High-voltage aluminum, organic-polymer capacitors are unveiled
Nov 8, 2006
Kemet has expanded its portfolio of high-voltage, aluminum organic polymer capacitors (AO-CAPs) to include 12.5-V and 16-V offerings that now enable designers to use these capacitors with power rails up to 16 volts. ...
LCD display award will support the Navy's P-8A aircraft program
Nov 8, 2006
Orbit International Corp, has announced that its electronics group has received an initial design and development award, in excess of $850,000, from a leading global defense and aerospace prime contractor for a 12.1-inch, color Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) in support of the U.S. Navy’s new Multi-Mission Maritime Program (MMA) Aircraft. ...
Multimillion contract awarded to develop portable, next-generation radiation detectors
Nov 8, 2006
Smiths Detection has been awarded a contract with a potential total value, including options, of $222 million by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) to provide next-generation radiation detection and identification systems.
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Unmanned aircraft receives FAA experimental airworthiness certificate
Nov 8, 2006
Though Raytheon's Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the third unmanned aircraft, it is the first of its size to receive an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ...
Optical scanner fulfills homeland security mandate
Nov 8, 2006
Cross Match Technologies has announced the release of their Verifier 310 LC (V310 LC), said to be the only optical auto-capture fingerprint scanner currently available that meets the to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) requirements. ...
JTRS program estimated to cost $37 billion
Nov 8, 2006
By Steve Grossman, Editor Initiated way back in 1997, the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program is slated to top $37 billion in costs before it is brought to full realization in 2011, when low-rate production of JTRS radios is expected to begin. ...
New family of LED drivers power high-brightness LEDs
Oct 25, 2006
National Semiconductor has introduced a family of light-emitting diode (LED) drivers designed to power the new generation of 1-watt to 5-watt, high-brightness LEDs found in automotive, industrial and general illumination applications. ...
Air Force awards contract extension for micro ion engine
Oct 25, 2006
Viaspace Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Ionfinity LLC, has been awarded a Phase II STTR contract extension and additional funding by the U. S. Air Force to develop, jointly with Aerospace Corp. and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a soft-ionization membrane to be used as a micro-ion engine for micro and nano-satellite station keeping. ...
Three more wideband gapfiller satellites to be built
Oct 25, 2006
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force MILSATCOM Systems Wing have signed a $1-billion contract for up to three more Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), if all options are exercised. ...
JTRS design review is completed
Oct 25, 2006
Boeing has completed a successful preliminary design review of its Airborne Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) program. ...
Surface-launched AMRAAM test confirms new destruct/self-destruct capability
Oct 25, 2006
Raytheon, in partnership with the Spanish Army and the U.S. Air Force, recently conducted three successful surface-launched firings of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at Sweden's missile test range in Vidsel, Sweden.
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