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Curtiss-Wright acquisition of VMETRO to change complexion of embedded computing industry
 Industry analysis -- Officials at Curtiss-Wright Corp., the parent of embedded electronics supplier Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC) in Leesburg, Va., are proposing to acquire VMETRO in Houston, Texas, for about $54 million.

Strife in Russia and Pakistan renew the need for a strong military
Russia is on the march, Pakistan is unstable, and radical Islam may be closer to acquiring nuclear weapons. These are tense days in the world, and there are more reasons than ever to pay close attention to the continuing long-term needs of our military.

Military and aerospace companies ensure electronic systems with test and measurement tools
 Technology focus -- Test and measurement tools for military and aerospace applications are crucial to prevent failures that could put lives and expensive equipment at risk. Military & Aerospace Electronics senior editor Courtney Howard takes an in-depth look at this industry.

Video: Unmanned underwater vehicles take advantage of advanced sensors and processors for navigation and artificial intelligence
 Special report -- Autonomous undersea vehicles (AUVs), otherwise known as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) are receiving sophisticated sensors and electronics for navigation, artificial intelligence, and propulsion to perform a variety of missions, ranging from counter-mine warfare, surveillance, and electronic warfare, while future vehicles may even deploy weapons.

Raytheon technique for growing semiconductor compounds on silicon to provide affordable ICs to DOD
 Integrated circuit technology -- Instead of waiting for the commercial industry to come up with high-performance semiconductor chips, experts at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are demonstrating that affordable, high-performance electronic circuits for defense applications can be produced by growing semiconductor materials directly on silicon.

COTS or military: sometimes it's hard to tell
 Technology analysis -- It's getting increasingly difficult these days to tell the real difference between commercially available components, and those purpose-built for military use. I think the reason for this is not that these approaches represent clearly different technologies, but instead that the two are simply opposite sides of the same coin.

Command and control systems use COTS electronics displays to cut costs
 Focus on technology -- Military systems suppliers are turning toward commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) LCD and plasma displays for military applications to use the cost and performance capabilities of commercial displays. Defense designers are reaping major performance benefits at half the cost if they use COTS data screens -- especially in command and control (C2) applications.

Technology companies devise cyber security, defensive software, to combat the threat of information warfare
 Special report -- Terrorists are using the Internet, viruses, malware, spyware, trojans, worms, stolen laptops, thumb drives, and iPods to wage global information warfare on the national infrastructure, as government and industry work in tandem to provide information warfare training to gather, gain secure access to, covertly transmit, and protect critical information.

Perimeter security uses advanced sensors to provide fail-safe intrusion detection
 Technology focus -- Authorities charged with designing facilities security systems today are using RF sensors, motion sensors, and related technology for gate access, closed-circuit TV control, and video storage systems that detect everything from ground vibrations to visible-light sensors mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Our stories told in video
 News analysis -- Video -- digitized moving pictures and sound -- is among the most powerful media known, to this era or to any other. Let's face it, video is the next best thing to being there, and Military and Aerospace Electronics is moving our community forward as the place for video demonstrations, tutorials, interviews, and anything else you can think of related to military and aerospace electronic and electro-optic technologies.

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