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Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION
Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century.
Steady as she goes
Single-board computer designers forecast steady growth in demand for military embedded computers despite the current economic recession.
Up next: through-silicon vias
There are several ways to achieve three-dimensional shrinkage in electronics assembly.
DOD sets decade-long spending plan of $17.5 billion for simulation and training technologies
ORLANDO, Fla.– Executives at the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, Fla., have committed $17.5 billion over the next decade to simulation, training, and mission-rehearsal products and services for military personnel.
U.S. spending for intelligence and battle management headed down over next decade
ARLINGTON, Va.–U.S. military spending for electronics-rich intelligence, battle management, and related areas is expected to drop by 30 percent over the next 10 years, from $47.8 billion in 2009 to $36.7 billion in 2019, say defense industry analysts of the Government Electronics Industry Association (GEIA) segment of the Information Technology Association of America in Arlington, Va.
Lost opportunity for the VME embedded electronics industry
The VME embedded electronics industry may be throwing away an opportunity to unite behind a new generation of industry standards designed to help guide military and aerospace embedded computing designers into the future.
In Brief
Raytheon Technical Services Co. opened a management office in Orlando, Fla., that houses the program management team for the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) program.
Teledyne sensor maps moon’s surface on India’s spacecraft
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.–Technology from Teledyne Scientific & Imaging LLC (TS&I), a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Inc., is incorporated in the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3).
IRphotonics offers mid infrared fiber for avionics applications
IRphotonics in Hamden, Conn., is introducing the II-V mid infrared fiber for defense and aerospace applications, such as relatively low-cost, lightweight infrared countermeasures (IRCM) systems.
Rugged, portable devices excel at communication
Handheld devices increasingly are being adopted in military and aerospace applications.
TEWS Technologies introduces high-density, 16-bit D-A PMC module
TEWS Technologies in Halstenbek, Germany, is introducing the TPMC553 standard single-wide 32-bit PCI mezzanine card (PMC) module that provides 32 or 16 channels of 16-bit analog outputs for defense, aerospace, industrial, and transportation applications.
Tech Source offers graphics boards for air traffic control and other embedded applications
Tech Source Inc. in Altamonte Springs, Fla., is introducing its Condor series of PMC and XMC graphics-processing embedded modules for military and air traffic control (ATC) applications.
GE Fanuc introduces 6U VMEbus Gigabit Ethernet switches
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va., is introducing the NETernity RM980RC and RM982RC 6U VMEbus Gigabit Ethernet switches.
Analog Devices offers amplifier for data acquisition and industrial process control
Analog Devices Inc. in Norwood, Mass., is introducing the AD8295 integrated precision instrumentation amplifier front-end for data acquisition, industrial, and instrumentation applications.
Tyco offers quick-release plug connector for cable assemblies and base station filters
Tyco Electronics in Harrisburg, Pa., is introducing the Snap-Lock SMA series plug electronic connector that is compatible with a standard SMA jack connector for test and instrumentation, mobile base station filters, and cable assemblies.
Analog Devices introduces level-translating A-D converter driver
Digital signal processing specialist Analog Devices Inc. in Norwood, Mass., is introducing the AD8275 level-translating analog-to-digital (A-D) converter driver, which simplifies signal conditioning for high-voltage industrial and instrumentation designs.
Altera begins shipping 40-nanometer FPGA optimized for speed or low-power consumption
Altera Corp. in San Jose, Calif., has started shipping its 40-nanometer field-programmable gate array (FPGA) called the Stratix IV for military, communications, broadcast, test, and medical applications.
Department of Defense selects Goodrich integrated imaging satellite
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) executives needed an operational satellite system in support of Operationally Responsive Space (ORS).
CAE full-flight simulators used to train pilots in Saudi Arabia and China
Officials at Saudi Arabian Airlines and the Hua Ou Aviation Training Centre in Beijing, China, sought advanced technologies with which to adequately train new pilots, as well as expand the capabilities of veteran pilots.
U.S. Army adopts JV-5 systems from DRS Technologies
Officials at the U.S. Army’s Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CELCMC) at Fort Monmouth, N.J., sought computer and display systems for U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps combat vehicles.
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