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Joining sensors through data fusion
The Pentagon and U.S. defense industry are pursuing several major programs that depend on enabling radar, infrared systems, and other sensors to work together such that they combine their strengths and mitigate their weaknesses to create a sensor network that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Combat training with COTS
Commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software elements advance military simulation, training, and mission-rehearsal systems.
Mercury offers processor architecture to give network access to reconfigurable computers
CHELMSFORD, Mass.–Engineers at Mercury Computer Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass., are offering a new sensor-fusion capability called the Converged Sensor Network (CSN) architecture designed to blend high-performance embedded computing systems into a converged sensor network environment.
Army helicopter upgrades on pace after cancellation of new rotorcraft program
WASHINGTON–The U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache Longbow Block III helicopter upgrade is on pace for eventual deployment in the next few years, with upgrades planned for the UH-60M Black Hawk and Kiowa Warrior–the armed version of the OH-58D helicopter, said U.S. Army aviation officials at the Association of U.S. Army (AUSA) annual meeting in Washington last month.
Serious games help save lives on the battlefield
MONTREAL–Software developers are increasingly adopting commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions to deliver state-of-the-art training, simulation, and mission rehearsal systems.
SAIC to develop sensor based on canine sense of smell for chemical detection
SAN DIEGO–Engineers at Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in San Diego are designing and developing a sensor inspired by the canine’s sense of smell.
PennWell launches new e-newsletter, Web site, and show on commercial and military avionics
em>NASHUA, N.H.–Earlier this year, PennWell acquired Avionics Expo Limited, which owns the well-known Avionics conference and exhibition, that is held each year in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Joint Tactical Radio System pushing for innovation from small businesses
BOSTON–Looking to spur technology development, officials from the Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS) Joint Executive Program Office (JPEO) in San Diego are pursuing ideas from small businesses and universities.
In Brief
Defense budgets headed down, no matter who’s in the White House
It looks like U.S. defense spending is headed downward–no matter who takes the big chair in the Oval Office come January.
Navy seeks IR sensor-based technology to enhance helicopter defenses against ground fire
WASHINGTON–The U.S. Navy is looking for infrared sensor technology to enhance the AN/AAR-47 missile warning system, to help defend helicopters from small arms fire, anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
Northrop Grumman chooses AOptix to develop terminals for hybrid optical/RF communications
CAMPBELL, Calif.–Laser communications designers at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems sector in Baltimore are choosing AOptix Technologies Inc. in Campbell, Calif., to design and build the free-space optical terminals for the Optical Relay Communications Architecture (ORCA) project–an adverse-weather, high-connectivity, jam-resistant, high-bandwidth network.
Electro-optics Briefs
Extreme CCTV Inc. in Burnaby, British Columbia, is introducing the Moondance dual-spectra ruggedized PTZ camera for military applications.
Serial FPDP sensor data link scales up to 20 gigabytes per second
High-performance embedded computing systems continue to have an insatiable need for raw sensor data.
Making it rad-hard takes time
Designers of radiation-hardened military and aerospace electronics and electro-optics systems are continually looking for ways to keep power down, cut the long development cycles, and still maintain performance.
AVX introduces ceramic capacitors for rugged high-temperature military and aerospace applications
AVX Corp. in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is introducing extreme-high-temperature stacked ceramic capacitors for applications in harsh and rugged operating environments.
TEK Microsystems debuts FPDP I/O module
EK Microsystems Inc. (Tekmicro) in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing the JazzFiber-V5 Serial Front Panel Data Port (FPDP) I/O module for high-performance streaming sensor I/O interfaces.
GE Fanuc introduces Intel Core 2 Duo-based AMC embedded computer
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va., is introducing the Telum ASLP11 Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) embedded computer, which has as much as 4 gigabytes of ECC memory and an Intel Core 2 Duo L7400 1.5 GHz central processing unit (CPU).
Curtiss-Wright announces rugged 3U VPX single-board computer
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in Leesburg, Va., is introducing the VPX3-127 3U VPX (VITA 46) single-board computer (SBC) for space- and weight-constrained 3U embedded computing applications.
Kontron introduces embedded PC computer module with Intel Core 2 Duo
Kontron AG in Eching, Germany, is introducing embedded PC computer modules called ETXexpress-PC COM Express with low-power 45-nanometer Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessor SP9300 and Intel GS45 chipset for data processing, as well as multimedia conversion and output.
Murata Power offers family of AC-DC power supplies
Murata Power Solutions in Mansfield, Mass., is introducing a family of AC-DC front-end power supplies that deliver bulk power efficiency to 90.
Harris announces Unity XG-100 multiband software-defined radio for public safety
The Harris Corp. RF Communications segment in Rochester, N.Y., is introducing the Unity family of multiband software-defined radios for federal, state, and local public-safety agencies.
Boeing chooses Marotta MPACT for U.S. Navy P-8A ASW patrol aircraft
Engineers at The Boeing Co. in Chicago needed a pneumatic system for launching weapons from the P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine warfare (ASW) maritime patrol aircraft deployed by the U.S. Navy.
Emtec Federal delivers displays and tablets to U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force officials sought to put more digital displays and tablet computers in the hands of soldiers worldwide.
Australian army chooses Elbit to supply soldier-launchable surveillance UAVs
Officers in the Australian army sought an unmanned aerial system small enough to fit in soldiers’ backpacks.
Kongsberg to supply Protector Remote Weapon Stations to U.S. Air Force, Army
Officials with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army needed weapon stations as part of the $1.4 billion Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS II) program.
United Kingdom military selects ITT night-vision systems
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) needed mobile, man-wearable, night-vision systems for its military personnel.
Northrop Grumman selects SprayCool enclosures for Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corp. in Los Angeles needed electronics enclosures for its work on the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system (UAS).
French army employs ULIS uncooled thermal sensors
Decision makers at Sagem Défense Sécurité needed uncooled thermal sensors, also known as microbolometers, for their work with the French army.
NASA Astrophysics Group adopts Seanodes high-performance computing
Officials at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), a NASA facility at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., sought technologies to upgrade their enterprise computer network.
Naval Surface Warfare Center employs FLIR Systems technology
Officials at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division in Crane, Ind., sought advanced visual technologies for their Short Range–Ground Mobility Visual Augmentation Systems (SR-GMVAS).
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