Harris Lands $30 Million For Satcom Terminals
Apr 1, 2009
Harris Corp. has received a $30 million contract for satcom terminals from the United States Navy Construction Division....
US Army Calls On DataPath For Ka-Band Kits
Apr 1, 2009
DataPath has been awarded $12 million by the US Army for Ka-band conversion kits, spares kits, and technical services for DataPath(R) Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs). ...
Alion Tasked With Digitizing Defense Documents
Apr 1, 2009
Alion Science and Technology (www.alionscience.com) has been contracted to digitize documents for the Defense Technical Information Center’s (DTIC’s) Total Electronic Migration System (TEMS). ...
Digital Camera Rides 6-Gpixel/s Throughput
Apr 1, 2009
The Phantom(R) v640 is a 40Mpixel digital camera with 6-Gpixel/s throughput and outstanding light sensitivity....
Elbit Joins Robot Development Team
Apr 1, 2009
Elbit Systems of America has joined as a team member to develop an Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR)....
Lockheed, USAF, Ready New GPS IIR-M Bird
Apr 1, 2009
The United States Air Force and Lockheed Martin (www.lockheedmartin.com) have launched a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, which includes a demonstration payload that will transmit a new third civil signal, known as L5. ...
Switched Filter Has Six Channels
Mar 4, 2009
Lorch Microwave (www.lorch.com) announced its model 6IFA-4000/80-2000-P six-channel switched filter bank, designed with all channels centered at 4 GHz. ...
AC Source Packs High Power Density
Mar 4, 2009
Pacific Power Source (www.pacificpower.com) has announced its model 3120-ASX AC power source, with 12-kVA capability in a 9U chassis. ...
BTC To Handle AMETEK’s Rugged Interconnects
Mar 4, 2009
BTC Electronic Components (www.btcelectronics.com) now serves as a franchised distributor of AMETEK SCP’s full line of interconnects for harsh environments. ...
Aonix Supports French Radar Systems
Mar 4, 2009
Aonix (www.aonix.com) has been selected by Thales Air Systems (www.thalesgroup.com) to supply its PERC Ultra virtual machine for several French ground-based radar systems, the NORMANDIE and Ground Master 400 (GM 400) programs. ...
Curtiss-Wright To Supply USS Somerset
Mar 4, 2009
Curtiss-Wright Corp. (www.curtisswright.com) has received a follow-on contract from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB) for the supply of helicopter hangar door equipment for installation on-board the USS Somerset, an amphibious transport/landing platform dock (LPD) ship. ...
EMRISE Selected For RF Generator Subsystems
Mar 4, 2009
EMRISE Corp. (www.emrise.com) has received a $1 million order for RF frequency generator subsystems from a major international defense prime contractor. ...
AVX Offers Free Component Simulator
Mar 4, 2009
Passive component specialist AVX Corp. (www.avx.com) has developed a new component modeling and simulation software that can save cost, time to market, and reduce potential quality problems. ...
Directed Sound Attracts New Navy Orders
Mar 4, 2009
American Technology Corp. (www.atcsd.com) has earned two new orders for its directed-sound products and technologies, from the United States Navy. ...
Alion To Expand Canadian Presence
Mar 4, 2009
Alion Science and Technology (www.alionscience.com) is planning to increase its Canadian business presence while expanding its Navy-focused design and engineering capabilities through its subsidiary, Alion Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). ...
Rockwell Collins Upgrades E-6Bs
Mar 4, 2009
Rockwell Collins (www.rockwellcollins.com) celebrated the first installation of its Block I modification to the United States Navy’s E-6B Mercury aircraft. ...
VXS Digitizer Carries Six 185-MSamples/s Channels
Feb 4, 2009
The QuiXilica Tarvos-V5 VXS high-speed digitizer board from TEK Microsystems (www.tekmicro.com) is a 6U ANSI/VITA 41 (VXS) compliant unit with six 16-b analog-to-digital-converter (ADC) channels at 185 MSamples/s and a coherent 16-b digital-to-analog-converter (DAC) output channel. ...
Laser Welding Seals Hermetic SPDT Switches
Feb 4, 2009
Renaissance Electronics Corp. (www.rec-usa.com) has introduced its RSMH series of hermetic single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switches for mission-critical applications from DC to 6 GHz. ...
Storage Subsystem Sports 2.7-TB Memory
Feb 4, 2009
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (www.cwcembedded.com) has developed an expanded version of its SANbric(TM) storage subsystem for harsh, high-altitude aerospace and defense environments. ...
US Army Selects ASU's Flexible Display Center
Feb 4, 2009
The US Army will be sponsoring an additional five years of research and development at full -color flexible display technology at Arizona State University's Flexible Display Center (www.flexdisplay.asu.edu). ...
FAA Contracts EMRISE For Coms Test Equipment
Feb 4, 2009
Communications equipment supplier EMRISE Corp. (www.emrise.com) has been awarded a $2.6 million, three-year contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to supply a custom data test set for upgrading communications technology in commercial and military aviation control networks. ...
Alion Awarded NAVSEA Contract
Feb 4, 2009
Alion Science and Technology (www.alionscience.com) has been awarded a cost-plus, fixed-fee delivery contract under the Naval Systems Engineering (NAVSEA) Directorate (SEA 05) to provide technical and management services in the design and support of the full spectrum of US Navy shipbuilding programs. ...
GaN Transistor Pumps Out 200 W To 1.2 GHz
Feb 4, 2009
Nitronex (www.nitronex.com) has released a high-power GaN high-electron-mobility-transistor (HEMT) device with as much as 200 W output power through 1.2 GHz. ...
Hermetic Feedthroughs Suit Hi-Rel Applications
Feb 4, 2009
AdTech Ceramics (www.adtechceramics.com) has refined a line of custom hermetic feedthroughs for high-reliability applications, including high-power and high-frequency applications through 30 GHz. ...
Plastic Ice Sensor Transparent To RF
Feb 4, 2009
New Avionics Corp. (wwwNewAvionics.com) has unveiled an ice sensor almost entirely composed of plastic, making it ideally suited for placement near antennas on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other small aircraft. ...
