used to separate ...

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VPX computer boards for defense and aerospace embedded computing introduced by Concurrent



Concurrent Technologies Plc in Colchester, England, is introducing 3U VPX-REDI computer boards called the TR 501/36x for defense, aerospace, and security applications. The VPX-REDI single-board computer is based on Intel’s latest dual-core processors that meets the OpenVPX VITA 65 standard, and uses the 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL9400 processor. The 3U VPX computer board supports ...
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