Senate panel asks the U.S. Army to push up date for deploying UAV
Sep 26, 2007
The U.S. Senate appropriations committee has asked the U.S. Army to begin fielding the Fire Scout, its helicopter-like, vertical-takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as early as next year. ...
PXI products record and playback at 600 megabytes per second
Sep 12, 2007
Engineers can use the newest National Instruments PXI products to sustain higher data streaming rates than ever before possible with an industry-standard test and measurement platform. ...
High-performance LVDS 4x4 crosspoint switch is introduced
Sep 12, 2007
A new low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) 4 x 4 crosspoint switch from National Semiconductor Corporation delivers what is said to be the industry's best jitter performance — 10 picoseconds, typical — at data transmission rates up to 3.125 Gb/S. ...
Contract valued at $462 million awarded for the U.S. Army RC-12 Guardrail fleet modernization
Sep 12, 2007
Northrop Grumman Corporation, the prime contractor for the U.S. Army's RC-12 Guardrail aircraft fleet, has been awarded a Guardrail Modernization system integration contract for upgrading and enhancing the system, that will extend Guardrail's operational life beyond 2020.
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SDR Forum appeals to the FCC
Sep 12, 2007
The SDR Forum has submitted a Petition for Reconsideration in response to the FCC's recent Memorandum Opinion and Order entitled "Facilitating Opportunities for Flexible, Efficient and Radio Spectrum Use Employing Cognitive Radio Technologies, ET Docket No. 03-108, Memorandum Opinion and Order, released April 25, 2007".
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Software company to support new quad-core processor platform
Sep 12, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Virtual Iron Software, a provider of enterprise-class server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management software, has announced that it will support the latest Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300 series platforms. ...
Airborne laser program may engage ground, as well as air targets
Sep 12, 2007
Airborne Laser (ABL), a U.S. Air Force program aimed at destroying enemy ballistic missiles as they rise off their launch pads, could be deployed against conventional aircraft and even ground targets, according to prime contractor Boeing.
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Spectrum analyzer covers 20 Hz to 67 GHz in a single sweep
Aug 30, 2007
By Ashok Bindra, Editor, RF Design Continuing to add more members to its high performance product portfolio, instrumentation supplier Rohde & Schwarz has further extended the range of its broadband spectrum analyzer. ...
Tiny digital radio suits MAV payloads
Aug 23, 2007
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design FreeWave’s MM2 900 digital data radio provides a high-bandwidth link in a form factor that is well suited for use in micro-aerial vehicles and other unmanned aerospace applications. ...
ADC delivers 16-bit performance for military applications
Aug 23, 2007
The ADS-939 sampling ADC from C&D Technologies is a fully integrated data acquisition system that gives true 16-bit resolution performance at a 10 MHz sampling rate over the entire operating temperature range, up to full military. ...
Touch-screen technology enhances FAA security
Aug 23, 2007
Northrop Grumman has delivered TouchTable technology to the Federal Aviation Administration that will help the FAA to quickly mitigate and respond to cyber security threats to the FAA network. ...
Radio test set series adds trunking feature
Aug 22, 2007
Aeroflex has announced an exclusive new option for their 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set to support P25 Trunking. ...
A family of rugged military electronic enclosures
Aug 22, 2007
Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions has introduced its 709 Series of air-cooled rugged electronic enclosures designed to house computer cards in the harsh environments of shipboard and land-based military applications. ...
New N-channel MOSFET series raises ESD to 8 kV
Aug 22, 2007
Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced a series of high-efficiency, N-channel MOSFETs that raise voltage protection to 8 kV ESD (HBM) –– 90 percent higher than existing devices on the market. ...
C4I contract to support the U.S. Navy valued at $473 million
Aug 22, 2007
Science Applications International Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego for In-Service Engineering Agent and Networks Integration Engineering Facility (NIEF) support....
U.S. Navy awards air traffic maintenance contract for bases in Southwest Asia
Aug 22, 2007
The U.S. Navy has awarded IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. a contract to provide air traffic management and air traffic control and landing systems (ATCALS) maintenance services at air bases and stations in Southwest Asia. ...
Lightweight torpedoes being groomed for shallower waters
Aug 22, 2007
As first reported by Janes, much of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) of the past is being consigned to the dust bin, as modern lightweight torpedoes are being designed to home in on quiet, stopped or slow-moving conventional submarines operating in environments that are acoustically relatively poor — due to the high clutter and reverberation encountered in shallow waters.
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GPS will acquire a new architecture in September
Aug 22, 2007
As first reported by Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, The U.S. Air Force has completed final preparation for changing its Global Positioning System (GPS) ground segment to the new Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP). ...
How the government is taking strides to make nanotechnology safe
Aug 22, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor On Aug.15, the federal government issued a list of prioritized nanotechnology risk research needs. These new priorities are drawn from its September 2006 report, Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials....
