The best laid plans of mice and men . . .
Sep 14, 2005
By Steve Grossman, Editor Perhaps the 18th-century poet, Robert Burns, had it right when he wrote: "The best laid plans o'mice an' men/Gang aft a-gley." ...
New connector for tight-jacketed cables
Aug 23, 2005
Tyco Electronics has introduced a new SC and LC connector design for tight-jacketed cable applications. ...
Contract awarded to test emergency evacuation plan at the Port of Jacksonville, Florida
Aug 23, 2005
Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC) has been awarded a contract by the University of Central Florida's Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation to use ETC's advanced disaster management simulator (ADMS) to conduct a training demonstration exercise at the Port of Jacksonville, FL.
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$31 million contract to strengthen U.S. Army's Trojan satellite communications systems
Aug 23, 2005
CACI International has been awarded a delivery order contract by the Intelligence and Information Directorate of the U.S. Army Communication-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) to continue support for the Army's Trojan satellite communications systems.
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Royal Netherlands Army awards $13.8 million contract for Stinger training system
Aug 23, 2005
United Industrial Corporation has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary AAI Corporation has been awarded a $13.8 million contract by the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) to provide an advanced moving target simulator (AMTS) system for air defense training for the nation's armed forces. ...
Development of U.S. Navy high-powered electronic modules will reduce weight and volume
Aug 23, 2005
A Northrop Grumman Corporation-led team will develop lightweight, compact, high-power electronic modules that are expected to make the bulky, heavy transformers in use today to distribute electrical power aboard U.S. Navy ships a thing of the past.
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Efforts will enhance U.S. Navy's use of millimeter-wave communications
Aug 23, 2005
GigaBeam has entered into an agreement with the Epsilon Lambda Electronics Corporation for the former to provide technological design and support for a millimeter-wave communications system for the U.S. Navy.
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More effective homeland defense surveillance systems are under development
Aug 23, 2005
By Steve Grossman, Newsletter Editor BroadWare Technologies has teamed up with BakBone Software, a global provider of data, in what is said to be the first integrated video surveillance for expediting real-time recovery of digital-security-camera streaming video.
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New wideband phase shifters for military, space and fiber-optic applications
Jul 26, 2005
The Hittite Microwave Corporation has introduced an MMIC phase shifter product line that is particularly useful for adjusting the phase of clocks in fiber-optic systems and test equipment and for beam-shaping, signal-cancellation applications in antennas.
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A/D converter with superior dynamic performance is unveiled
Jul 26, 2005
Texas Instruments has introduced a 13-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) featuring a 68 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a 79 dB spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR), at a maximum sample rate of 210 megasamples per second (MSa/s) and an input frequency of 230 MHz. ...
Contract awarded for U.S. Navy's Seaport enhanced program
Jul 26, 2005
Wireless Facilities Inc. (WFI) has been awarded an ID/IQ (indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity) prime contract vehicle under the Naval Virtual SYSCOM Commanders' Seaport (enhanced) program. ...
