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Smart Sensors
Homeland security and military personnel increasingly rely on intelligent sensor technology for surveillance and electronic intelligence.
Death, taxes, and 1553
The decades-old, 1-megabit-per-second MIL-STD 1553 databus is still the reliable choice in old and new systems, yet demands for faster throughput in the network-centric world is fueling new approaches to increase the speed of the mature technology.
U.S. Navy gains Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle to combat underwater mines
Lockheed Martin Corp. in Bethesda, Md., has delivered the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the U.S. Navy, boosting the mine countermeasures capability of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and littoral combat ships (LCS).
ASRC Aerospace works with NASA on Constellation future spacecraft systems
Engineers at ASRC Aerospace Corp. in Greenbelt, Md., are working with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials to design ground support equipment and systems for NASA’s Constellation Program to build new manned spacecraft.
JTRS program executive to lead SDR discussion at Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum
One of the chief architects of the U.S. military’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program will headline the military communications session of the Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum conference and trade show next month in San Diego.
Princeton Lightwave contributes technology to 3D imaging laser radar system
Engineers at Princeton Lightwave Inc. (PLI), a manufacturer of optical semiconductor components and subsystems in Cranbury, N.J., are developing focal plane arrays (FPAs) for use in three-dimensional (3D) imaging flash laser radar (ladar) systems for military applications.
In brief
The agency of continuing vision: DARPA celebrates its 50th anniversary
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and several reviews are being written of its contributions to various areas of military and civilian science and technology.
TSAT deserves support from Congress and the Pentagon
What’s network-centric warfare without the network? Military leaders, unfortunately, may find this out if Congress acquiesces to an anticipated Bush Administration plan to stretch out funding for a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) advanced satellite-based real-time data communications network.
Nextreme offers electro-optics and microelectronics cooler for military applications
Nextreme Thermal Solutions in Durham, N.C., is introducing the Ultra-High Packing Fraction (UPF) OptoCooler thermoelectric module for cooling and temperature-control requirements for electro-optics, electronics, medical, military, and aerospace applications.
U.S. Air Force B-2 training program to use Barco’s cross-cockpit collimated display
U.S. Air Force officials selected electronic displays from Barco Federal Systems LLC in Duluth, Ga., for the display system upgrade for the B-2 trainers at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.
LED makers face several challenges to cracking the lighting market
Manufacturers of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) need to make significant improvements in performance-especially in dollars per lumen and in lumens per watt at full power-to capture profits in applications such as automotive lighting, architectural lighting, and general illumination, says Philippe Roussel, senior analyst for compound semiconductor activity at market analyst Yole Développement in Lyon, France.
Electro-optics Briefs
COTS power supplies: the solution or the starting point?
With the proliferation of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products being offered for military use since the 1990s, it is all too easy to be lulled into believing that COTS products are always the most economical.
A-D converter designers stress speed, clean signals, and low power consumption
Among the most critical components in any military and aerospace optical or RF system is the analog-to-digital (A-D) converter and digital-to-analog (D-A) converter.
Poland evolves into technology research and development hub
Poland has emerged as the research-and-development (R&D) center of Central and Eastern Europe, despite the low labor costs, unsaturated markets, and steady economic recovery that have made the Asia-Pacific region attractive for semiconductors manufacturers, according to Frost & Sullivan analysts in London.
RF MEMS switches deliver on early promise
The market for radio-frequency micro electromechanical systems (RF MEMS) devices will grow quickly to $210 million in 2011, up from $5 million in 2006, predict analysts at WTC Wicht Technologie Consulting (WTC) in Munich, Germany.
Organic transistor and memory market to reach $21.6 billion by 2015
The growing demand for flexible, large-area electronic circuitry from packaging, displays, smartcards, sensors, and other sectors will drive the organic transistor and memory market to $21.6 billion by 2015, predict analysts at NanoMarkets, a market researcher in Glen Allen, Va.
FCI develops connectors to enable MicroTCA architecture
FCI, a developer of connectors and interconnect systems in Etter, Pa., is offering backplane signal connectors and power module input connectors that comply with the MicroTCA specification issued by PICMG.
VMETRO offers RAID and SBOD digital data storage
VMETRO in Houston is offering three storage devices for use with the company’s Vortex data recorders.
Ballard introduces MIL-STD-1553 PMC board
Ballard Technology Inc. in Everett, Wash., is introducing the PMC 141 MIL-STD-1553 PMC product.
Trimble adds AA battery module to Nomad rugged handheld computer
Trimble Navigation Ltd. in Sunnyvale, Calif., is offering a AA battery module for the Nomad rugged handheld computer that enables users to run the Nomad an average of four hours using two AA alkaline batteries.
Renesas offers microcontrollers for inexpensive embedded systems designs
Renesas Technology America Inc. in San Jose, Calif., is offering the H8S/Tiny series of 16-bit microcontrollers for low-cost embedded system designs.
North Atlantic introduces CompactPCI DC-DC converter for military applications
North Atlantic Industries is offering the 55LQ2 high-power-density, low-profile, single card slot, CompactPCI DC-DC converter that provides as much as 100 watts of output power at full load over its operating temperature range of -55 to 85 degrees Celsius.
Computer Dynamics offers environmentally sealed computer for harsh industrial environments
Computer Dynamics in Greenville, S.C., is introducing the SealTouch-15 rugged flat-panel computer in an environmentally sealed enclosure.
Electrovaya batteries power autonomous underwater vehicles
Engineers at an unnamed autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) manufacturing company partnered with Electrovaya in Toronto.
GlobalOptions Group helps Maryland optimize crisis management
Officials working for the State of Maryland sought to improve statewide crisis-management capabilities.
Naval Surface Warfare Center selects FLIR Systems’ handheld imagers
Personnel at the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division in Crane, Ind. (NSWC-Crane), needed handheld imagers for Special Operations Forces (SOF).
DataPath supplies satellite terminals to Marine Corps networking program
U.S. Marine Corps officers required a capable partner for work on the Support Wide Area Network (SWAN)-an IP-based communications system that takes advantage of commercial satellite terminals, network baseband equipment, wireless systems, software, and support personnel to provide communications for forward-deployed Marines.
Boeing extends use of MapuSoft OS Abstractor for U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems
Engineers at The Boeing Co., the lead systems integrator (LSI) for the U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program located in Chicago, Ill., needed a development solution to aid in the latest build of its System of Systems Common Operating Environment (SOSCOE) architecture.
Thales and Boeing selected for Future Rapid Effect System
Officials at the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) needed a professional systems integrator for its Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program to equip the British army with a family of medium-weight, network-enabled, air-deployable armored vehicles that will fulfill as many as 16 different missions.
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