Motter Named CTO For AiTech Defense Systems
Feb 4, 2009
Stephen Motter has been named Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Aitech Rugged Group, Inc. (www.rugged.com), parent company of Aitech Defense Systems, Inc. and Aitech Systems Ltd. ...
DoD and GSA Team To Protect Data At Rest
Feb 4, 2009
Although the US Department of Defense (DoD) is rarely associated with cost-saving measures, recent action by the DoD’s Data At Rest Tiger Team (DARTT) in conjunction with the General Services Administration (GSA) have led to protection of sensitive data and cost savings. ...
DROs Drive Stable Phase-Locked Sources
Jan 14, 2009
Raditek (www.raditek.com) has introduced the RPLO-D line of dielectric-resonator-based phase-locked oscillators. ...
Portable Chassis Fits 3U Rack Size
Jan 14, 2009
A 3U rack-sized version of the E-frame chassis from Elma Electronic, Inc. (www.elma.com) does away with sidewalls and back walls around the card cage area for easy access to equipment. ...
Optical Rotary Encoder Handles Harsh Environments
Jan 14, 2009
The model MR316 ZapFree rotary encoder from Micronor (www.micronor.com) is a fully optical and totally passive design developed for use in motor drive applications in harsh and hazardous environments. ...
KVH To Supply Fiber-Optic Gyros
Jan 14, 2009
KVH Industries, Inc. (www.fiberopticgyro.com) has received a $3.5 million order for its precision fiber-optic gyros (FOGs) for use in remote weapon systems (RWS) applications. ...
CPI Funded For Ka-Band Tubes And Amplifiers
Jan 14, 2009
Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) has been awarded a $1.4 million contract to design, develop, and test high-power Ka-band traveling wave tubes (TWTs) and TWT amplifiers (TWTAs) for the US Air Force to support airborne communications applications. ...
ThalesRaytheonSystems Fuels FireFinder Radar
Jan 14, 2009
ThalesRaytheonSystems (www.thalesraytheon.com), a joint venture between Raytheon Co. (www.raytheon.com) and Thales Group (www.thalesgroup.com), has been awarded a $217 million fixed-price contract for production modification kits and power amplifier modules as part of the Reliability Maintainability Improvement program for the AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder weapon locating radar. ...
Robot Clears Routes Of Mines And IEDs
Jan 14, 2009
QinetiQ North America (www.QinetiQ-NA.com) announced that its Technology Solutions Group subsidiary Foster-Miller is releasing its new TALON(R) IV Engineer mine detecting, counter-IED robot for immediate use. ...
Terahertz System To Aid In Material Studies
Jan 14, 2009
Picometrix LLC (www.picometrix.com), a subsidiary of Advanced Photonix (www.advancedphotonix.com), has been selected to receive a Phase II SBIR contract from NASA and a Phase I SBIR contract from the Air Force totaling $700,000 for nondestructive test (NDT) applications using the firm's T-Ray(TM) 4000 analysis system. ...
GPS, Lasers Guide All-Weather Bombs
Jan 14, 2009
The British Royal Navy and Royal Airforce can now count on a precision guided bomb for reliable targeting under all weather conditions. ...
Lockheed Martin Partners With Thales Alenia Space
Jan 14, 2009
Major US contractor Lockheed Martin (www.lockheedmartin.com) and Italy's Thales Alenia Space (www.thalesaleniaspace.com) announced a partnership to jointly develop and deliver a new family of space-based remote sensing systems for global customers. ...
Boeing Shows Long-Range Capabilities Of GMD System
Jan 14, 2009
This country's long-range missile defense capabilities depend largely on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system developed by The Boeing Company (www.boeing.com) and industry partners. ...
High-performance, deterministic Ethernet hardware
Dec 10, 2008
National Instruments has announced a high-performance eight-slot chassis that combines measurement accuracy with high-speed, low-jitter communication for advanced control. ...
A $6.6-million contract for advanced combat helmets
Dec 10, 2008
BAE Systems has received a $6.6 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for approximately 30,000 Advanced Combat Helmets (ACH). ...
Unlocking the mysteries behind superconductivity
Dec 10, 2008
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been decoding the mysterious mechanisms behind the high-temperature superconductors that industry hopes will find wide use in next-generation systems for storing, distributing and using electricity. ...
Computer program determines when to stop searches at sea
Dec 10, 2008
Researchers are developing a new computer model to predict how long someone will survive when lost at sea, which will, in turn, determine when a search and rescue operation should be stopped.
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Israel seeks a missile-sensing UAV
Dec 10, 2008
Israel plans to develop a high-flying, long-endurance unmanned infrared sensor to assist in those few minutes when it may be forced to identify incoming nuclear warheads amid dozens of decoys sent to confound national missile defenses.
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A real missile is shot down in a simulated attack off the California coast
Dec 10, 2008
The Defense Department has announced that on December 5th it shot down a missile in a simulated attack designed to test a proposed shield against strikes by long-range ballistic missiles from nations such as North Korea.
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8.5 to 11 GHz core chip comprises both a transmitter and a receiver
Nov 26, 2008
Mimix Asia has introduced an 8.5- to 11-GHz gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) core chip, which consists of integrated transmit/receive switches, an LNA, a 6-bit phase shifter, a 5-bit attenuator and a driver amplifier. ...
