Conduction-cooled PMC/XMC transceiver module is introduced
Jan 24, 2007
Pentek, Inc. has introduced its Model 7141-703 PMC/XMC module that is a ruggedized and fully compliant with the ANSI/VITA 20 conduction-cooling specification and the ANSI/VITA 42 XMC specification. ...
Award to fund divider/combiners for military satellite program
Jan 24, 2007
Merrimac Industries, Inc., has announced that it has received an order for $430,000 to supply several Multi-Mix Microtechnology products for a next-generation military communications satellite program. ...
Contract will fund continued study of air-launched PAC-3 missiles
Jan 24, 2007
Lockheed Martin has received a $3 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to continue the Air-Launched Hit-to-Kill (ALHTK) initiative that will enable fighter aircraft to carry and launch Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missiles to intercept hostile ballistic and cruise missiles.
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Software defined radio platform selected for MIMO research
Jan 24, 2007
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. has announced that its flexComm SDR-3001 software defined radio (SDR) platforms have been selected by a leading global telecommunications software and service provider. ...
A 55 nm cell-based IC is introduced
Jan 24, 2007
NEC Electronics has introduced CB-55L, a cell-based integrated circuit that utilizes the company's 55-nanometer UX7LS process technology. ...
U.S. Navy issues stop work order for littoral combat ship
Jan 24, 2007
On January 12th The U.S. Navy issued a stop work order to Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors unit, Moorestown, N.J., for the construction of the third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). ...
New turbo-prop aircraft designed to combat counterinsurgencies
Jan 24, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor In fighting insurgencies where targets are often pickup trucks and adversaries on the backs of camels, it is a far different war than confronting tanks and armored vehicles. Which is why the company, based in Canton, OH is moving forward with the development of its A-67, a single-engine turbo-prop aircraft earmarked for counterinsurgency, intelligence gathering, light strike and border patrol missions....
$1.1 billon earmarked to modernize Turkish F-16 fleet
Jan 10, 2007
The Turkish and US governments signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) on April 26, 2005 for the $1.1-billion modernization of 117 Turkish Air Force F-16s to a common avionics configuration. ...
Billion-dollar contract to be awarded for cruise missile defense
Jan 10, 2007
Raytheon Company has recently completed negotiations with the U.S. Army resulting in finalizing a contract modification for system development and demonstration of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS). ...
Award will fund development of lithium-ion battery system for hybrid vehicles
Jan 10, 2007
Cobasys, a supplier of advanced integrated energy storage solutions, has announced they have been awarded a contract to develop and test lithium-ion battery system technology for the General Motors plug-in hybrid electric vehicle(PHEV) program. ...
Software defined radio security is focus of Virginia Tech project
Jan 10, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Researchers at Virginia Tech have been awarded a $400,000 Cyber Trust grant to explore a range of security issues for SDRs and SCRs. The team will have as its task the identification of the various threats and risks posed by malicious code being installed on SDRs and then to outline possible countermeasures....
U.S. Air Force seeks plans for airborne, high-energy laser for military aircraft
Jan 10, 2007
Looking forward to the day when tactical lasers will become operational aboard military aircraft, the U.S. has invited government and private firms to propose how they would go about modifying existing lasers weapons, thanks to a new Small Business Innovation Research solicitation by the U.S. Air Force.
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$35 million contract award will fund a new class of in-line encryptors
Dec 27, 2006
L-3 Communications recently announced that its Communication Systems-East (L-3 CS-East) division has been awarded a 5-year contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to supply the Talon KOV-26 in-line network encryptor to the federal government, U.S. Military and other approved customers. ...
Fuel cell expected to deliver 550 Watt-hours/kg
Dec 27, 2006
Millennium Cell Inc. has developed and demonstrated for its U.S. military market partners a next-generation hydrogen fuel cartridge technology. ...
