Laser wards off shoulder-fired missiles aimed at aircraft near airports
Jun 27, 2007
General Dynamics and the U.S. Department of Defense are planning to accelerate development of a ground-based, high-powered laser designed to protect aircraft from shoulder-fired, heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles. ...
Backplane enables upgrade to the latest VITA standards
Jun 13, 2007
Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions has introduced its VITA 41 VME switched serial (VXS) switch fabric backplane for military and aerospace applications. ...
X-band gallium nitride transistors deliver higher gain and output power
Jun 13, 2007
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. and its parent company, Toshiba Corp., introduced the companies' first commercially-available gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) last week at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Honolulu. ...
The Philippines likely to receive U.S. tactical radios
Jun 13, 2007
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the U.S. Congress of the possible sale of Harris HF/VHF military radios to the Philippines, along with related equipment and services. ...
A billion-dollar upgrade will replace aging Navy satellite gear
Jun 13, 2007
A first step in the U.S. Navy's four-year quest to replace its aging satellite radio gear occurred on May 31 when Raytheon learned that they had been awarded an estimated $1.1 billion Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) contract.
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Contract will fund upgrade of U.S. Navy's Hawkeye E-2C weapons system
Jun 13, 2007
Real-Time Innovations has been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the Naval Air Systems (NAVAIR) Command to research technologies relevant to an ongoing comprehensive upgrade of the Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft. ...
A breakthrough in high-definition image compression technology
Jun 13, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Showlei Associates has announced its new CamCoder video compression device that will dramatically lower the cost, power consumption and size for the compression of high-definition streaming images. ...
Royal Navy launches first nuclear submarine in over a decade
Jun 13, 2007
Britain's Royal Navy's newest super-submarine, Astute, was launched last week by HRH Duchess of Cornwall at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow, Cumbria, in the United Kingdom. ...
U.S. to press ahead with a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe
Jun 13, 2007
As the Associated Press reported last Friday, President Bush announced his plans for the United States to press ahead with a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe despite Russia's heated objections. ...
Micro amplifier suits military radios
May 31, 2007
NuWaves Engineering's μ-HILNA high-intercept low-noise amplifier features small size and light weight, making it well suited for space-constrained applications, such as military radios. ...
Successive detection log video amplifiers operate to 40 GHz
May 31, 2007
Endwave's series of millimeter-wave successive detection log video amplifiers are ideal for use in Early Warning and ELINT Receivers, DF Radar Systems, IFM's and other radar and missile guidance systems. ...
Antenna developer selected for air-launched radar decoy
May 31, 2007
TECOM Industries has been selected by Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, Electronic Warfare Systems, to develop and manufacture the mid- and high-band receive and transmit antennas for the ADM-160B miniature air-launched decoy program. ...
New large-cell battery technology raises reliability, lowers cost
May 23, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Lithium Technology Corporation has announced a new product line of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cells, said to be the largest cells of their kind in the world.
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13.56-MHz RFID tag made of flexible organic materials is a cost breakthrough
May 23, 2007
After three years in development, a European project entitled PolyApply, which addressed the application of polymer electronics to ambient intelligence, has announced a 13.56-MHz RFID transponder tag that is made solely with flexible organic devices...
A next-generation notebook PC platform is showcased
May 23, 2007
At a press conference in Tokyo last week, AMD officially disclosed more details of its next-generation, open platform for notebook computing. ...
Towers will protect troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
May 23, 2007
Raytheon has been awarded a $10-million U.S. Army contract to provide 16 Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) Tower Systems with base defense operation centers to protect U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq....
Mobile command/communications vehicle unveiled
May 23, 2007
National Interop, Inc. unveiled its Mobile Command/Communications Vehicle (MCCV) at the Northwest Fire and Rescue Expo that took place in Portland, Oregon, May 18-19. ...
Tiny, fully integrated 6-ampere, 24V-input synchronous buck regulator
May 23, 2007
Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced its FAN2106, the first product in a new family of TinyBuck DC-DC buck regulators that integrate an advanced analog IC, MOSFETs and a boot diode in an ultra-compact, molded leadless package...
