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Sensors light path to defeating incoming
Military designers are taking advantage of the latest sensor technology and signal processing systems to track and kill incoming enemy missiles.
Storage trends in the trenches
The latest advancements in portable, rugged data storage are designed to deliver critical data to warfighters on the battlefield quickly, securely, and without fail.
ITT flies electronic warfare system on Chilean F-16 jet fighter
ITT’s Electronic Systems’s ALQ-211 Electronic Warfare suite is providing electronic countermeasures and other capabilities for Chilean F-16s.
Experimental VME backplane databus moves data at 1 gigabit per second
Computer scientists are on the verge of boosting VME backplane databus speeds to as fast as 1 gigabit per second, or to enable a larger number of backplane slots to function at the same speed without incurring any substantial cost penalty, officials of VITA, the open-standards organization in Scottsdale, Ariz., announced today.
Taming the gallium arsenide dicing process
The attractiveness of gallium arsenide (GaAs) as a semiconductor material is based on its ability to handle high frequencies at high power levels-something that cannot be done with silicon.
BAE Systems to upgrade U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter avionics
BAE Systems has begun delivering replacement Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (R-AHRS) to improve the reliability and performance of U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopters.
Military aircraft funding to peak this year, decline over next decade
U.S. military aircraft spending will peak this year at $47 billion, and decline to $41 billion in 2017, predict analysts of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA) in Arlington, Va.
In brief
Election aftermath: what’s in it for the military?
Last month Military & Aerospace Electronics ran a page-one headline reading “Defense industry upbeat; military spending to stay healthy over next decade.
Northrop Grumman solid-state laser intended for several kinds of military missions
Scientists at the Northrop Grumman Space Technology segment in Redondo Beach, Calif., are developing a high-energy, solid-state laser called Vesta that company officials claim is powerful enough to perform many basic military missions.
Northrop Grumman test fires powerful, continuously pulsed illuminator laser
A new diode-pumped solid-state, next-generation illuminator laser developed by Northrop Grumman Corp. delivered multikilowatt output power while operating at 5,000 pulses per second during recent tests, company officials reported.
Electro-optics briefs
Understanding reliability in amorphous-silicon-antifuse field-programmable gate arrays
Field-programmable gate-array (FPGA) technology has become popular among system designers for the design flexibility it offers.
Demands for high power and optimum size drive some power-supply makers away from traditional COTS solutions
Moore’s Law has been a blessing for computing, but it can be a curse for power-supply designers.
What Europe could gain from a better relationship with U.S. defense
U.S. military research and development spending in 2006 was the highest in history according to the influential Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA) when measured in constant dollars.
Ethernet key technology for network-centric warfare
Steve Rood Goldman is a product manager for high-speed networking at Data Device Corp. in Bohemia, N.Y.
European helicopter market to remain substantial over the next decade
The European military helicopter market is set to remain stable in size over the next 10 years, but still will total nearly a $26 billion in the decade from 2006 to 2015, according to analysts at the market research firm Frost & Sullivan in London.
Forecast International projects $35 billion airborne and space-based electro-optical market
Analysts at Forecast International in Newtown, Conn., project that countries worldwide will spend more than $35 billion on 33 different airborne and space-based electro-optical (EO) programs over the next 10 years.
More than 289 million ultra-wideband chipsets to ship in 2010
Manufacturers will begin shipping ultra-wideband (UWB) chipsets this year and shipments are expected to ramp up with a total of 289 million chipsets shipping in 2010, predict analysts at In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Gigabit Ethernet network access controller
U.S. Air Force leaders needed a gigabit Ethernet network access controller for a bomber aircraft upgrade program.
Mid-power 24-volt maxi modules
Vicor Corp. in Andover, Mass., added eight mid-power Maxi DC-DC converters to the company’s 24 volts DC input family: a 3.3 Vout, 200 W model and 300-Watt models at 5, 12, 15, 24, 28, 36, and 48 Vout.
High-reliability hybrid motor control module
International Rectifier (IR) in El Segundo, Calif., is offering the IRMCT3UF1, an integrated high-reliability hybrid motor control module enabling digital, sensor-free vector control of permanent magnet motors.
LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks
National Instruments in Austin, Texas, announced LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks, giving engineers and scientists working with these devices the ability to fully integrate their ZigBee, IEEE 802.15.4 or proprietary wireless sensors into the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development environment.
Raytheon chooses Themis servers for future DDG 1000 land-attack destroyer
>Systems designers at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in Tewksbury, Mass., needed rugged server computers for the future U.S. Navy DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer.
Barco to provide rugged display workstations for BAE Systems NLOS-cannon early prototypes
Systems designers at BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP in Fridley, Minn., needed rugged displays for prototypes of the future U.S. Army Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Cannon early prototypes.
DARPA, Rockwell Collins eye MEMS to help revolutionize radio technology
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., has selected Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to lead an effort to use micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology to revolutionize the state of the art in radio technology.
Thales U.K. selects Radstone for Watchkeeper program
Engineers at Thales U.K. in Addlestone Nr Weybridge, England, sought a real-time data processor (RTDP) subsystem for Watchkeeper, a surveillance solution used by the United Kingdom’s armed forces.
Raytheon selects PrismTech real-time Java middleware for Navy Destroyer program
Managers at Raytheon Company-the prime mission systems equipment integrator for the U.S. Navy’s DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program, formerly the DD(X) destroyer program-sought a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) middleware solution for the future warship.
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