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Track It, Destroy It
The key to any successful missile-defense shield is the ability of the sensors to track the missile accurately.
Top secrets: securing sensitive data
Defense industry organizations develop and deploy secure information solutions to protect military and civilian lives.
Reaper unmanned vehicle joins warfighters in Afghanistan
The MQ-9 Reaper, the U.S. Air Force’s new hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is flying missions in Afghanistan while being remotely operated by pilots and sensor operators at Creech Air Force Base, Nev.
Impending change of administration expected to slow federal IT spending
Federal spending for information technology (IT) will grow moderately—most of it after 2011, say analysts at the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA) in Arlington, Va.
FLIR Government Systems announces electro-optics contracts at AUSA
Officials at FLIR Government Systems in Portland, Ore., announced several contracts for their electro-optic and infrared systems at this year’s Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting in October.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Ronald C. Jost to keynote Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum conference in March
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Space, and Spectrum, Dr. Ronald Jost, will deliver the keynote address at the Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum, to be held March 11 and 12 at the San Diego Convention Center in California.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to be controlled via voice commands
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be the first U.S. fighter aircraft to employ a speech-recognition system.
U.S. Intelligence Community invests in Forterra to accelerate virtual military training
Engineers at Forterra Systems in San Mateo, Calif., are advancing virtual environments with collaborative, Web, communications, and 3D technologies, to the benefit of warfighters.
BAE Systems funds own development of unmanned undersea vehicles
Engineers at BAE Systems in Waterlooville, England, are diving into the hot autonomous vehicle market with an undersea unmanned vehicle (UUV) they developed without an existing defense contract.
Raytheon delivers Active Denial System 2 to U.S. Air Force
Raytheon Co. delivered its non-lethal Active Denial System 2 to the U.S. Air Force this summer.
In Brief
Defense Executive: news for defense industry managers
Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine is launching Defense Executive, a monthly electronic newsletter for senior managers in the military and aerospace industries who need the latest and most timely information on emerging markets, contract awards, contracting opportunities, federal procurement issues, and other topics of crucial importance in their everyday jobs.
Guest viewpoint: High-efficiency 1.06-micron single photon counting avalanche photodiodes
The efficient detection of single photons at 1.06 microns is of considerable interest for light detection and ranging (lidar) systems designed for remote sensing and ranging, as well as for free-space optical transmission in photon-starved applications.
DARPA seeks to push state of the art in emissive micro-displays for moving 3D images
Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry for revolutionary advances in high-resolution affordable emissive micro-displays (EMDs) for dynamic holography—or real-time moving 3D images.
Fiber laser sales to grow 26 percent annually through 2011; some large questions remain
Fiber laser sales are on track to pass $240 million this year, a growth of 39 percent over 2006, with robust growth continuing through 2011 at a rate of 26 percent, which will more than double the 2007 sales value, say analysts at market researcher Strategies Unlimited in Mountain View, Calif.
Electro-optics Briefs
Embedded computer maker explains how to operate in a tough business location
Let’s face it; Massachusetts can be a cruel home for the commercial faint-of-heart.
Cost-sensitive military pressures power supply makers to shrink and ruggedize COTS devices
Manufacturers of power supplies and related power electronics for military and aerospace applications say they are under pressure to shrink device size and keep a lid on prices, as well as to ruggedize and integrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components.
Bright future seen for multicore embedded microprocessors
Revenue growth from multicore microprocessors in embedded applications in 2011 are projected to reach more than six times 2007 multicore revenues, and more than 44 times 2006 levels, according to analysts at market researcher Venture Development Corp. (VDC) in Natick, Mass.
Market for computer-based ‘smart clothing’ may reach $700 million by 2010
The smart fabrics and interactive textiles (SFIT) and wearables markets is roughly $400 million today in fragmented, unprofitable revenue, and may reach $700 million in break-even or marginally profitable revenue by 2010, say analysts at Venture Development Corp. (VDC) in Natick, Mass.
World demand for nanomaterials to reach $4.2 billion by 2011
World demand for nanomaterials will reach $4.2 billion by 2011, and will expand to $100 billion by 2025, say analysts at Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.
Elma releases CompactPCI chassis with built-in system monitoring
Elma Electronic Inc. in Fremont, Calif., is announcing a Type 39 CompactPCI enclosure with built-in system monitoring, inherent redundancy, hot-swap ability, and monitoring.
GE Fanuc announces PC8 Celeron-based industrial computer
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems in Charlottesville, Va., is offering the PC8 All-In-One computer for industrial, transportation, and medical applications.
MEN Micro offers Intel CoreT2 Duo-based single-board computer
MEN Micro Inc. in Ambler, Pa., is expanding its series of intercompatible CompactPCI/-Express single board computers (SBCs) with a 64-bit board based on the Intel CoreT2 Duo Processor T7500 combined with the Mobile Intel 965GM Express chipset.
Simtek offers two 4-megabit nvSRAM memory devices
Simtek Corp. in Colorado Springs, Colo., is offering two 4-megabit CMOS SONOS nvSRAM solid-state memory devices that deliver 40 percent better access times, four to eight times higher densities, and increased system performance over their predecessors.
Keithley offers MIMO RF test with capabilities for RF signal generators and analyzers
Keithley Instruments Inc. in Cleveland is introducing a 4X4 multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) RF test system for research and production testing of next-generation RF communications equipment.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency selects BAE Systems’ radiation-hardened computers for WorldView-1 satellite
Officials at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Bethesda, Md., required a rugged computing system for its NextView program.
Japanese Government chooses Implant Sciences explosives detectors
Officials in the Japanese government are ramping up the country’s security.
U.S. Navy chooses Telephonics Corp. components for helicopter multi-mode radar systems
Executives at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, N.Y., needed a technology partner to aid in the delivery of spare radar system components for use in the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 Seahawk helicopters.
DataPath selected to upgrade U.S. Army and Navy satellite communications hubs
The program manager responsible for WIN-T’s Commercial SATCOM Terminal Program at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J., wanted to update satellite equipment used by U.S. military personnel.
U.S. Army officers select Cubic virtual training systems for use in Iraq, Afghanistan
Officers at the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation and Training Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, Fla., needed a solution to help deployed military personnel train in a realistic virtual environment.
U.S. Department of Defense selects FLIR Systems’ latest technology
Officials at the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) sought to put next-generation, lightweight, high-performance thermal imagers in the hands of U.S. military personnel in the field.
U.S. Army selects Quantum3D Thermite tactical visual computer for Future Force Warrior
Officers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Command in Natick, Mass., sought an open-architecture, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) computing system to support the Army’s Future Force Warrior (FFW) Increment 2.
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