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Industry begins coming to grips with diminishing manufacturing sources
The so-called "DMS problem" — which includes rapid obsolescence and difficult maintenance — represents the dark underside of COTS, yet component suppliers in industry are starting to form plans on dealing successfully with DMS. Now, if the government would only get on board.
Real-time operating system vendors rush to comply with DO-178B
Avionics integrators are demanding software with extensive airworthiness certification and documentation for use aboard aircraft flying over U.S. commercial airspace.
Navy moving out on unmanned underwater vehicle development
As leaders of the U.S. Navy look to the first two decades of the 21st Century, they project a world in which their submarine fleet is decreasingly required to counter a major blue-water threat and increasingly likely to operate close to shore to support land- and air-warfare operations.
MontaVista experts develop new approach to real-time Linux
Experts at MontaVista Software in Sunnyvale, Calif., are pursuing a new approach to bringing real-time functionality to Linux by improving system response times.
Spectrum Signal Processing develops customized Smart Antenna
Experts at Spectrum Signal Processing recently began offering a custom Smart Antenna development platform, based on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology.
COTS acceptance on course for military users, Chapman tells COTScon West
The acceptance and implementation of standards for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronic components continued to make substantial progress in the past year, says Joe Chapman, the former Texas Instruments executive and now consultant based in Midland, Texas.
Northrop Grumman to develop software that predicts equipment failures
U.S. Air Force officials have contracted engineers at Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Integrated Systems Sector in Bethpage, N.Y., to develop software that will diagnose problems and predict failures in systems aboard old aircraft.
Belobox network helps link Navy Sea Sparrow missile systems
Systems integrators at Raytheon Co. in Lexington, Mass., are using networking hardware from Belobox Networks of Irvine, Calif., to tie together U.S. Navy ship-based Sea Sparrow anti-air missile assets.
DOD taps 11 electronics companies to blend live, simulated training
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) officials are choosing 11 companies to compete on a project to simulate military operations using live forces and instrumented weapon systems on training, test, and exercise ranges.
In Brief
EFW acquires helmet-mounted display product line from Honeywell, Power IC market growing annually by 18 percent, Northrop Grumman acquires Litton Industries, MORE...
Y2.001K
Although the much-dreaded Y2K meltdown of the world's computers failed to materialize last year, speakers at the recent COTScon West conference and exhibition in San Diego warned of vulnerabilities that are inherent in today's interconnected global information systems.
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New Zealand company launches display viewable in 3-D to the naked eye
Experts at Deep Video Imaging of Hamilton, New Zealand, have designed a computer screen that shows three-dimensional images without requiring the viewer to use 3-D glasses, tracking devices, or fixed positioning.
AN/UYQ-70 exhibit by Lockheed Martin draws crowds at COTScon West
An attention-getting exhibit at the recent COTScon West conference and exhibition in San Diego was an operational AN/UYQ-70 network-centric command and control system with three sensor racks and the supporting displays and terminals.
MathWorks release of MATLAB 6 piques interest of military users
Experts at the MathWorks have released the next generation of their popular design and development software, MATLAB 6.0, and have numerous military and aerospace customers ready to upgrade.
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