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Air traffic control designers wrestle with technology refresh
For years, leaders of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration struggled with outmoded and obsolete air traffic control (ATC) equipment ? the famous
FPGAs edging out ASICs as lines blur between DSPs, microprocessors
Military and aerospace systems designers increasingly favor field programmable gate arrays over application-specific integrated circuits for two primary reasons: flexibility and greater economies of scale for FPGAs as the devices make their way into commercial electronics
Defense leaders struggle with defensive and offensive information warfare
A laptop computer plugs into a hotel room Internet access port with a well-trained hacker at the keyboard.
MEMS industry shakes down into 'Big 4'
WILMINGTON, Mass. — A wave of mergers and acquisitions in the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) industry is cresting this year and is creating a "Big Four" of competitors to exploit this technology for optical switching and other leading-edge communications applications.
Rugged board designers Cetia and Matrix join forces
RALEIGH, N.C. — Cetia, a Thomson-CSF company based in Toulon, France, and Matrix have merged to form an international company — to be called Cetia — that focuses on developing rugged, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) VMEbus single-board computers.
Silicon Graphics uses simulation tool from MultiGen-Paradigm for F-15 trainer
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Officials at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) are using MultiGen-Paradigm's Flight IG designed by engineers at Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics &#amp; Surveillance Systems.
Globalizing aerospace Sanders and other Lockheed Martin units to join BAE Systems
BETHESDA, Md. — Sanders, the Nashua, N.H.-based portion of Lockheed Martin Corp., is set to change hands, which experts say will bolster Sanders's prowess as a merchant supplier in high-technology areas such as electronic warfare.
TRW designs miniature radio component for satellite payloads
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. ? Engineers at TRW used improved packaging techniques and gallium arsenide technology to design a highly miniaturized radio component that improves the messaging capability of TRW communications satellite payloads, while decreasing size and weight.
Aeroflex replaces obsolete parts with new Manchester encoder/decoder
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. ? Engineers at Aeroflex Circuit Technology are combating obsolescence with their new ACT15530 CMOS integrated circuit used to implement MIL-STD-1553 and similar Manchester II encoded, time division multiplexed, serial data protocols.
Boeing JSF avionics team eyes COTS and open architectures to fight obsolescence
FARNBOROUGH, England — Avionics designers for the Boeing version of the future Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) plan to use an open-architecture approach and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components in their effort to field and maintain cutting-edge electronics technology for the new aircraft.
In Brief
Raytheon readies new class of micro infrared cameras; MagneTek offers digitally enhanced motor-control device; Lockheed Martin to upgrade computers on Navy S-3B carrier-based jet; and more ...
MEMS: following in the footsteps of the Internet?
There are parallels and contrasts between the ubiquitous Internet and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which represent an emerging technology that promises to extend microelectronics into new sensing and actuating applications. The scales at this moment are weighted toward the contrasts.
Industrial consortium for the development of an open COTS environmental interface standard
Systems designers are using commercial off the shelf (COTS) electronics on military platforms to leverage technology growth and maximize affordability.
Smiths Industries to provide analog/digital gateway on Lockheed Martin JSF aircraft
FARNBOROUGH, England — Avionics designers at Smiths Industries Aerospace are set to build at least four avionics subsystems for the Lockheed Martin entry in the competition to build the future Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
Space Electronics detector protects electronics during nuclear events
SAN DIEGO ? Engineers at Space Electronics, Inc. (SEI), a subsidiary of Maxwell Technologies, recently added a Nuclear Event Detector (NED) to enhance their radiation products.
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