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High-fidelity COTS technology drives flight simulation
Designers of flight training and simulation systems for military and commercial aviation depend on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and common standards to create high-fidelity solutions.
Multi-sensor fusion hits the mainstream
Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive as artificial intelligence, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.
Demand for avionics test systems is steady despite economic challenges
EVERETT, Wash.–Designers of avionics test systems say they are excited about technology investment and comforted by steady military contract wins despite the slow commercial aviation market.
Boeing AH-6i helicopter flying with Apache avionics
WASHINGTON–Boeing announced that the AH-6i light-attack/reconnaissance helicopter made its first flight in September with a new avionics system that leverages software from the Apache Longbow helicopter.
In Brief
Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, delivered its first virtual avionics procedure trainer (VAPT) to the U.S. Air Force, who will use the device to train Iraqi pilots flying Beechcraft King Air twin-turboprop aircraft for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
Laser weapons are here: ATL test shows ability to attack moving targets effectively from the air
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.–The U.S. Air Force’s experimental Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL)–a high-energy laser weapon fitted to a C-130 turboprop aircraft–hit and damaged a moving vehicle in late September in a test that demonstrated for the first time the laser weapon’s ability to attack moving targets effectively.
Rockwell Collins MicroDAGR GPS receiver uses commercial applications in a wrist-worn device
WASHINGTON–Engineers at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, introduced a GPS receiver called the MicroDAGR for infantry soldiers that is small enough to be worn on wrist.
Navy wants ideas from industry on how to counter directed-energy weapons
ARLINGTON, Va.–The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va., is interested in receiving research proposals on the best technologies for countering directed-energy weapons (CDEW) to protect Navy and Marine Corps ships, submarines, and aircraft from weapons such as high-energy lasers, non-lethal weapons like laser “dazzlers,” high-power microwave transmitters, particle beams, and pulsed high-power electromagnetic systems.
DOD information security aims to boost embedded computing cyber defense against computer hackers
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio–The Pentagon’s Defense Research & Engineering section is continuing an initiative to plug holes in U.S. military cyber defense by concealing the installation and deployment of information security measures–a notable vulnerability to enemy computer hackers.
Breakthrough in nitride integrated circuits is aim of $16.2 million DARPA contract to TriQuint Semiconductor
ARLINGTON, Va.–TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. in Hillsboro, Ore., won a $16.2 million research contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., to make technological breakthroughs in nitride integrated circuits (ICs) and other electronic devices.
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Electro-optical infrared and laser sensor system for Navy helicopters to be provided by Raytheon
McKINNEY, Texas–The Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in McKinney, Texas, is providing the U.S. Navy with a helicopter-based electro-optical sensor suite–with infrared capability, laser designator, illuminator laser, and visible light sensor–under terms of a $44.3 million order awarded in late September.
Synthetic vision avionics from Cobham receive FAA approval for Cessna business jet
MINERAL WELLS, Texas–The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in Washington granted a supplemental-type certificate (STC) for a synthetic vision system glass cockpit avionics setup from the Cobham Avionics and Surveillance segment in Mineral Wells, Texas, for use on the Cessna 550 Citation II business jet.
Electro–Optic Brief
Officials of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) in London needed night-vision goggles for the British armed forces for night battle.
UAV data link payload for electronic warfare environments unveiled by Elisra
Elisra in Benei Berak, Israel is presenting its C-band Starlink and ADLS-2 data link technology for use with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Mil-spec, rugged military information LCD display introduced by Comark
Comark Corp. in Medfield, Mass., is introducing the MDU19 mil-spec rugged liquid crystal display.
Mil-spec DC-DC converter for military power electronics introduced by NAI
North Atlantic Industries (NAI) in Bohemia, N.Y., is introducing a mil-spec 3U CompactPCI (cPCI) DC-DC converter, the 55MQ2, for military avionics, airborne, shipboard electronics, and ground applications.
DC-DC converter power supply for aerospace and battery power applications introduced by Murata
Murata Power Solutions Inc. in Mansfield, Mass., is introducing the UWE-5/15-Q48N-C and the UWE-15/5-Q12P-C eighth-brick, 4:1 ultra-wide input isolated DC-DC converter power supply.
Rugged laptop/tablet mil-spec hybrid for military computing introduced by Stealth Computer
Rugged laptop computer supplier Stealth Computer in Woodbridge, Ontario, is introducing a rugged laptop/rugged tablet mil-spec hybrid for military computing in demanding environments in indoor and outdoor/field applications.
Software development tools for safety-critical applications enhanced by Green Hills
Green Hills Software Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., is enhancing its suite of software development tools for safety-critical software, called the Platform for Industrial Safety, by adding support for the Green Hills Secure Virtualization Architecture and expanding the existing networking, file system, and target hardware options.
Naval oceanographic and military weather signal processing job goes to General Dynamics
U.S. Navy officials needed a technology company to design software for a naval oceanographic and military weather analysis and signal processing system called the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System-Next Generation (NITES-Next).
Northrop Grumman orders GE Fanuc SIGINT CPU board for embedded systems
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems designers at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Information Systems sector in Reston, Va., needed computer boards for SIGINT and intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance (ISR) signal processing.
GE Fanuc VME rugged computer boards power Navy Q-70 ship computer sensor processing
Ship computer systems designers from Lockheed Martin Corp. in Eagan, Minn., needed VME embedded computer hardware for the AN/UYQ-70 shipboard computer that Lockheed Martin provides to the U.S. Navy.
L-3 Communications provides military vehicle power generation to U.S. Army
U.S. Army officials needed power electronics components to infuse the vehicle power system of the M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle with electrical power-generation capabilities.
Lockheed Martin to upgrade ship defense system on Turkish Navy Frigates
U.S. Navy officials needed to upgrade the electronics aboard the Turkish navy’s G-class guided-missile frigates.
Aeroflex provides Marines with radio test equipment for legacy and software-defined radio
U.S. Marine Corps leaders needed radio test equipment for software-defined radio, legacy tactical radio, and other radio communications gear.
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