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FCS is coming to fruition
Industry players advance vehicle electronics in an effort to put Future Combat Systems in the hands of current-force soldiers sooner than expected.
Sharing the stage: 10-Gig Ethernet and Serial RapidIO
Military designers see Serial RapidIO and 10 Gigabit Ethernet complementing each other in systems today and the near future.
Honeywell micro air vehicles protect troops against IEDs
Honeywell’s Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) is deploying in Iraq to keep American troops safe by identifying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from the sky.
Northrop Grumman to produce E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy officials awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. in Bethpage, N.Y., a $408 million contract to build three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based airborne early warning and battle management command and control (AEW/BMC2) aircraft through 2010.
Army officials cut FCS program from 18 systems to 14
U.S. Army officials have restructured the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program to modernize the current force, while also providing the future force with advanced technology.
Sandia advances structural health monitoring sensors for aircraft applications
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque are developing sensors to monitor the condition of aircraft structures and systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum to hit San Diego
A few months ago I thanked you for your support of our Military Technologies Conference, held last March in Boston.
European Union launches Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals regulation
The European Union’s (EU’s) Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) law, put into effect on June 1, makes industry manufacturers, importers, and systems developers responsible for the identification, management, and substitution of chemical substances.
IN BRIEF
Digital and conference innovations highlight new M&AE
The staff of Military & Aerospace Electronics is setting a course for the future that involves improvements to our print magazine, to our conference and trade show, and to our digital offerings such as electronic newsletters, Webcasts, and our vibrant, interactive site on the World Wide Web.
BAE Systems wins multiyear thermal weapon sight contract
BAE Systems in Lexington, Mass., won a $183 million contract in July to produce thermal weapon sights for the U.S. Army.
KVH gains $1.1 million order for fiber-optic gyros for U.S. military simulators
KVH Industries Inc. in Middletown, R.I., won a $1.1 million order for its DSP-3000 fiber-optic gyros (FOGs) from a U.S. military customer.
BAE Systems to upgrade laser for U.S. Army helicopters
BAE Systems has won two U.S. Army contracts totaling $54 million to provide a multiband laser technology upgrade for the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/CMWS) program.
Aculight Corp. to help ready solid-state lasers for military and aerospace applications
Aculight Corp. won a three-year subcontract to help prepare optically pumped semiconductor laser technology for volume manufacturing.
ELECTRO-OPTICS BRIEFS
THE VIEW FROM EUROPE: You say protecting jobs, we say protectionism
While the British had a good laugh at press reports of President Bush’s alleged gaffe that, “The problem with the French, is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur,” in truth, we are not without some sympathy for the sentiment.
EUROPEAN BRIEFS
Quadrant ADS-B air traffic control system to be installed at Abu Dhabi
KARLSRUHE, Germany - The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates has purchased a Quadrant ADS-B air traffic surveillance ground station from Comsoft GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany, as part of the UAE’s air traffic control automation system upgrade.
High-speed 16-to-1 multiplexer implementation serializes data as fast as 50 gigabits per second
With today’s high-capacity systems, the need to reduce wide parallel buses to serial signals has become a vital necessity, particularly in test and measurement, telecommunications, data communications, satellite, and military and aerospace applications.
Systems integrators waking up to the benefits of contract manufacturing
Military and aerospace prime systems integrators, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, are catching on to a business reality that the commercial industry has known for years-outsourcing electronic systems manufacturing can save time, money, and a lot of headaches.
Market to increase for handheld 2D scanners
2D bar code scanners are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 25 percent over the next five years, according to research by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) in Natick, Mass.
Software-defined radio to play key role in emerging broadband wireless market
Software-defined radio (SDR) will play a major role in the emergence of broadband as the next growth market in telecommunications, as users seek seamless access to voice, data/web, and video in all their wireline and wireless subscriptions, according to experts at the SDR Forum in Denver.
Growing PC applications may help drive down the cost of solid-state drives
Solid state drives (SSDs) are poised for extraordinary growth in the personal computer market from nearly nothing in 2006 to 24 million units in 2011, reports market researcher In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz.
CoorsTek introduces DuraStrate ceramic substrates with increased flexural strength
Ceramics manufacturer CoorsTek in Grand Junction, Colo., is introducing the DuraStrate thick-film ceramic substrates for improved performance in thick-film substrates.
Crane Electronics offers digital switch matrix family
The Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics in Redmond, Wash., is offering a digital switch matrix family providing switching for high data rate emitter coupled logic (ECL) signals as fast as 300 megabytes per second, or for the low data rate of RS-422 signals.
Macrolink offers rugged Intel Dual Xeon ATX-based computer for avionics applications
Engineers at Macrolink Inc. in Anaheim, Calif., are offering the Seahawk ruggedized computer for military and aerospace applications.
FCI offers D-subminiature MicroTCA power module input connectors
FCI USA Inc. in Etters, Pa., is announcing D-subminiature 7W2 connector options to enable 48- or 60-volt DC input connections to power modules used in MicroTCA shelves.
Carlo Gavazzi announces VITA 41 VXS backplane for military and aerospace applications
Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions in Brockton, Mass., is introducing a VITA 41 VME Switched Serial (VXS) switched-fabric backplane for military and aerospace applications.
Curtiss-Wright offers Ethernet port card for space-saving physical layer switch
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in Dayton, Ohio, is introducing the ET1000 Ethernet port card for use with its GLX4000 physical layer switch products.
VMETRO FPGA Design Kit accelerates DSP development for Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs
VMETRO in Houston and Impulse Accelerated Technologies Inc. in Kirkland, Wash., are releasing a digital signal processor (DSP) development kit called the V5+C for rapid prototyping and algorithm development.
General Dynamics Itronix offers DynaVue touchscreen technology for rugged notebooks and tablets
General Dynamics Itronix in Spokane Valley, Wash., is introducing a standard light viewable touchscreen display called DynaVue that focuses on contrast ratio and polarization techniques.
Themis Computer offers PMC-XMC embedded computing module based on PWRficient processor
Themis Computer in Fremont, Calif., is offering the TPA-XMC PrXMC/PrPMC module based on the PA6T-1682M PWRficient Power Architecture-based processor from P.A. Semi Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif.
Actel offers low-power FPGAs for space applications
Actel Corp. in Mountain View, Calif., is offering a family of low-power, radiation-tolerant field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) called RTAX-SL for high-reliability space-flight designs.
Aeroflex offers radiation-hardened voltage regulators
Aeroflex Plainview in Plainview, N.Y., is offering its RadHard Voltage Regulator family to Standard Military Drawing (SMD) number 5962-05219 from the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) in Columbus, Ohio.
Lambda packs 15 kilowatts into 3U power supplies
Lambda Americas in San Diego is introducing Genesys programmable 3U power supplies with high output capacity, options for local and remote control, and compact construction for applications, such as electroplating, semiconductor manufacture, and industrial lasers.
U.S. Military selects Thales’s JTRS handheld radio
Personnel at the U.S. JTRS Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) in San Diego, through the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) procurement authority, are in charge of purchasing handheld radios for the U.S. Department of Defense.
NAVSEA awards EDO Communications & Countermeasures Systems $209 million for IED jammers
Officers at the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington required electronics solutions to counter improvised explosive devices in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pixia Corp. provides DHS imagery for disaster preparedness and response
Executives at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington needed a fast and efficient solution for ingesting and disseminating large amounts of satellite and aerial imagery.
U.S. Navy adopts ViaSat MIDS JTRS and tactical networking terminals
Personnel at the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego required non-recurring terminals to support government air worthiness testing related to the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS).
GE Aviation systems power M1A2 Abrams main battle tank
Engineers at General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights, Mich., sought a compact yet efficient power supply for the U.S. Army’s M1A2 Abrams main battle tank.
SAIC orders Stryker common driver trainers from Arotech’s FAAC subsidiary
Executives at Science Applications International Corp., the prime contractor for the Common Driver Trainer (CDT) program of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, Fla., sought a subcontractor to develop, produce, integrate, deliver simulator units, as well as provide training.
Canadian Department of National Defence contracts CAE, Ngrain for simulation services
Personnel at Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) in Ottawa required interactive 3D technologies and solutions to aid in synthetic environment (SE) activities, such as experiments, mission rehearsals, demonstrations, and exercises for all Air Force fleets.
GE Fanuc adopted Tundra interconnect bridge for latest VME release
Engineers at GE Fanuc Embedded Systems in Charlottesville, Va., needed an efficient interconnection to the VME backplane in the company’s new V7865 Intel Dual Core single-board computer (SBC).
FAA names Intertek as certification agency for visual guidance lighting equipment approval
Executives at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington needed a testing, inspection, and certification service provider to serve as certification agency for its Visual Guidance Lighting Equipment Approval program (VGLEAP).
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