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Sensitive and tireless: High-endurance UAVs sense what men cannot
Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance.
Developers of real-time embedded software take aim at code complexity
Safety, security, reliability, and performance dominate the discussion of real-time embedded operating systems and middleware as software developers confront the new frontier of multicore and multiprocessor architectures with smaller size, lighter weight, and lower power consumption.
Army plans extensive training and simulation infrastructure for Future Combat System
The transformation of the U.S. Army from a 20th Century heavy mechanized force to a 21st Century “light” network-centric force represents one of the most sweeping changes ever attempted by a major power.
Wind River acquires RT Linux from FSMLabs
Real-time software specialist Wind River Systems Inc. in Alameda, Calif., has acquired real-time Linux technology from Finite State Machine Labs Inc., (FSMLabs) in Socorro, N.M.
When mil-spec is not enough
Sensor designers at FLIR Systems found that mil-spec requirements were falling short in the desert and other harsh environments where U.S. warfighters find themselves today, so they changed test procedures, chambers, and equipment to push their products beyond what is already a stringent standard.
Merging the functionalities of silicon, and III-Vs: two promising approaches
One of the least flexible rules in electronic design is the need to keep silicon devices, and compound semiconductor devices separate, not only in processing but also in assembly.
Bae Institute demonstrates first photonic laser thruster
Dr. Young Bae of the Bae Institute in Tustin, Calif., has demonstrated a photonic laser thruster (PLT), reportedly bringing the concept of laser light-powered rockets closer to reality.
General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins debut first integrated computer systems for the Future Combat Systems program
General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Rockwell Collins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, unveiled the first integrated computer systems (ICS) in the U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program.
In Brief
BAE Systems unveils advanced vehicle power-management system at U.S. Army Symposium
BAE Systems introduced an advanced power-management system designed to deliver the ability to generate electric power within military tactical wheeled vehicles.
QinetiQ-led team wins $9.8 million research contract for European guided artillery munition
QinetiQ in Farnborough, England, won a contract worth €5 million pounds (US$9.8 million) to conduct research in guidance, navigation, and control, as well as in the composite shell body, for the future European ImpaQt 155-millimeter artillery-fired guided munition.
U.S. military stretched thin-at just the wrong time
Pressure is mounting from all sides to reduce spending for sophisticated U.S. military equipment and weapons, and it’s coming at the wrong time.
Northrop Grumman to provide Finnish air force combat jets with LITENING Advanced Targeting system
Fighter-bomber pilots in the air force of Finland needed advanced optical targeting systems for their fleet of Boeing F/A-18 Hornet jet strike fighters.
ITT delivers imaging sensor for next-generation GeoEye-1 satellite
The ITT Corp. Space Systems Division in Rochester, N.Y. has shipped to General Dynamics in Gilbert, Ariz., the next-generation commercial imaging payload for the GeoEye-1 satellite.
Electro-optics Briefs
THE VIEW FROM EUROPE: Proposed U.S. missile shield in Europe alarms Russians, irks some Europeans
In an attempt to protect itself from the threat of intercontinental attacks-primarily from Iran, Syria and North Korea-the United States has thoroughly alarmed the Russians and ensured that European nations have their own welfare, not the continent’s, at heart.
Radar, infrared, and chemical-detection sensors examined in aerospace and defense business report
Research and Markets in Dublin, Ireland, is offering the Aerospace and Defense Industry-Global Strategic Business Report, which analyzes the worldwide markets for aerospace and defense industry in millions of dollars.
European Briefs
Designers can protect IP with FPGAs and bitstream encryption
Security continues to be of utmost importance in military, aerospace, and government applications.
Solid-state memory solutions are meeting today’s data demands
Data-storage solutions-once a frequently overlooked part of any workflow-are gaining significant attention in military and aerospace environments.
Government research spending to slow in 2007, while industry takes up the slack
Total funding for research and development should increase to $338 billion in 2007, an increase of 2.73 percent over the $329 billion funded in 2006, according to analysts at the nonprofit research house Battelle in Columbus, Ohio.
Standard I/O gives proprietary I/O a run for its money in military, aerospace, and other applications
Standard methods of data input/output (I/O) is having an increased presence within the central-processing, printed-circuit-board, and IP communities, reports In-Stat, a market research firm in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Adlink offers high-sampling PCI and PXI data-acquisition cards
Adlink Technology in Irvine, Calif., is releasing a high-sampling, multifunction data-acquisition card in PCI and PXI form factors.
Dual-head graphics PMC displays two independent graphic streams
Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing a dual-head graphics PCI mezzanine card (PMC) that enables the simultaneous display of two independent graphics streams of high-resolution graphics typically used in harsh-environment applications.
Vicor offers high-efficiency, 320-watt VI Chip PRM regulator
Vicor Corp. in Andover, Mass., introduced a high-power 320-watt PRM nonisolated regulator.
Vicor expands family of mid-power 24-volt mini power modules
Vicor Corp. in Andover, Mass., is adding nine mid-power mini DC-DC converters to the 24-volt DC-input family: a 100-watt model at 3.3 volts, 150-watt models at 5, 12, 15, 24, 28, 36, and 48 volts.
Lambda introduces compact 960-watt modular AC-DC power supplies
Lambda in San Diego is introducing a series of power supplies that can supply as much as 960 watts, called the NV-700 series, which is suitable for high-density medical, industrial, and test-and-measurement equipment.
Mimix Broadband introduces GaAs MMIC power amplifier
Mimix Broadband Inc. in Houston is introducing a gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) three-stage power amplifier with a temperature-compensated output detector.
Mercury introduces UAV solution for remote-sensing applications
Mercury Computer Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass., announced the integrated VistaNav-SSR (Smart Surveillance & Reconnaissance) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with ground station, integrated VistaNav synthetic vision system, small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and various electronic sensor systems.
Thermotron unveils 8000-force-pound vibration test system
Thermotron Industries in Holland, Mich., is introducing its 8000-force-pound electrodynamic vibration system, the DSX-8000.
Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems adopts Themis Quorum automated management software
Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems in El Segundo, Calif., has included Quorum from Themis Computer in Fremont, Calif., in the company’s battle- management command-and-control (BMC2) subsystem proposal.
General Dynamics selects ORBexpress communications middleware for the joint tactical radio system
General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics located in Scottsdale, Ariz., sought a middleware solution to aid in the integration of the hardware and software operating environment of joint tactical radio system (JTRS) handheld, manpack, small-form- fit (HMS) radios.
DRS Neptune, Sentry UAVs use Enerdyne sensor digital data link
Engineers at DRS Technologies in Parsippany, N.J., required a system for transmitting sensor data-including video, audio, telemetry, and Internet Protocol (IP) information-from the company’s Neptune and Sentry HP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
Raytheon selects Agilent to build component test platform
Engineers at Raytheon Co. in Tucson, Ariz., sought a flexible system capable of not only the functional and diagnostic testing of components within missile guidance systems, but also of expanding to accommodate future requirements and test strategies.
U.S. Army TACOM chooses KVH TACNAV navigation systems for combat vehicles
U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM) personnel in Warren, Mich., needed a navigation system for Army combat vehicles, for which they turned to KVH Industries Inc. in Middletown, R.I.
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