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Military & Aerospace Electronics Magazine, April 2002 Articles
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Volume: 13 Issue: 4
April 2002
 
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Special Report
Military communications technology makes the switch
The Joint Tactical Radio System, which is a software-defined radio, represents the newest generation of defense radios for soldiers, vehicles, ships, aircraft, and even spacecraft.

Technology Focus
Switched fabrics: the next revolution in I/O speed
The need to increase I/O speeds in computing is causing single-board computer designers to embrace switched interconnect technology.

News
Facial-recognition system offers to strike a blow in the global fight against terrorism
The global war on terrorism calls for the ability to identify and track suspected terrorists and criminals at airports and sports events, as well as at military bases and nuclear power plants.

Switched-fabric networks get mixed review in new VDC study
There is good news and bad news for the InfiniBand switched-network computing fabric, according to a new study by industry analysts at the market research firm Venture Development Corp.

A reality check on the 2003 defense budget
I think we need to keep our wits about us as we look over the 2003 budget request of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

Army fire-support experts look for rugged computers to control light mortar batteries
Army fire-support experts are looking for companies able to supply rugged, portable, lightweight computers for mortar fire control in extreme military operating conditions.

Navy eyes inexpensive imaging sensors for UAVs and surveillance posts
U.S. Navy scientists are asking industry for ideas on how to build inexpensive and expendable imaging sensors for surveillance applications at unattended sites.

in brief
Increased military and aerospace sales boosted API Electronics orders by 30 percent over past six months, Harris to study satellite antenna for future space-based radar and motion-tracking system, MORE...

Departments
Report from Washington and Elsewhere
The TRW saga: lessons for the industry
The industry is only as healthy as the people who work in it make it.

Viewpoint
RapidIO: A high-performance network for future military processing systems
Military computers of the future will have to be much faster than they are today to perform computationally intensive algorithms such as real-time hyperspectral imaging or space-time Adaptive Processing (STAP).

COTS Watch
Army CECOM looks to improve unmanned helicopter with ground-penetrating radar payload
U.S. Army electronics experts seek to improve the capabilities of a system that detects and maps landmines using a ground-penetrating radar sensor installed aboard a small remotely controlled helicopter.

Air logistics center chooses EDS shop floor computer system
Leaders of the Oklahoma Air Logistics Center at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., plan to automate large parts of their electronics system maintenance with an initiative called the Depot Shop Floor Data Portal.

Loral arms technology exports lead to $20 million government fine
Leaders of Loral Space and Communications Ltd. in New York have agreed to pay a $20 million fine for allegedly violating the Arms Export Control Act.

Product Applications
Product Applications
Enabling technologies for military and aerospace electronics designers

 
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