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Rural First-Responders Get Broadband Access Via WiFi
COSTA MESA, Calif., May 22, 2003. SkyFrames has installed satellite broadband/WiFi services in the rural community of Golden Valley, Ariz. SkyFrames and Arizona High Speed Access, an ISP that provides broadband connectivity services for rural locations in Arizona, are creating hot-spots in previously cold-spots in rural America.
Cable-Less Video Mapping System Debuts
TAMPA, Fla., May 21, 2003. Red Hen Systems has completed the development of VMS Mobile, an add-on video module for their flagship defense product, MediaMapper ELITE. This advance in video and GPS data collection provides military and intelligence personnel with a highly discreet, versatile, and ready-to-deploy desktop mapping solution for sensitive reconnaissance, surveillance, and targeting missions
L-3 Communications Wins $7.5M for Satellite Software
NEW YORK, May 20, 2003. L-3 Communications announced that its wholly owned Storm Control Systems Ltd (L-3 Storm) subsidiary has signed a contract with Astrium valued at over $7.5 million (GBP4.5 million) to supply satellite command and control software for use in the Skynet 4 and Skynet 5 Satellite Control Centres (SCC).
Philips And L-3 Partner On PolyLED Displays
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 19, 2003. Royal Philips Electronics has secured an order for its polymer light emitting diode (PolyLED) technology from L-3 Communications' Display Systems Division (Alpharetta, Ga.). displays. Under the terms of this agreement, which marks the world's first use of this technology within the avionics sector, Philips will deliver customized PolyLED display modules for integration into cockpit instrumentation systems for aircraft by the end of 2005.
VDC Display Systems Receives $3.4M Order from Boeing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 16, 2003. VDC Display Systems has been awarded $3.4 Million in additional orders from The Boeing Company for visual display systems for the Air Force F-15, F-16 and T-38 flight simulation and training systems for delivery over the next 18 months. The trainers provide for a typical range of training maneuvers - from formation flight, air refueling, weapons delivery, air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, emergency procedures, and take-off landings.
Thales GPS Receivers Help Study Airdrops of Cargo
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15, 2003. Thales Navigation is playing an important role in the U.S. military's efforts to assess and optimize parachute-rigging designs for the airdropping of large cargo pallets. In a series of tests conducted by the U.S. Army Operational Test Command, Directorate in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Thales Navigation's G12 GPS receiver was used in concert with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to record and analyze parachute payload behavior
Spirent Announces Upgrade Incentive Program
WICHITA, Kan., May 14, 2003. Spirent Systems recently launched a cabin display Upgrade Incentive Program. Now through the end of October, this incentive program is offered to dealers, OEM service centers and end users. Legacy cabin display owners need only to send in their old system to receive a $500 credit towards the purchase of one of Spirent's newer displays, AvVisor or AvVisor Plus. Spirent is accepting any brand of cabin display system on this incentive program
Ford Selects Green Hills Compiler for Engine Control
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 13, 2003. Ford Motor Company has selected Green Hills Software's optimizing compiler and instruction-set simulator to develop the engine-control software for the Lincoln Aviator automobile, one of their newest SUVs. The software, written in C, runs on a Motorola Power Processor in the Aviator's engine-control module
Rapid Deployment Kit Detects Hazardous Threats
Sunnyvale, CA, May 12, 2003. RAE Systems has introduced a Rapid Deployment Kit designed for quick assessment of environmental threats. The kit includes four, market proven, wireless AreaRAE gas detection monitors with in-case charging as well as a Host Controller for monitoring from a command center up to two miles away. With their in-case charging, the kits are always ready-to-go. This Rapid Deployment Kit offers first responders all the chemical detection tools they need
Technology at JCSU May Impact Homeland Security
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 9, 2003 Johnson C. Smith University is developing technology that has potential applications in homeland security and aviation safety. This project, funded by the NASA Glenn Research Center, has allowed the passive millimeter-wave (PMMW) imager to be built and delivered to JCSU for further evaluation and research. It may open the door to new ways of handling airport security, aircraft landing, space shuttle diagnostics and battlefield combat
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