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Robots are fearless
The U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force; if the drones currently used by soldiers deployed in Iraq for reconnaissance and surveillance missions are any indication autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare.
Attention turns to RF and microwave test and measurement
Federal programs, industry consortia, and engineers advance RF and microwave technologies to ensure their accuracy and reliability.
Electronic pieces of NASA’s next Mars mission are coming together
Designers of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander, the next mission to the surface of Mars, is beginning a new phase in preparation for a launch in August 2007.
Boeing Future Combat System shows maturity in joint experiment
The U.S. Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) program, managed by the Lead Systems Integrator team of Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), demonstrated networking and systems capabilities in the first of two major field experiments scheduled for 2006.
Industry forces take MILS architecture to the edge in public demonstration
Systems integrators and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) vendors are combining technologies to demonstrate a secure multiple independent levels of security (MILS) software architecture that protects military and intelligence communications networks on the global information grid (GIG).
Copper-post technology shows promise for cooling in military applications
A few months ago the Canadian reverse-engineering firm ChipWorks announced that Intel was using copper posts instead of solder bumps in its latest high-end microprocessors.
Portable, wireless solution aims to reduce casualties in catastrophic events
UltraVision Security Systems (UVSS) in Salem, N.H., has tapped some of the latest technological advancements in motion detection and ultrawideband (UWB) RF sensors to military personnel and first responders locate living victims in disaster wreckage.
The re-emergence of mil-spec technology
We’ve seen the end of extremes that have marked the COTS movement over the past decade, thanks to the often-painful real-world lessons learned from military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Brief
VIEWPOINT: Mobile video-surveillance technology set to revolutionize command and control
Mobile video surveillance using several unmanned platforms communicating over a wireless network can be an effective technology to inform command-and-control activities in conventional open battlefields and congested urban environments.
BAE Systems completes qualification of new thermal weapon sight
Engineers at BAE Systems have completed U.S. Army qualification of the next-generation family of light, medium, and heavy thermal weapon sights (TWS).
Optoelectronics Briefs
Integrators must take measures to protect themselves from counterfeit electronic parts
Once the bane of the U.S. Treasury, counterfeiting has now spread, from con artists using ink-jet printers to run off phony $20 bills, to the manufacture of fake Rolex watches, bogus designer clothing, and now, fraudulent electronic components.
Safety and security are top priorities for providers of embedded operating systems
Safety is on a lot of minds these days, especially where software development is concerned.
ATCA and MicroTCA blade and mezzanine card shipments to reach $291.3 million this year
Shipments in 2006 of merchant blades and mezzanine cards for use in ATCA or MicroTCA environments will be worth $291.3 million, according to analysts at Venture Development Corp. (VDC) in Natick, Mass.
Global electromechanical switch market to grow 3 to 5 percent through 2008
The global market for electromechanical switch products is expected to reach $4.2 billion by 2008, according to a study by Venture Development Corp. (VDC) of Natick, Mass.
Electronic display market will reach $141 billion by 2010
The value of the worldwide shipments of electronic displays will reach $85 billion by 2005, and grow at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 10.6 percent to reach $141 billion by 2010, according to a market study from Business Communications Co. (BCC) Inc. in Norwalk, Conn.
Aerial survey utility software offers precise positioning worldwide
NavCom Technology Inc. in Torrance, Calif., is offering the VueStar aerial survey solution software that combines the new StarPac utility software that facilities integration into pre-existing workflows.
3U CompactPCI Gigabit Ethernet switch for full-switch management on rugged platforms
ACT/Technico in Warminster, Pa., is offering a rugged 3U CompactPCI Gigabit Ethernet switch that enables management via an on-board processor.
Rugged keypad solutions that offer seamless integration
EAO in Milford, Conn., is offering the S.series keypad built from tough Zamac.
RoHS-compliant multipin cylindrical connectors
Amphenol Industrial Operations in Sidney, N.Y., is offering versions of the company’s Amphe-Lite connectors that meet terms of the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) requirements for lead-free components ahead of the July 1 compliance date.
Deflectors and diffusers to increase air flow in military applications
Universal Air Filter in Sauget, Ill., is offering specially designed deflectors and diffusers in almost any size or style to meet a wide variety of engineering standards, classifications, and design applications.
Stainless steel sealed industrial touch-screen computer
MGR Industries in Fort Collins, Colo., is offering the APC Technology FT2255 industrial touch-screen computer, which is a sealed 15-inch personal computer for food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.
Intel Pentium M-based 3U CompactPCI single-board computer
MEN Micro Inc. in Lago Vista, Texas, is offering the F14 CompactPCI single-board computer that has a 2 GHz Intel Pentium M processor and can withstand the environmental conditions airliners, ships, industrial automation, medical systems, trains, buses, and commercial vehicles.
Severe-environment CompactPCI single-board computer
General Micro Systems Inc. in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., is offering the ROCK rugged conduction-cooled CompactPCI single-board computer for military applications.
Intel Pentium M-based single-board computer for embedded rugged applications
Dynatem Inc. in Mission Viejo, Calif., is offering the Intel Pentium M-based CRM1 single-board computer for rugged embedded applications that require low power consumption.
Miniature airborne force balance accelerometers
Columbia Research Laboratories Inc. in Woodlyn, Pa., is offering the Columbia Models SA-102MFTB and SA-302MFTA miniature airborne force balance accelerometers.
2-gigabyte DDR2 SDRAM for embedded computing applications
White Electronic Designs Corp. in Phoenix is offering the 2 gigabyte SDRAM solid-state memory with PLL, and VLP providing a board height of 0.72 inches.
MEMS-based fiber-optic mirror switch provides gigabyte network switching
The QuickSwitch Model 6290 single-mode SC duplex interface A/B switch with secure remote access from Electro Standards Laboratories in Cranston, R.I., provides gigabyte network switching, company officials say. QuickSwitch M6290 accesses two separate fiber optic networks or devices, ports A and B, via connection through a network device connected to the Common port.
DC solid-state power controllers to replace conventional circuit breakers
Teledyne Relays in Hawthorne, Calif., is introducing a series of DC solid-state power controllers to replace conventional electromechanical circuit breakers to reduce component count, system weight, and cost, while increasing system reliability.
Li-Ion 2-kilowatt uninterruptible power supply
Transistor Devices Inc. (TDI) in Cedar Knolls, N.J. is introducing a lightweight, man- or vehicle-transportable 2-kilowatt uninterruptible AC power supply (UPS) that uses high-performance lithium-ion battery technology to provide reliable AC power in the field for critical ground-mobile, airborne, and shipboard electronics operating in severe conditions.
Rugged VME power supply for mission-critical applications
Behlman Electronics Inc. in Hauppauge, N.Y., is introducing the VME-1000 Work Station Power Supply series for VME-enabled workstations.
Tiny-footprint real-time operating system
Leaders of Green Hills Software Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., unveiled a tiny-footprint real-time operating system (RTOS) called Micro-velOSity.
Aeroflex delivers actuators for NASA’s MRO satellite
When NASA needed antenna actuators and controllers for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the Motion Control division of Aeroflex in Hauppauge, N.Y., answered the call.
BAE Systems to develop engine-control unit for Black Hawk helicopters
GE-Aviation of Lynn, Mass., has selected BAE Systems of Johnson City, N.Y., to develop and manufacture an electronic engine control unit (EECU) for the T700-701D rotorcraft engine.
Elan Digital’s USBscope50 incorporates Actel FPGA
Elan Digital Systems of Fareham, England, was in the market for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) in small form factors as it designed its latest products, including the USBscope50.
General Dynamics Canada chooses BAE Systems to support CH148 Cyclone helicopters
BAE Systems of Nashua, N.H., is under contract with General Dynamics Canada in Ottawa to provide 31 AN/ALQ-144Z(V)5 countermeasure systems, as well as spares and integrated logistics support.
Airbus, EADS-CASA, adopt Goodrich SmartProbe technology for A400M aircraft
Airbus of Blagnac, France, and EADS-CASA in Madrid, Spain, were in the position of having to select core technology for the air-data system aboard the A400M military transport aircraft.
U.S. Air Force selects Rockwell Collins for B-1B training program
The U.S. Air Force has entered into a six-year contract worth as much as $95 million with Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the support of several training systems.
L-3 modernizes embedded system with Aonix virtual machine
The L-3 Communications Telemetry-West division in New York is upgrading its System 550 real-time data acquisition system with products from Aonix of San Diego.
Army engineers protect waterway with VistaScape surveillance software
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, perceiving a growing need to protect the nation’s waterways, looked to technology companies for an alternative to the current and costly process involving gates and gun patrols.
U.S. Navy purchases two JETI systems from EADS North America
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, N.J., has contracted EADS North America Defense Test and Services Inc., formerly Racal Instruments Inc., of San Antonio to provide two jet engine test instrumentation (JETI) systems.
LaBarge receives Eclipse order totaling $10 million for wiring harnesses
LaBarge Inc. of St. Louis has entered into a multiyear agreement with Eclipse Aviation Corporation in Albuquerque, N.M., to manufacture wiring harnesses for the Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ).
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