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The next step for shipboard electronics
Growth of the U.S. Navy’s fleet of surface warships and submarines is riding on systems innovation and new technologies to introduce open-systems solutions for network-centric warfare, ballistic-missile defense, and other capabilities for the 21st century maritime warfare.
Engineers balance speed and heat in a single board
Processors and switched-fabric networks are moving data at faster speeds then ever before, which is leading designers to come up with innovative approaches to channeling information flow, power management, and keeping boards cool.
Army’s next-generation Humvee will use networked vetronics
The U.S. Army moved a step closer to developing a next-generation tactical utility truck to replace the Humvee and other familiar vehicles last month, as it narrowed the competition from four companies to two.
Lockheed Martin applies surveillance technology to keep Marines safe in Iraq
U.S. military forces stationed in Iraq soon will test surveillance technology and methods adapted from law enforcement.
Defense spending set to increase for electronics and electro-optics programs in 2007
Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending nearly $21.3 billion in fiscal year 2007 for procurement and research in communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies-which represents nearly a 4 percent increase over current-year levels.
Boeing to use Concurrent’s Redhawk Linux for C-17 program support
Officials at Boeing in Seattle selected the RedHawk Linux operating system from Concurrent in Duluth, Ga., for Symtx avionics test equipment used in support of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems’ Air Force C-17 modernization program.
Consumer Electronics Show becomes showcase for military technology
As consumer-based technology has continued to evolve at an ever-faster pace, the U.S. military has faced the dual problem of providing the latest capabilities to fighting forces in the field while understanding and being able to combat those same technologies that also are available to enemy combatants.
In Brief
F/A-18 fighter-bomber’s next-generation radar technology uses COTS, is ready for network-centric warfare
Much of the attention surrounding full-scale military combat in recent years has focused on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), precision-guided munitions, and fast-moving ground forces.
DOD budget keeps growing, despite the odds
The 2007 proposed budget for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is likely to go into the history books as one to confound the experts, and enrage the fiscal conservatives.
Corning NetOptix provides optical components for NASA mission to Pluto
As scientists from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the agency’s first mission to Pluto and beyond in January, Corning NetOptix in Keene, N.H., became part of this historic chapter in deep-space exploration.
L3 Cincinnati Electronics to provide optoelectronic surveillance for Navy research vessel
Optoelectronics engineers at L3 Cincinnati Electronics in Mason, Ohio, are providing the company’s NightConqueror thermal imaging system for the U.S. Navy Sea Fighter FSF-1, an advanced surface warship able to operate at speeds faster than 50 knots at ranges as long as 4,000 nautical miles.
Optoelectronics Briefs
Adoption of assertion-based verification improves debug and design quality
The military and its associated industries historically have been the primary motivators and innovators of high technology.
Military users are giving second thoughts to the needs for ruggedized laptop and notebook computers
U.S. manufacturers of rugged laptop and notebook computers have a message for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), which is deploying forces in increasing numbers that need reliable and lightweight computing power.
DSP chip market to continue fast growth through 2009
Digital signal processors (DSPs), with worldwide unit shipments estimated at 1.5 billion units in 2004, will grow to approximately 2.8 billion units by the end of 2009, reports market researcher In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Worldwide freighter aircraft fleet will double by 2024, Boeing says
The global air cargo market, which recently has shown strength through a flurry of new freighter orders, is poised for strong 20-year growth, during which analysts at The Boeing Co. in Chicago forecast that the world freighter airplane fleet will double from 1,760 to 3,530 airplanes.
RF MEMS market will reach $1.1 billion by 2009
The market for radio-frequency microelectrical mechanical systems (RF MEMS) components will grow from $126 million in 2004 to more than $1.1 billion in 2009, according to a study by Wicht Technologie Consulting (WTC) in Munich, Germany.
Sealed lead-acid batteries in 1.2 to 230 amp hours
GC Electronics in Rockford, Ill., is offering a family of sealed lead-acid batteries comprising more than 75 models, with input voltages of 4, 6, 12, and 24 in capacities ranging from 1.2 to 230 amp hours.
Basic automation board in 1 GHz versions
American Eltec in Las Vegas has enhanced its basic automation board (BAB) range by introducing the 1-GHz version of the BAB 760 PowerPC board.
High-reliability military and aerospace parts
AVX Corp. in Myrtle Beach, S.C., has developed an automotive-plus series (APS) of parts qualified to the Automotive AEC-Q200 standard, but manufactured and quality assurance-tested specifically for the high-reliability requirements of the military and aerospace industry.
Micro-D connectors are QPL-qualified for production per MIL-DTL-83513
Axon’ Cable Inc. in Schaumburg, Ill., is placing its Micro-D 0.05-inch pitch connectors on the QPL-83513 list and is certifying these parts according to MIL-DTL-83513.
Heat sinks deliver high performance in low-airflow conditions
Advanced Thermal Solutions in Norwood, Mass., is offering maxiFLOW heat sinks for cooling ball grid arrays (BGAs) and other hot components in restricted air-flow conditions.
Four-gigabyte Fibre Channel systems with RAID 6 data protection
Winchester Systems Inc. in Burlington, Mass., is offering a SATA-II disk array with high-speed 4-gigabyte Fibre Channel host interfaces and RAID 6 data protection capable of sustained operation with two simultaneous disk failures.
Rugged managed 24-port Gigabit Ethernet switch
Radstone Embedded Computing in Towcester, England, is introducing the CPX24 rugged managed Gigabit Ethernet switch.
Card combines TigerSHARC DSP with Altera FPGA
BittWare Inc. in Concord, N.H., is shipping the B2-AMC (B2AM) that combines the Analog Devices TigerSHARC digital signal processor (DSP) with the Altera Stratix II and AdvancedMC.
Online resource for power component quality information
Vicor Corp. in Andover, Mass., is offering the online Vicor Quality Center to enable visitors to create a custom quality report, take a video tour of the Vicor factory, or walk through the company’s quality process.
Rugged Cell BE processor-based computer
Mercury Computer Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass., is offering the PowerBlock 200 processor based on the IBM/Toshiba Cell Broadband Engine (BE).
PCMCIA frame grabbers for mobile imaging solutions
The VCE-B5A01 and VCE-PRO frame grabbers from Imperx Inc. in Boca Raton, Fla., take video imaging on the go by slipping into the PCMCIA slots in laptop computers, palmtop computers, PDAs, and a host of other high-mobility computing devices.
Brush DC servomotors deliver high continuous torque capability
The MAE brand Series 600 brush-commutated DC servomotors from PennEngineering Motion Technologies in Harleysville, Pa., are for heavy-duty power applications able to achieve continuous torque as strong as 198 o-in and speeds as fast as 3500 rpm, depending on model.
Low-profile extreme wideband antenna for electronic warfare and signals intelligence
The UGS antenna from Fractal Antenna Systems in Bedford, Mass., combines extreme wideband performance and superior gain in a low-profile lightweight design for use in challenging electronic warfare and signal intelligence applications.
Hybrid signal processing board
BittWare Inc., a signal-processing specialist in Concord, N.H., signaled the company’s commitment to a long-term VITA 41 VXS roadmap with the announcement Jan. 16 of the T2-6U-VME board.
Navy models explosions with SGI computers
Navy engineers needed powerful computers to model underwater explosions and assess the performance of new warhead designs.
L-3 picks Formation hard drive for Navy plane
Engineers at L-3 Communications needed a hard disk to record data aboard Boeing’s P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA).
Sandia Labs will use Fakespace displays for nanotechnology lab
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., needed display systems for a new nanotechnology lab.
InPhase drives holographic memory with Cypress chips
Designers at InPhase Technologies, Longmont, Colo., needed a chip for their holographic storage drive, the world’s first of its kind.
General Dynamics runs JTRS with Altera processors
Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz., needed processors for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Cluster 5 design.
Canada uses CMC flight navigator for CP-140
Leaders in the Canadian Department of National Defense needed navigation and flight instruments for the CP-140 Aurora Modernization Project.
Navy navigates unmanned undersea vehicle with Lockheed Martin sensor
U.S. Navy designers needed navigation sensors for an unmanned undersea vehicle.
L-3 picks autopilot from BAE Systems
Designers at L-3 Communications Integrated Systems in Greenville, Texas, needed a digital autopilot system for the P-3 Orion antisubmarine patrol aircraft they were delivering to their client, the Republic of Korea navy.
Thales uses Objective Interface middleware in JTRS
Engineers at Thales Communications in Clarksburg, Md., needed software middleware to certify their Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) software-defined radio (SDR) for Software Communications Architecture (SCA) compliance.
Navy tests networks with equipment from JDS Uniphase
Navy engineers needed a test and measurement platform to analyze communication links.
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