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April 2005
 
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Rad-hard IC market remains solid
Designers of radiation-hardened integrated circuits for space applications see the military market as remaining steady.

Technology Focus
POSIX: reveling in its popularity
Military embedded-system designers are turning toward POSIX for their real-time operating systems needs.

News
AFDX technology to improve communications on Boeing 787
An Ethernet-based technology called AFDX, for Avionics Full-DupleX, is speeding up communications aboard Boeing’s next-generation aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner.

Selling electronics overseas doesn’t have to be difficult
Military electronics manufacturers can gain faster access to the international market than they can today if they follow simple steps to improve their trade applications.

Army combat simulator uses RGB recorders
Officials at David H. Pollock Consultants Inc. (DHPC) in Westwood, N.J., are using he DGx real-time digital recording system from RGB Spectrum, in Alameda, Calif., to capture real-time information from the network for a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) simulator.

European electronic warfare market shows steady growth
Analysts at Frost & Sullivan Europe say that they expect the European electronic warfare (EW) market to show steady growth over the next few years.

SecureNet and SpySnare deployed to protect U.S. Army IT operations
Officials at the U.S. Army Directorate of Information Management (DOIM) located at Fort Hood selected the SecureNet intrusion detection/prevention system and SpySnare spyware prevention system from Intrusion Inc., in Richardson, Texas, to prevent hackers, viruses, and spyware from disrupting Army IT operations.

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Trends
Balancing national security and freedom of commerce
Few people understand the challenges and pitfalls of balancing national security and economic freedom as well as the people involved in designing military and aerospace electronic and optical technologies.

Electro-optics Watch
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: DARPA details requirements for high-energy diode-laser initiative
Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are moving ahead with a program to develop a 100-kilowatt weapons-grade diode laser capable of destroying military targets.

Can optoelectronics go from practical to tactical?
Adapting opto technology from automotive use to military applications

Optoelectronics Briefs


Opinion
Full-wave EMI and thermal simulations cut time-to-market by 20 percent
A full-wave electromagnetic-interference (EMI) simulation coupled with thermal simulation saved Barco about 20 percent of development time in the design of a ruggedized computer for defense and avionics.

Focus on Homeland Security
Crane developing microsensor network for homeland security and defense
Officials at Crane Aerospace & Electronics Advanced Integrated Systems Division (AISD) are currently in the third phase of a four-phase program with the U.S. Army to develop technology for a microsensor network for defense and homeland security applications.

Raytheon markets military radio network to first responders
The U.S. Army A2C2S command and control system, designed by Raytheon, will also help the Army National Guard to perform its homeland-defense mission.

Homeland Security News Briefs


MilAero Voices
Col. Gary Connor helps transform C3ISR technology
U.S. Air Force Col. Gary S. Connor is head of the Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems (C2ISR) Wing of the Air Force Electronic Systems Center based at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.

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