New Products - September 2011 
Sep 6, 2011 12:04 PM
Generators Add Avionics Waveforms The S-Series signal generators have been enhanced with the addition of avionics-specific test waveforms for evaluating key navigation functions....

Defending Future Defense Spending 
Sep 6, 2011 12:15 PM, Jack Browne / Technical Contributor
Budget cuts always call for some belt-tightening in an organization. But when those budget cuts loom as large as those requested by President Obama, some organizations may simply run out of notches in the belt...

Contracts - September 2011 
Sep 6, 2011 12:18 PM
ATK and BAE Team On JATAS The team of ATK and BAE Systems has been awarded a $109 million contract by the US Navy for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS), a next-generation warning system...

Cognitive Radios Connect Smart Battleplace 
Sep 6, 2011 12:25 PM, Louis E. Frenzel / Technology Editor
The large number of occupied frequencies worldwide has pushed developers to create smarter tactical radios—ones capable of detecting interference and switching frequencies to open bands. ...

Understanding Passive Beamforming Networks 
Sep 6, 2011 1:14 PM, Ken Greenwood / Director of Engineering
Passive beamforming networks can be constructed from a number of different high-frequency circuit technologies for precise control of antenna patterns over wide bandwidths. ...

Analyzing Radio Secretiveness 
Sep 6, 2011 2:11 PM, Zenon Syroka / Researcher
This mathematical analysis helps to determine the type of operating environment in which intended radio signals can be received without interference or interception from a reconnaissance receiver. ...

News Shorts - September 2011 
Sep 6, 2011 3:03 PM
Lockheed Martin’s IRST Achieves Milestone B The Infrared Search and Track (IRST™) sensor system developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Navy’s F/A-18E/F fighter aircraft has received Milestone B approval, paving the way for the company to proceed into the engineering, manufacturing, and development phase of the program...

Virtual Reality Dome Speeds System Designs 
Sep 6, 2011 3:16 PM, Jack Browne / Technical Contributor
This three-dimensional visualization laboratory allows designers to show stereoscopic displays of military products in progress, including vehicular and weapons systems. ...

Parallel Processing Steers VTOL Aircraft 
Sep 6, 2011 3:25 PM, William Wong / Technology Editor
The use of multicore microprocessor systems may provide the computing power needed for the multiple-jet VTOL aircraft being planned for future military service. ...

Rad-Hard FPGAs Fly Space Missions 
Sep 6, 2011 3:39 PM, Jack Browne / Technical Contributor
These high-performance field-programmable gate arrays have been qualified for use in hostile space environments with TID capabilities in excess of 1 Mrad. ...

GaN HEMTs Fortify S-Band Radar Systems 
Sep 6, 2011 3:54 PM, Mat Dirjish / Components Editor
This collection of packaged discrete transistors and an integrated circuit build upon GaN semiconductor materials to provide high output-power densities at S-band frequencies. ...

Board-Level Radios Reach Far At 1.3 GHz 
Sep 6, 2011 4:03 PM
These compact spread-spectrum radios provide secure and reliable communications for a host of OEM applications, as well as in UAVs and UGVs where size and weight are critical. ...