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ITAR compliance: ignorance is no excuse
Navigating the labyrinth of export compliance is difficult for many companies regardless of their size.
Signal conversion comes to grips with a network-centric world
Analog-to-digital converter and digital-to-analog converter designers struggle to keep pace with an RF spectrum burdened with wireless PDA users, broadband Internet surfers, traditional radio communications–and an enemy that detonates roadside bombs with cell phones and garage door openers.
Flat-panel technology for tactical and strategic information display
Accurate, reliable, and real-time information display in military environments, especially on today’s digital battlefield, is critical to mission success.
Network-centric warfare airborne military communications links approved for deployment
Analog-to-digital converter and digital-to-analog converter designers struggle to keep pace with an RF spectrum burdened with wireless PDA users, broadband Internet surfers, traditional radio communications–and an enemy that detonates roadside bombs with cell phones and garage door openers.
Air Force tests F-35 fighter aircraft avionics; first combat-ready jet to fly this summer
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.–The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) aircraft has completed a demonstration of qualities of military avionics systems being developed for the F-35 Lightning II fighter-bomber during tests at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Puma miniature UAV lands on water and ground for special forces applications
PARISndash;Officials from AeroVironment showcased the Puma AE (all environment) miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Paris Air Show earlier this summer.
Human space flight gets increase in 2010 NASA budget request
WASHINGTON–NASA human space exploration programs, such as the Constellation program to return to the moon, receive increases in the 2010 NASA budget request, while space shuttle funding dwindles as NASA officials plan to retire the fleet in 2010.
FCS: too big to fail, or too juicy a target to succeed?
The U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, a mammoth initiative to design and field families of manned and unmanned armored vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the networking and data communications necessary to link its systems together for decision support and situational awareness, appears to be finished–at least as originally conceived.
In Brief
Lockheed Martin officials delivered the first Target Sight System (TSS) production unit to the U.S. Marine Corps.
GE Fanuc offers A-D PMC for software-defined radio and other military communications
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va., is introducing the ICS-1556B 4-channel, 400MHz, 14-bit A-D converter PCI mezzanine card (PMC) for demanding military communications applications, such as software-defined radio, signals intelligence (SIGINT), digital receivers, and real-time tactical communications.
NAI offers MIL STD 1553 aircraft avionics data bus in VME and CompactPCI boards
North Atlantic Industries (NAI) in Bohemia, N.Y., is introducing MIL STD 1553 and CANBus functions for its VME, CompactPCI, and PCI multi-function boards for aircraft avionics and similar applications.
Mil-spec military battery technology for lithium metal oxide use introduced by Tadiran
The Tadiran U.S. Battery Division in Port Washington, N.Y., is introducing the TLM mil-spec, rugged, high-energy lithium metal oxide battery for military and aerospace applications.
SprayCool offers 3U rackmount chassis with liquid cooling for avionics and vetronics
SprayCool Inc. in Liberty Lake, Wash., is introducing a 3U form factor direct spray-cooled rugged enclosure for armored vehicle vetronics, as well as for aircraft avionics in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and helicopters that require small, lightweight, low-power, and low-cost military embedded aerospace electronics.
Military connectors receive customizable receptacles from ITT Interconnect
ITT Interconnect Solutions in Santa Ana, Calif., is offering receptacles for its KP Series circular military connectors.
Sabritec introduces low VSWR multiway coax connectors
Sabritec in Irvine, Calif., announced high-frequency, micro-d coax connectors (MDHC) with low VSWR as fast as 40 gigahertz.
AdvancedIO offers PCI Express-based Gigabit Ethernet card for embedded systems
AdvancedIO Systems in Vancouver, British Columbia, is introducing the V3021 dual-channel 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) module for PCI Express-based, real-time data flow and processing in military applications, such as COMINT, ELINT, and situational awareness systems.
Aitech introduces rugged VME single-board computer for military applications
Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing the C160 rugged 6U VME single-board computer for harsh-environment, military embedded systems, such as radar and sonar, military communications processors, autonomous vehicle IED protection and RPG protection subsystems, mission management computers, and heads-up display controllers.
Curtiss-Wright offers 3U VPX single-board computer for rugged embedded systems
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in Leesburg, Va., is introducing a multi-card 3U VPX single-board computer for rugged, deployed embedded systems that use military FPGA embedded processor technology.
Navy adopts GMS VME single-board computer for shipboard embedded processor applications
U.S. Navy leaders needed a single-board computer that complies with the VMEbus standards for embedded computer applications in a VME chassis for shipboard electronics applications.
L-3 selects Ampex Data Systems video recorder for ISR aircraft
Officials at L-3 Integrated Systems required a high-definition video data recorder for their work on the Air Force’s NC-2W intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.
U.S. Army orders MobiLink communications on-the-move systems from DataPath
U.S. Army officials sought a reliable mobile communications solution for Army units deployed on the battlefield.
Army chooses Datron tactical radio military communications for overseas forces
Officials in the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, N.J., needed communications equipment for military personnel in Afghanistan.
Aydin Displays delivers rugged flat panels for U.S. Navy CDS program
U.S. Navy officials needed rugged, flat-panel monitors for the Common Displays System (CDS) program.
U.S. Air Force adopts Boeing training enhancements at F-15E Mission Training Centers
U.S. Air Force engineers recognized the need to update the organization’s F-15E Mission Training Centers (MTCs) with the latest simulation and training technologies.
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