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Digital receivers power a new generation of electronic warfare
U.S. fighting forces use electronic warfare to detect and locate the enemy’s radar and radio signals, and turn the tables by using the enemy’s signals against him.
Chasing the goal of an efficient battlefield laser
Scientists and engineers in government, industry, and academia are researching methods and technology to create a more efficient laser for use as a weapon on the battlefields of the future.
Deep Impact probe uses Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS, Green Hills Software’s MULTI IDE
NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft, which collided with a comet this past summer, used software technology from Express Logic in San Diego and Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Can ISO standards smooth the lead-free transition?
For suppliers and assemblers, the transition from conventional lead solders to the new lead-free solders is a complex exercise, primarily because the transition involves numerous details in every step of manufacturing.
DARPA scientists seek next generation of wireless data networking
Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are going to industry in attempts to create the next generation in tactical wireless networking.
Raytheon uses Xilinx FPGA for MicroLight radios on Land Warrior program
Engineers at Raytheon Networked Communication Systems in Fullerton, Calif., are using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Xilinx in San Jose, Calif., for the company’s MicroLight radio.
Brooklyn electronics distributor redefines notion of services
Leaders of Components International, an electronics distributor in Brooklyn, N.Y., are spearheading a new movement in components purchasing that includes services such as fulfilling government-mandated minority and urban-renewal set asides.
European airborne radar market grows to $5.44 billion by 2014
NATO force goals are motivating the shift toward smaller but more capable combat fleets, expanded ground surveillance, and more-efficient airborne early warning capability, say analysts at Frost & Sullivan’s Aerospace and defense Group.
Lead-free solder: A train wreck in the making
A slow-motion train wreck in military and aerospace electronics design is taking place right in front of us.
In Brief
Successful first flights conducted using radar for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; EADS joins Northrop Grumman on KC-30 tanker bid and more...
KVH fiber-optic gyros help guide remotely operated vehicles through the seas
Designers of several remotely operated undersea vehicles needed inertial navigation systems to help their craft find their way in the world’s oceans.
NASA taps Space Power Electronics for optoelectronic space components
Scientists from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) needed optoelectronic components for a laser instrument to fly in 2008 on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)-the first spacecraft to be built as part of the Vision for Space Exploration.
Advances in hybrid optical packaging enable high-bandwidth photonic RF transmission
Despite the digital revolution of the past several decades, radio-frequency (RF) signals continue to play a large role in communications systems from military, to wireless, to cable television applications.
Optoelectronics briefs
Marines look to Trijicon for optical rifle sights, High-performance laser-line bandpass filters and more...
Programmable logic: Understanding the risks in military and aerospace applications
Are you considering the use of next-generation field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to target military and aerospace applications?
Chip manufacturers expand their options for radiation-hardened solid-state memory
Use of radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant solid-state memory chips is on the rise with applications in manned and unmanned space vehicles, military electronics, and even in high-altitude aircraft avionics.
VITA maps out future path for VMEbus technology
Ray Alderman has been executive director of the VME International Trade Association (VITA) in Scottsdale, Ariz., since 1996. He was previously chief executive officer of PEP Modular Computers and was previously technical director of VITA.
Method of heat removal is critical in design
Recently, I read with great interest your article in the July 2005 issue of Military & Aerospace Electronics regarding the removal of heat from military electronic systems.
Tool to bring 1553 functionality to FPGAs for embedded systems
Condor Engineering in Santa Barbara, Calif., is offering FlightCORE-1553 to help avionics engineers blend advanced 1553 functionality into Xilinx and Altera field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
VME-module analog/digital waveform generator
Highland Technology Inc. in San Francisco is offering the V350 four-channel VME-module analog/digital waveform generator for use in the creation of arbitrary waveshapes synchronized with logic-level outputs, as used in control systems, radar simulation, or other commercial off-the-shelf applications.
Durable sealing boots for switches
APEM Components Inc. in Haverhill, Mass., is offering two sealing boots to its line of durable sealing boots for switches.
Dual-core mobile server with AMD Quad Opteron processing and PCI express
NextCom LLC in Nashua, N.H., is offering Flextreme, a mobile computing architecture with AMD Quad Opteron processing and PCI Express.
Power motor fans for 1U/3U servers and rack-mounted applications
Sunon Inc. in Brea, Calif., is announcing a new power motor fan to add dynamic performance and reliability for applications requiring relatively high airflow efficiency and static pressure capabilities in high-temperature applications.
Quad PowerPC DSP VME64x engine with switched-serial-fabric support
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in San Diego is offering a quad PowerPC-based 6U VME64x board that delivers high-performance digital signal processing (DSP) and eases the deployment of high-performance switched-fabric networks with on-board support for StarFabric, a highly flexible, point-to-point, switched backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect fabric.
Removable disk storage modules for extreme temperature environments
Z Microsystems Inc. in San Diego is offering a rugged, removable TranzPak 7 (TP7) disk-drive module with powerful heaters inside to qualify the device for operating temperatures as low as -32 degrees Celsius with a 35-minute warmup time.
Portable data acquisition and analysis recorder
Astro-Med Inc. in West Warwick, R.I. is offering a portable data-acquisition and analysis recorder for power quality analysis called the Dash 8Xe.
FPDP IP core support for FPGA products
Officials of Vmetro in Houston are offering a serial front-panel data port (FPDP) IP core for use on Vmetro’s range of Xilinx Virtex-II Pro-based FPGA products.
3U rugged conduction-cooled CompactPCI embedded computer
Thales Computers in Raleigh, N.C., is introducing a line of 3U CompactPCI embedded computers, starting with the rugged conduction-cooled PowerEngineC7, a single-board computer (SBC) for compact, real-time systems for defense, aerospace, industrial, transportation, and communications applications.
Controller and switchbox can control as many as eight positioners
Newport Corp. in Irvine, Calif., is offering the NewStep NSC200 motion controller, an integrated, handheld stepper motor controller-driver that provides affordable, single-axis control of NSA12 motorized actuators and MFA-PP linear stages.
Overmolded electronics packaging available for licensing
Officials of Delphi Corp. in Troy, Mich., are offering their company’s advanced overmolding technology to encase electronics assemblies for licensing.
DC-DC converter designed to save board space
Martek Power in Los Angeles is offering a product family of high-density, isolated DC-DC converters called the 1000XFR series.
Peak power analyzer for radar and other pulsed applications
Leaders of Boonton Electronics in Parsippany, N.J., are releasing the company’s 4500B peak power analyzer for capturing, displaying, and analyzing radio-frequency (RF) power in time and statistical domains.
Tunable downconverter IP core
Pentek Inc. in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is offering an addition to its GateFlow field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) intellectual-property (IP) library that implements a 256-channel narrowband digital downconverter (DDC).
Lightweight cable assemblies for military airborne applications
M/A-COM in Lowell, Mass., a business unit of Tyco Electronics is offering new lightweight cable assemblies using the lightweight FN34RXLW cable for military airborne applications.
Lightweight RFID tracking system for military users
Savi Technology Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif., is releasing a compact radio frequency identification (RFID) device for the military called the Portable Deployment Kit (PDK).
FPGA-based baseband processor PMC
Interactive Circuits & Systems (ICS), which is part of Radstone Embedded Computing in Towcester, England, is offering the ICS-1580 baseband processing engine for software-defined radio (SDR).
Linux support for data recorder and single-board computer
Vmetro in Houston is offering Linux software support for its Vortex data recorder family and the PowerMIDAS 5000 single-board computer and I/O carrier.
VHDL encryption utility for multidomain system-simulation software
Ansoft Corp. in Pittsburgh is offering a new VHDL-AMS encryption utility and service pack (SP) for its Simplorer multidomain system-simulation software.
Real-time networking software for mission-critical applications
Real-Time Innovations Inc. (RTI) in Santa Clara, Calif., is offering the NDDS 4.0 implementation of the Object Management Group’s (OMG’s) Real-Time Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard.
Unit performs electromagnetic compatibility testing to military standards
Rohde & Schwarz in Columbia, Md., is introducing the Integrated Measurement System (IMS), a compact instrument that provides elements necessary to perform electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing from 9 kHz to 3 GHz in a desktop or 19-inch rack-mount instrument.
BAE Systems will produce Black Hawk engine controls
Engineers at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., needed spare electronic control units for the GE T700 engines installed on UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters.
Army chooses ASTI for land-vehicle electronic monitoring
U.S. Army officials needed systems-integration technology to enable rapid insertion of new electronics capabilities into land vehicles.
Marine Corps picks Crystal servers for communication system
Engineers at EDO Corp. needed servers for the Joint Enhanced Core Communications System (JECCS) they were building for the U.S. Marine Corps.
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter software developer chooses Aonix Ada design tools
Software engineers at Aversan in Scarborough, Ontario, needed software design and development tools for work they are doing on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Sandia uses Presstek diode in shuttle camera
Engineers at Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque, N.M., needed an optical component for a camera on NASA’s space shuttle Discovery.
Ball picks satellite receiver from EDO
Engineers at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. needed a microwave receiver subsystem for a new satellite.
Wescor chooses Setra for pressure transducers
Wescor International in Logan, Utah, needed a barometric pressure transducer for its weather-monitoring sensors, which Wescor supplies to the federal government, universities, cities, and private industry.
Air Force uses SGI servers for flight simulator
Leaders at the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command Facility at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Ariz., needed a night-vision goggle (NVG) simulator to train F-16 pilots.
Lockheed Martin taps ViaSat for avionics simulator
Engineers at the Lockheed Martin Mission System Integration Lab in Fort Worth, Texas, needed a communications simulator to help them design an integrated avionics system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
General Dynamics picks Sleepycat database
Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz., needed a database for the battlefield analysis software they were designing for the U.S. Army.
Teradyne chooses Direct Logix for manufacturing software
Officials of the Teradyne Connection Systems High Performance Circuits group in Nashua, N.H., needed automated manufacturing process planning software for bare printed-circuit-board (PCB) manufacturing.
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