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September 2009
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Advanced vetronics: hit the ground running
Industry heeds the warfighter’s call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground.
Demanding high-speed I/O
Today’s complicated military electronics systems require I/O that moves data from sensors to commanders in real time.
2010 DOD budget proposes increases for Navy, DARPA spending; Army faces big cuts
WASHINGTON–Leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) are proposing modest increases in procurement and research spending for the U.S. Navy, as well as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), yet the U.S. Air Force faces small reductions, while U.S. Army leaders are facing cuts of more than 17 percent in procurement and research.
Navy shipboard power designers look to Altair Nano for warship UPS
RENO, Nev.–Power electronics designers at Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. in Reno, Nev., won a $3.8 million contract award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) to research and design a large-scale nano lithium titanate military battery system for possible use as an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for Navy warship applications.
Dell targets military applications with introduction of rugged computer laptop
ROUND ROCK, Texas–Dell Inc. is seeking to join the ranks of rugged computer makers such as Panasonic, General Dynamics Itronix Corp., and DRS Tactical Systems with its introduction of the Latitude E6400 XFR rugged laptop.
Rugged FPGA for aerospace and military embedded systems introduced by Xilinx
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Xilinx Inc. in San Jose, Calif., is introducing the Virtex-5Q family of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for aerospace and military embedded systems involving secure military communications, electronic warfare, aircraft avionics and vetronics, radar technology, missiles, munitions, as well as command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR).
UAV aircraft and crowded civil air space: is it safe out there?
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) eventually will have to share the same civil air space with private and commercial aircraft.
In Brief
Boeing in June delivered the first four Harpoon Block II missiles equipped with a redesigned guidance control unit (GCU), which provides growth capabilities and resolves obsolescence issues.
General Dynamics boosts electro-optics and ISR capabilities with Axsys buy
FAIRFAX, Va.–General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS) in Fairfax, Va., is acquiring military electro-optics specialist Axsys Technologies Inc. in Rocky Hill, Conn., to boost the GA-AIS presence in military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
Ascent solar modules to be designed into hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle
THORNTON, Colo.–Ascent Solar Technologies Inc.’s flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules will be designed into a hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (H-UAV), the Silent Sentinel developed by Bye Aerospace Inc.
Electro-optics Brief
Premier Electronics Ltd. in Hoddesdon, England, is introducing the Hurricane security infrared camera for digital video surveillance.
Make functionality, not hardware
Division between hardware and software in product design and development enables greater flexibility and functionality.
Tactical information display released by Z Microsystems for digital video surveillance
Z Microsystems in San Diego is introducing the Ground Control Station (GCS) military display panel with real-time enhanced video (RTEV) for digital video surveillance.
Curtiss-Wright debuts FPGA-based VITA 57 embedded computer
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in High Wycombe, England, is introducing the quad-channel ADC513 FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) embedded computing module–a 1.5-gigasamples-per-second, 8-bit, analog-to-digital converter card that supports data throughput per channel of as much as 1,500 megasamples per second.
Rugged server family for military computer applications introduced by Themis
Themis Computer in Fremont, Calif., is introducing a family of high-performance rugged servers for mission-critical military computer applications.
Rad-hard, single-board computer for space avionics introduced by Aitech
Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing the radiation-hardened S950-02 single-board computer for spacecraft avionics.
Herley provides electronic warfare systems for Navy attack aircraft
U.S. Navy officials sought complex integrated microwave assemblies (IMAs) for electronic warfare systems aboard a U.S. Navy electronic attack aircraft.
CCD image sensors from e2v launch aboard NASA Kepler star-monitoring spacecraft
Engineers at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., sought the optimal imaging sensors for a charge coupled device (CCD) camera system they were building for the NASA Kepler spacecraft.
Elisra to supply electronic warfare avionics to South Korea
Government decision-makers in South Korea sought to infuse its C-130 transport aircraft avionics with electronic warfare capabilities.
Communications & Power Industries to deliver French military antenna systems
Officials from the French General Delegation for Armaments (DGA) sought to replace telemetry antenna systems at various tracking sites throughout France.
EaglePicher supplies space battery power for International Space Station
Engineers at Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a designer, manufacturer, and integrator of geostationary satellites and satellite systems in Palo Alto, Calif. sought an efficient power source for the International Space Station.
SELEX Galileo radar selected for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Citation fleet
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials sought the latest technology with which to update the organization’s C-550 Citation Tracker Aircraft.
Army looks to Rockwell Collins for military handheld GPS receiver deliveries
U.S. Air Force officials recognized a need for portable, global positioning systems for its military personnel.
Harris Corp. adopts Objective Interface Systems middleware for Falcon III
Harris Corp. engineers needed communications middleware for its family of Falcon III software-defined radios.
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