$240-million award for airborne and maritime/fixed station JTRS program
Jul 9, 2008
Lockheed Martin has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a 56-month contract worth up to $240 million, to provide critical technologies for the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station (AMF) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). ...
Swiss to evaluate Saab's JAS Gripen for fighter replacement program
Jul 9, 2008
The Swiss Air Force will conduct a full evaluation of the JAS Gripen, manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab, during the last week of July. It is the first fighter to be tested as part of their Air Force's fighter replacement program. ...
New tool enables do-it-yourself thermocouples
Jul 9, 2008
The HotSpot tools are portable, capacitive, discharge welding units that enable thermocouple wires to be transformed into freestanding beads or directly welded to metal surfaces for temperature sensing. ...
Low-power, ultrawideband touted as the best RFID technology for hospitals
Jul 9, 2008
On Wednesday, June 25, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a report warning that radio frequency identification (RFID) techniques may disrupt the operation of Intravenous (IV) pumps and other medical equipment, and occasionally induce potentially hazardous incidents in other medical devices.
...
Chip resistors are well suited for voltages up to 3 kV
Jun 25, 2008
IRC new thick-film chip resistor series with resistance values to 100 megohms provide design engineers with a robust device that are well suited for a variety of high-voltage, harsh environment applications. ...
U.S. military will spend $24 billon to arm cargo trucks
Jun 25, 2008
It has taken years to get under way but a half-decade after invading Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are finally beginning to equip thousands of new medium and heavy cargo trucks to carry 50-caliber machine guns and possibly heavier defensive weapons, in response to repeated attacks on road convoys.
...
Six newly launched satellites will aid in tracking ships
Jun 25, 2008
Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company, has announced that six new Orbcomm satellites were successfully launched last week from Kapustin Yar, Russia. ...
How RFDs can provide escape paths for firefighters
Jun 25, 2008
By Steve Grossman, Editor A proposed wireless-communication and data-processing system would exploit recent advances in Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) services and software to establish information lifelines between firefighters in a burning building and a fire chief at a control station nearby, but outside the building.
...
Portable radio test system is controlled by a single button
Jun 11, 2008
Agilent Technologies has introduced a rugged, portable radio test set that enables one-button testing of FM and SINCGARS (SINgle Channel Ground Air Radio System) radios at both operational and intermediate military testing levels.
...
Manufacture of advanced F-16 aircraft for Morocco to begin
Jun 11, 2008
The United States government has awarded Lockheed Martin a $224-million contract for the production of 24 advanced F-16 Block 52 aircraft for Morocco, making the kingdom the 25th nation to select the F-16.
...
Software Defined Radios provide positioning and communication services
Jun 11, 2008
Software Defined Radios (SDRs) are being developed to provide positioning and communication (POSCOMM) services inside buildings and tunnels, under tree canopies, and in other environments in which local radio-communication systems are accessible but Global Positioning System (GPS) signals are not present or are degraded. ...
