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Military helicoper cockpits get a facelift
Designers of avionics suites for U.S. military rotorcraft are turning toward commercial technology standards to upgrade the aviation electronics in these aircraft.
FPGAs and DSPs square off in military designs
Systems designers once were ready to write the obituary of the dedicated digital signal processing chip as they grew to be enamored with the latest generations of field-programmable gate arrays, yet the high costs and difficulty programming FPGAs are giving engineers reason to take a second look at DSPs.
Carlo Gavazzi Mupac produces Navy's new submarine communication receivers
Engineers at Carlo Gavazzi Mupac in Brockton, Mass., have designed a new submarine low-frequency/very low-frequency VMEbus receiver chassis for the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in San Diego.
Portable power supports the digital battlefield
The most rugged mobile computer is no use to a soldier if he runs out of electrical power in the field. Yet from laptops to radios to night vision goggles, modern troops rely on electronics more than ever.
Wind River, Smiths Aerospace set sights on flight-critical software
Officials at Wind River Systems in Alameda, Calif., are working to certify the company's real-time operating system (RTOS) to the stringent reliability guidelines necessary for the U.S. Air Force Boeing C-130 Avionics Modernization program.
The digital battlefield remakes close air support in its own image
The notion of close air support (CAS) is adapting to take maximum advantage of fast-moving, widely dispersed ground forces, and the proliferation of smart munitions on manned combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), artillery, and mortars.
In Brief
Sobering news on the future of defense spending
Military financial experts have some sobering news for anyone expecting sustained growth in U.S. defense spending: take a good look at the Pentagon's 2005 budget request; that's as good as it's going to get for perhaps the next 10 years.
News Briefs
Laser tracker fits the bill for helicopter augmented-reality system
The laserBIRD tracker from Ascension Technology in Burlington, Vt., is the foundation of a helicopter-based augmented-reality night-vision system developed in partnership at QinetiQ in Farnborough, England, and the National Research Council of Canada's Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC-IAR) in Ottawa.
Army chooses DRS to develop new family of thermal weapon sights
U.S. Army optoelectronics experts say it's time for a new generation of thermal sights for a wide variety of weapons, including infantry assault rifles. They are finding their solution from DRS Technologies Inc. in Parsippany, N.J.
DHS selects contractors for anti-missile devices to protect commercial aircraft
Officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology division selected industry teams to compete in Phase I of a program to develop systems to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles such as the U.S. Stinger and Russian SA-18.
Massachusetts enlists citizens in emergency preparedness planning
State officials in Massachusetts are developing new technologies to boost homeland security. Their biggest challenge is educating the population in time to prevent or react to a terrorist threat, a panel of politicians said in a homeland security forum March 23.
Civitas Group CEO to speak at Homeland Security Solutions Conference
Michael J. Hershman, president and chief executive officer of The Civitas Group in New York, will analyze the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget request for contract opportunities in his second-day keynote address at the Homeland Security Solutions Conference and Exhibition 2004 May 18 and 19 in Baltimore.
Technology to tackle terrorism
It's time for the federal government — and the private sector — to address what looms as perhaps the greatest tragedy in American history: the potential explosion of a nuclear warhead in a major U.S. seaport.
Digital electronic sequencer controls flight ejection seat
The U.S. Navy is deploying a new ejection-seat sequencer that will catapult a pilot and co-pilot (and their seats) out of a damaged F/A-18, F-14, or T-45 jet aircraft within 0.2 seconds from the time the ejection handle is pulled.
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