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February 2007
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No time to waste
Countering improvised explosive devices is not a 5- or 10-year program, but something the military needs right now as these nasty mines continue to take the lives of American fighting forces.
The coming revolution in commercial avionics data networking
There is a new databus in town for passenger jetliners, called AFDX, which is set to replace or augment the widely installed ARINC 429 on the Airbus A380, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and perhaps on future generations of regional passenger jets.
DARPA eyes sniper scope that compensates for crosswinds
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., is asking the electro-optics industry to design an advanced sniper rifle targeting scope that helps compensate for crosswinds and enables the sniper to hit the target with his first shot.
Thermal-management challenges highlight Military Technologies Conference 2007
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and industry experts will discuss thermal and power management at the Military Technologies Conference (MTC) on 27 and 28 March 2007 in Boston.
New communications for Navy ships based on software-defined radio
Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz., are using software-defined-radio (SDR) technology on board various U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines, as well as fixed land sites, to replace several legacy radios with one system.
DARPA program to develop computer system to forecast wars and other political instability
Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry for ideas on how to develop an advanced computer system called the Integrated Crisis Early Warning System (ICEWS) that is able to predict global wars and other political instability.
In Brief
Seeking technologies for counter-terrorism
U.S. military researchers are fast out of the gate in 2007 with several technology-development initiatives that could have a major influence in the global war on terror.
Air Force taps Johns Hopkins to integrate high-speed laser communications links
U.S. Air Force researchers are looking to scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to design and install a bidirectional optical interface between data-link terminals from two U.S. defense and communications companies.
DARPA seeks to create lightweight fisheye optical imaging sensor with 120-degree field
cientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry to develop a small hemispherical optical imaging sensor array with a 120-degree field of view and a speed of 60 frames per second.
Electro-optics briefs
The View From Europe: The perception of corruption
Serious Fraud Office launches investigation into defense companies’ activities
European briefs
Designing robust circuit-board products for military and aerospace applications
Military and aerospace designs are demanding more product functionality than previous generations; consequently there is ever-more pressure on making printed-circuit-board (PCB) assemblies robust enough to comply with growing functionality.
Military microprocessor technology expands, but requires less silicon space
Military electronic systems designers can choose from a wealth of microprocessors, and the rapidly advancing pace of technology shows few signs of slowing.
Letters
Air-cooled Fibre Channel network-access controller card
Data Device Corporation (DDC) in Bohemia, N.Y., is offering an air-cooled network access controller (NAC) called the FC-75162 that is the latest installment in DDC’s dual-channel PMC Fibre Channel NAC cards.
Software companies seek to provide C support for FPGA-based computing
Two software companies are collaborating on a project to provide graphical and C-language tools for high-performance, field-programmable-gate array (FPGA)-based computing for applications such as security, image processing, geophysics, financial computing, and bioinformatics.
Radiation-hardened mixed-signal ASICs
Aeroflex in Colorado Springs, Colo., is offering radiation-hardened mixed signal application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in 0.6-micron (5-volt) and 0.35-micron (3.3-to-10-volt) geometries for space applications.
10-amp point-of-load power converter
VPT Inc. in Blacksburg, Va., is offering a point-of-load converter to its DVPL series.
Channel fading capability for mobile protocol test system
Aeroflex Test Solutions in Burnham, England, is adding radio-channel fading capability to its 6401 AIME 3G mobile protocol test system.
Embraer selects CMC Electronics’ PilotView Electronic Flight Bag
Leaders of commercial jet manufacturer Embraer in São José dos Campos, Brazil, needed an electronic method to enhance cockpit procedures on the company’s Legacy 600, E-Jets family, and Lineage 1000 aircraft.
Harris to provide Army with satellite communications encryption devices
The Harris Corp. RF Communications Division in Rochester, N.Y., won a $5 million U.S. Army contract to develop an encryption device for future satellite terminals that will be able to operate with military and commercial satellites.
CAE selects Barco to provide LCoS simulation projectors
Officials of simulator designer CAE in Montreal needed liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) projectors for their simulation systems.
Navy orders two production-version TB-33 fiber optic thin-line towed-array submarine sonar systems
U.S. Navy leaders needed advanced towed-array sonar systems for their fleet of nuclear submarines.
LaBarge to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter avionics
LaBarge Inc. in Joplin, Mo., will supply cockpit wiring harnesses for various models of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk military utility helicopter under terms of a $5 million contract from Kaman Aerospace Corp. in Bloomfield, Conn.
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