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Radar/EW
Radar, electronic warfare SWaP challenges webcast led by Vita's Gipper - News
September 22, 2017
FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. Reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements are affecting every area of military designs especially RF and microwave solutions for electronic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SIGINT), and radar applications. Jerry Gipper, Executive Director of the VITA Standards Organization will lead a discussion on these challenges on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2 pm Est. in a webcast titled "Reducing SWaP in RF & Microwave Designs for EW, SIGINT, and Radar Applications." The event will cover how military electronics designers are solving SWaP challenges to enable multifunction, multi-platform systems.
Radar/EW
Navy AMDR tracks simultaneous missile targets - News
September 22, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts. Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) acquired and tracked multiple threat-representative targets simultaneously during its third dedicated flight test performed at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins likely to get bought by United Technologies - Other
August 31, 2017
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal online this week, United Technologies Corp. of Farmington, Connecticut, a designer of engines and other aircraft parts is close to signing a deal to acquire Rockwell Collins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a producer of avionics for commercial and military aircraft, for an excess of $20 billion.
Unmanned
Counter-UAV market heats up - Story
August 30, 2017
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remotely piloted vehicles, drones, or whatever one chooses to call them are becoming more and more part of everyday life. While they provide unlimited potential in a variety of fields, they are also sparking new fears that they may be used for terrorism, drug trafficking, corporate espionage, etc. That fear in turn is firing up a new market for counter-UAV systems that will grow even faster in the commercial world.
Radar/EW
C4ISR, radar, electronic warfare, unmanned markets continue growth - Story
August 30, 2017
As threats evolve globally the demand and investment continues to grow in military application areas such as electronic warfare (EW), radar, unmanned systems, and communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR).
Avionics
DoD major program procurement and modernization highlights from FY 2018 budget request - Story
August 02, 2017
Funding requested for Department of Defense (DoD) Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 totals $94.9 billion, more than $17 billion dollars over the FY 2017 request, making up 46 percent of the Trump administration's $208.6 billion FY 2018 acquisition budget request.
Cyber
Cross-domain solution that delivers network isolation - Product
August 01, 2017
The OCDS-ST06 from Owl Cyber Defense filter is designed as an all-in-one cross-domain solution: It is Unified Cross Domain Services Management Office (UCDSMO) baseline-listed and received its Authorization to Operate (ATO) in 2015. The OCDS-ST06 is designed to stream User Datagram Protoco...
Radar/EW
Video encoding and streaming for rugged environments - Product
August 01, 2017
Tyton VS2 is a H.265 (HEVC) / H.264 (AVC) video encoding and streaming solution from Eizo Rugged Solutions, which is aimed at video-transmission needs in harsh field environments. Tyton VS2 can bypass video outputs and offers low latency encoding and low power consumption. It is able to c...
Radar/EW
SMHF42 DC-DC converter withstands transients to as much as 80 volts - Product
August 01, 2017
The Crane Aerospace Interpoint SMHF42 Series of converters is intended to withstand transients up to 80 volts for up to 50 ms. The SMHF42 Series of 42-V DC-DC converters offers a wide input voltage range of 35 to 55 volts and up to 15 watts of output power, and are targeted for operation...
Unmanned
Miniature connectors with IP68 rating for body-worn applications - Product
August 01, 2017
The Fischer MiniMax Series of miniature rugged connectors handles mixed-signal and power connections in a higher-density configuration, enabling designers to save design space and reduce weight by as much as 75 percent. The miniature solution is suited for handheld or body-worn applicatio...
Radar/EW
C-band RF power modules for radar applications - Product
August 01, 2017
Communications Power & Industries (CPI) developed the VSC3645, C-Band gallium nitride (GaN) 4.2 kilowatt (kW) pursed solid-state radio frequency (RF) amplifier module to be combined to create high-power C-band radar transmitters for use in maritime surveillance and weather radar transmitt...
Comms
Amp for low-level sensor telemetry data in communication satellites - Product
August 01, 2017
Intersil?s ISL70617SEH is a high-performance, differential input, differential output instrumentation amplifier aimed at precision analog-to-digital applications. It can operate over a supply range of 8 volts (?4) to 36 volts (?18) and features a differential input voltage...
Radar/EW
Radar/EW
GaN adoption, RF & microwave funding growing in military market - Story
July 30, 2017
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics?industry ? from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded electronics market. This month we discuss radio frequency (RF) & microwave technology trends, Gallium Nitride (GaN) adoption within military applications such as radar, defense funding for RF and microwave technology, and the buzz on the floor of the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Honolulu, Hawaii last month.
Radar/EW
Freescale PLL line reintroduced by Lansdale Semiconductor - News
July 19, 2017
PHOENIX, Arizona. Officials at Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc. announced today the continued availability of the ML145170 PLL Frequency Synthesizer circuit with Serial Interface, which was originally designed and built by Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Unmanned
Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile completes first firing - News
July 05, 2017
ILE DU LEVANT, France. MBDA officials announced that the company's ?s Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile completed its first firing at the ?le du Levant test range in France.
Comms
DoD FY 2018 Navy ship and submarine modernization & procurement funding - News
June 30, 2017
WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major shipbuilding and maritime systems totals $30.4 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 acquisition funding request, an increase of $3.4 billion over the FY 2017 request.
Comms
Ground system funding in FY 2018 DoD budget - News
June 30, 2017
WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major ground systems totals $11.2 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 acquisition funding request, an increase of $1.4 billion over the FY 2017 request.
Comms
Manned & unmanned aircraft procurement & modernization: FY 2018 DoD budget - News
June 30, 2017
WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major aircraft and related systems totals $49.9 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 acquisition funding request an increase of $4.6 billion from the FY 2017 request.
Radar/EW
NovAtel?s OEM7700 uses 555-channel architecture for space-constrained applications - Product
June 12, 2017
The multifrequency OEM7700 receiver from NovAtel offers what it calls precise point positioning (PPP) for space-constrained applications. Advanced interference mitigation features are available for performance in challenging environments. The OEM7700 provides a way to bring Global Navigati...
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