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Avionics
X-57 designation given to NASA electric research plane - News
June 30, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced a new X-designated test aircraft, the X-57, which will be nicknamed "Maxwell." The X-57 is an electric research plane with 14 electric motors turning propellers with all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing. NASA officials will test new propulsion technology with this aircraft.
Radar/EW
Global military laser market to grow nearly 10 percent by 2020 - News
June 30, 2016
ELMHURST, Illinois. The global military laser systems market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 8 percent by 2020 due to rising demand and evolving warfare strategies worldwide, say analysts at Technavio in Elmhurst, Illinois.
Comms
FLIR Systems buys Armasight, a military optics supplier - News
June 29, 2016
WILSONVILLE, Oregon. FLIR Systems, Inc. officials announced that the company acquired Armasight, Inc., a leading developer of precision military, hunting, and sporting optics products, for about $41 million in cash. Armasight, based in San Francisco, produces night vision, thermal, and daylight imaging products for military customers as well as hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, and law enforcement users.
Radar/EW
Webcast on solving thermal management problems in military systems: June 21 @ 2pm Est - News
June 15, 2016
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona. Embedded computing experts are gathering next week for a webcast titled "Beating Back the Heat: Solving Thermal Management Challenges in Military Electronics." The speakers will cover the thermal management challenges created by commercial processors in military applications such as radar, electronic warfare, sonar, etc., and how to solve them. The webcast, hosted by Military Embedded Systems online and OpenSystems Media, will be held on June 21 at 2 pm Est.
Radar/EW
Test and simulation for single- and dual-stream data buses - Product
June 09, 2016
An Ethernet-based MIL-STD-1553 test and simulation product from AIM, the ANET1553-x, can be controlled over an Ethernet LAN for analyzing, simulating, monitoring, and protocol testing of single- or dual-stream MIL-STD-1553 A/B data buses. The onboard application support processor (ASP) is...
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Rugged computer customizable to extreme requirements - Product
June 09, 2016
A waterproof rugged computer with military-grade connectors, the Germane XtremeBox GSC-1100D has a sealed aluminum housing with MIL-38999 connectors, all of which are designed to operate submerged in one meter of water. Engineers designed the GSC-1100D without a fan so that the box is soli...
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Solid-state drive carries encryption certification - Product
June 09, 2016
Soligen Corp.?s Crypto Secure 2.5 SATA encrypted solid-state drive (SSD) offers secure data storage for a range of applications that aim to prevent data from getting into the wrong hands. Crypto Secure, which carries the federal information processing standard FIPS 140-2 encryption c...
Comms
Software-defined radio kit integrates with module SDR-PM 402 - Product
June 09, 2016
SDR-KIT 980B is designed to integrate 9.8 GHz X-band software-defined radio (SDR) transmitter-receiver systems with the processor module SDR-PM 402 for various applications. Ancortek?s SDR processor module SDR-PM 402 is compatible with this SDR-RF 980B module. The graphic user interf...
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VPX power supplies employs series of control features - Product
June 09, 2016
SynQor?s VPX power supplies are compliant with VITA 62, MIL-STD-704, and MIL-STD-461 for 28 V-in systems. The VPX-3U-DC28P-002 power supply has a maximum total output power of 500 W. It has overcurrent, overvoltage, and overtemperature protection. The system ? which employs cur...
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Signal acquisition for various applications - Product
June 09, 2016
The Red Rapids Model 277 signal converter can supply either raw analog/digital converter (ADC) samples or complex samples produced by the embedded digital down converter, which features a tuning resolution of Fs/223 and 10 selectable octave sub-bands in addition to the full-output bandwidt...
Radar/EW
COTS, GaN, cybersecurity flavor spring trade shows - Story
June 09, 2016
Attendees and exhibitors at trade shows I attended this spring - regardless of the show's subject matter or location - wanted fewer product pitches and more technology demonstrations, education on new technology, and more commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions and open standards. The three shows - Aviation Electronic Europe in Munich, International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in San Francisco, and Xponential in New Orleans - reflected these trends.
Unmanned
Unmanned aircraft leverage PC/104, COM Express, and other small form factors - Story
June 08, 2016
Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) continue to shrink in size, as do their payloads, requiring system designers to leverage small-form-factor, embedded-computing standards like PC/104, COM Express, and others.
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Family of GaN-based modular, non-ITAR amplifiers - Product
May 31, 2016
The Teledyne Microwave Solutions family of gallium nitride (GaN)-based modular, non-International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) amplifiers is a smaller form factor threshold for the 0.1 GHz to 6.0 GHz frequency range. The line consists of five GaN wideband amplifier models that meet t...
Unmanned
More payload interoperability key for UAS platforms - Story
May 31, 2016
Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designers are enabling payload interoperability and leveraging COTS avionics, processing, and materials technology to meet demanding military requirements but also to enable applications in agriculture, oil and gas, and fire prevention. In this Q&A with Peter Klein, Director of UAS Programs for the Airborne Business Unit of Elbit Systems of America, he discusses these trends as well as Department of Defense (DoD) funding for unmanned platforms. Edited excerpts follow.
Unmanned
Loitering, airborne ISR goal of Raytheon-UVision teaming - News
May 31, 2016
TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon Co. and UVision officials signed a teaming agreement to work together on developing small, loitering airborne solutions. As part of the agreement, Raytheon engineners will adapt the UVision Hero-30 remotely-operated lethal loitering airborne system for U.S. military requirements.
Unmanned
Sensor processing, commercial drone applications, COTS use hot at Xponential unmanned systems show - Story
May 31, 2016
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 the unmanned systems market and trends at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International?s (AUVSI) Xponential show held this month in New Orleans, which focused on this technology.
Radar/EW
Space DC-DC converter market to have CAGR of 4.7 percent by 2020 - News
May 31, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington. Analysts at Markets and Markets say the DC-DC converter market for space should grow from $213.2 million in 2015 to $268.2 million by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.70 percent by 2020.
Comms
Defense Sciences Office (DSO) announces office-wide Proposers Day for late June - News
May 31, 2016
ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA officials announced that the agency's Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is sponsoring a two-day Proposers Day, June 22-23, to give information to potential proposers on the objectives of a DSO Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) anticipated to be published soon.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare market to valued at $25.36 billion by 2021, analysts say - News
May 30, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington. Analysts at Markets and Markets say they see the electronic warfare (EW) market reaching USD $25.36 billion by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.29 percent during the forecast period.
Radar/EW
DARPA GXV-T program seeks smarted, faster armored ground vehicles with eight contracts - News
May 30, 2016
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at DARPA have launched a program to improve the U.S. military ground vehicle resistance to armor-piercing weapons that does not reduce speed and mobility or increase development and deployment costs. under the program, dubbed Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) program, DARPA officials awarded contracts to eight organizations.
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