Transparent coating repels water, reduces corrosion
Sep 10, 2008
The development of a transparent coating that causes water to bead up into drops and roll or bounce off a surface will help protect and sustain Air Force systems by preventing corrosion and reducing ice formation.
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New technology deduces the location of wireless-enabled device in a building
Sep 10, 2008
Locadio is a technology that pairs readings of an IEEE 802.11x received signal-strength indication (RSSI) with probabilistic analysis of building floor plans to deduce the location of wireless-enabled device within the building. ...
RF Design - Events
Aug 27, 2008
RF Design presents a summary of upcoming Defense/Military Electronics-related events....
High-linearity up/down converters cover 0.7 to 3.9 GHz
Aug 27, 2008
Hittite has introduced seven new SiGe BiCMOS MMIC mixer RFICs that are well suited for upconversion and downconversion applications in applications from 0.7 to 3.9 GHz.
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A $356-million award for Hellfire II anti-tank missiles
Aug 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin/Boeing joint venture Hellfire Systems in Orlando, FL has received a $356-million contract for Hellfire II High-Energy Anti-Tank missiles (HEATs). ...
Northrop Grumman to supply inertial navigation systems for new Spanish Navy ships
Aug 27, 2008
Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a contract to supply high-accuracy inertial navigation systems (INS) for four new Buques de Acción Marítima (Maritime Action Ships) being built for the Spanish navy at the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol, in northwest Spain. ...
The U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke class destroyers are likely to be upgraded
Aug 27, 2008
Even though the U.S. Navy will resume building Arleigh Burke-class destroyers because the ships are cheaper and the costs are predictable, the eight new Burkes may receive refinements that set them apart from earlier siblings.
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How Lockheed Martin lost out on a U.S. Navy patrol plane contract
Aug 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin Corp lost out on a U.S. Navy patrol plane contract because of problems with past work on the unmanned Predator aircraft it proposed, despite a $5 billion lower life-cycle cost than Northrop Grumman Corp's winning bid.
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Two rugged software radio PMC modules
Aug 13, 2008
Pentek has introduced a family of rugged software radio modules with two of the company's GateFlow FPGA IP cores installed in its recently-introduced Model 7141 Dual Channel 125 MHz 14-bit A/D and 500 MHz 16-bit D/A Transceiver. ...
Contract will fund advances in biological detection
Aug 13, 2008
CombiMatrix Corporation has announced that it has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to initiate a new program utilizing its array technology and ElectraSense reader. ...
USAF looks to the Reaper UAV to keep peace in Iraq
Aug 13, 2008
The U.S. Air Force may turn increasingly to a new armed drone, the MQ-9 Reaper, to help keep the peace in Iraq once the conflict shrinks in scale and U.S. ground troops go home. ...
U.S. Army plans new JTRS radios for its infantry
Aug 13, 2008
The U.S. Army is planning to equip it troops with a wearable radio by 2011 that can carry voice and data signals farther than current devices, using a high-bandwidth waveform. ...
Aircraft engine technology to power India's naval vessels
Aug 13, 2008
Even as India's homemade Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) awaits the indigenous Kaveri engine, which has been under development for more than 15 years, a Kaveri variant has been developed to power Indian warships.
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Microwave spectrum analyzers can now measure TD-SCDMA signals
Jul 23, 2008
Anritsu has introduced new options for its MS271xB family of economy microwave spectrum analyzers that create a cost-efficient method to quickly and precisely measure the performance of TD-SCDMA components.
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0.05 to 4.0 GHz dual, high dynamic range amplifier
Jul 23, 2008
Mimix Broadband has introduced a dual, high dynamic range amplifier operating from 0.05 to 4.0 GHz and housed in a RoHS-compliant SOIC-8 package. ...
Croatian Navy to buy two Finnish missile boats
Jul 23, 2008
On July 17th Croatia signed a 10-million euro ($16-million) deal with the Finnish company, Patria, to buy two second-hand guided missile frigates. ...
