Single-wire programmable LED flash driver simplifies design
Apr 11, 2007
Sipex Corporation has introduced their SP7686, a single-wire, dynamically-programmable, charge-pump LED flash driver that is capable of delivering up to 500 mA. ...
Contract will provide shipboard communication systems for the Republic of Korea’s navy
Apr 11, 2007
DRS Technologies has received a $7 million contract from the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. to provide Fiber-Optic Data Multiplex System (FODMS) – Navigation Sensor Distributors for the second KDX-III destroyer of the Republic of Korea’s Navy (ROKN).
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THAAD weapon system intercepts target in second Pacific range test
Apr 11, 2007
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted another successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system on Friday, April 6th, intercepting a target in THAAD's second flight test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, HI. ...
A-10 Warthog upgrade program turns sows' ears into silk purses
Apr 11, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Lockheed Martin has announced a $40.4 million contract modification to complete the Precision Engagement (PE) program engineering and manufacturing development phase for the A-10C Warthog aircraft. ...
RF-blocking paint successfully tested
Apr 5, 2007
EM-SEC Technologies has announced that the tests performed around the perimeter of their "painted" SCIF yielded successful results for the protection of wireless devices and other electronic equipment within the structure. ...
Hermetic microelectronic packages are introduced
Mar 28, 2007
CPS Technologies, a company engaged in the design and production of metal matrix composites, now offers hermetic microelectronic packages. ...
Two families of tiny 200 mW transistors have integrated bias networks
Mar 28, 2007
Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced two families of 200-mW digital transistors that integrate an external resistor bias network into what is said to be the smallest form factor package on the market. ...
World's first polymorphic computer is here
Mar 28, 2007
The world's first computer that can modify its architecture to adopt to different forms, depending on the current application have been developed by Raytheon. ...
Virginia Tech project seeks breakthrough to 1 nm resolution in optical imaging
Mar 28, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Producing optical images at resolutions as low as one nanometer is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher, Yong Xu, who has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant.
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Work completed on modernized GPS satellites
Mar 28, 2007
Lockheed Martin announced that it has delivered the eighth and final satellite in the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) production to the U.S. Air Force. ...
Sandblaster program aims to reduce helicopter accidents caused by brownouts
Mar 28, 2007
United Technologies' subsidiary, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, Conn., has received a $10.3-million increment as part of a $16.6-million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Sandblaster program. ...
Wide bandwidth, CMOS input op-amps require just 780 microamperes
Mar 14, 2007
STMicroelectronics has introduced two new families of rail-to-rail high Gain Bandwidth Product (GBP) op-amps that feature an excellent speed-to-current consumption ratio and are housed in space-saving packages to address sensor signal conditioning as well as battery-supplied and compact portable applications.
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U.S. Army purchases $37 million in portable tactical generators
Mar 14, 2007
DRS Technologies has received orders valued at approximately $37 million to manufacture Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG) from the U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. ...
Australia buying 24 Boeing Super Hornet fighters
Mar 14, 2007
Australia has purchased 24 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets for 4.6 billion (U.S.), according to their defense minister, Dr. Brendan Nelson. ...
