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Volume: 13 Issue: 1
January 2002
 
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Special Report
Infantry soldiers to become walking weapon systems
U.S. Army moves up developmental timetable of the "Soldier of the Future" program in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in an effort to transform ordinary infantrymen into extremely lethal independent weapon systems in the nation's continuing global war on terrorism

Technology Focus
Where custom meets COTS: Modular architectures rolled out for made-to-order systems
Purely commercial off-the-shelf computers are extremely rare in military applications where operating environments can be extremely harsh, so electronics designers customize standard products to meet the exacting demands of their customers.

News
Military & Aerospace Electronics keeps pace with sweeping changes in our industry, and in our country
Welcome to the re-designed Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine. The publication's contemporary new look offers an easier read, faster navigation, streamlined organization, and improved graphics to keep pace with the ever-changing needs of the military electronics systems designer.

Cubic and IAI launch dogfight over whose rangeless pilot-training system is the best
The advent of Top Gun-style air combat training marked a major step forward for the U.S. Air Force and Navy in dealing with lessons their fighter pilots learned from Vietnam, and with challenges involving fast and agile aircraft.

Russia offers to develop new types of radio frequency weapons — if buyers pay for the research
Russian electronics researchers are seeking outside funding to help them develop a high-power microwave "cannon" that is able to knock out the electronics in radar and precision-munitions guidance systems.

Themis Computer builds a mission-critical reputation on the Navy Q-70 shipboard computer program
The selection of Themis Computer as the sole provider of UltraSPARC VME single-board computers and systems to the U.S. Navy's AN/UYQ-70(V) program is a big reason for much of the success the company has had the last few years

Researchers set their sights on artificial intelligence to coordinate battlefield sensors
From one perspective, it might be called a dynamic database; from another, artificial intelligence (AI).

in brief
International Rectifier power semiconductors receive government JAN certification, Bradley Fighting Vehicle subcontractor chooses lighted panels from Luminescent Systems, MORE...

Navy looks to GE for aircraft engine damage-control software
U.S. Navy aviation experts are trying to develop new ways to detect and mitigate aircraft engine damage automatically through software.

Departments
Report from Washington and Elsewhere
Defense budget: not a license to steal
If there ever was a license to steal, as the critics of the Reagan defense buildup have contended, that license has expired.

Letters to the Editor
Teradyne was left out of test and measurement article
I read with great interest your article on COTS test equipment and the accompanying "Who's Who in Test and Measurement" list in your June 2001 issue...

Product Application Design Systems
product applications
Enabling technologies for military and aerospace electronics designers

COTS Watch
Board designer Dy4 transfers chassis, systems integration business to AP Labs
Leaders of rugged board designer Dy 4 Systems in Kanata, Ontario, are outsourcing their chassis and subsystem integration business to AP Labs in San Diego

Motorola offers built-in-test software for MVME5100 single-board computer
Engineers at Motorola Computer Group say they intend to make life easier for customers of their MVME5100 single-board computer by creating built-in test (BIT) software for the board that will save time and money in product development.

 
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