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Comms
Newport News Shipbuilding to use Paramarine Ship and Submersible design software from Qinetiq - News
September 15, 2014
PORTSMOUTH, United Kingdom. Newport News Shipbuilding (NSS) officials selected the Paramarine Ship and Submersible Design Software from Qinetiq as NSS's primary naval architectural software. The software will be used for all ships designed and built at NSS shipyard, including the U.S. Navy’s latest class of aircraft carriers. It will also support submarine research and development.
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Avionics
Safety-certifiable COTS modules released by Curtiss-Wright - News
September 12, 2014
ASHBURN, Va. Engineers at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions released a new family of DO-254 DAL C and DO-178C DAL C safety-certifiable standard commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) processing modules targeted at military and civil aerospace applications. Curtiss-Wright engineers designed the Safety Certifiable COTS modules as an alternative to expensive custom designs.
From The Editor
U.S. military market is a sustainment market - Story
September 10, 2014
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget cuts and sequestration combined with a shrinking U.S. military footprint abroad have created an uncertain marketplace, leaving many to wonder where the business opportunities will be. However, market analysts and distributors of electronic components don't see it so much as a shrinking market, but rather one that is evolving and shifting toward sustainment.
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Raytheon wins Patriot missile engineering contract from Army - News
September 10, 2014
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon won a $109 million Engineering Services contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. The contract covers ongoing technical support and services to the Army and Foreign Military Sale (FMS) customers.
Unmanned
Army laser demonstrator from Boeing destroys targets through fog and wind - News
September 09, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Boeing an U.S. Army officials demonstrated the capabilities of the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) in maritime conditions, where they targeted a variety of aerial targets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
Comms
A2100 satellite platform gets major facelift from Lockheed Martin - News
September 08, 2014
PARIS, France. Lockheed Martin engineers have made two major upgrades to the A2100 satellite family that provide broadband, mobile, and military communications, as well as GPS services to millions of consumers around the globe.
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Rugged chassis from GMS replaces multiple workstations via virtual machine technology - News
September 05, 2014
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. General Micro Systems, Inc. (GMS) engineers have developed a rugged, conduction-cooled, secure virtual machine (SVM) server that has six hardware independent I/O modules. The Tarantula, developed to replace multiple workstations with one box via the use of virtual machine technology, leverages an enterprise-level Layer 2 or Layer 3 intelligent switch for high-speed connectivity.
Comms
General Dynamics UK to provide 589 SCOUT SV platforms to the UK army - News
September 03, 2014
SOUTH WALES, UK. General Dynamics UK won a contract worth about $5.76 billion from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide 589 SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) platforms to the British army to add capability to the Armored Cavalry within Army 2020.
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CIRCM system from Northrop Grumman completes Army flight testing on Black Hawk helicopter - News
September 02, 2014
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. The Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system from Northrop Grumman demonstrated its capabilities on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a round of Army testing.
Comms
PCI Express dual port interposer card - Product
August 31, 2014
Responding to increased demands for more PCI Express (PCIe) based analysis products Teledyne Lecroy engineers developed the SFF-8639 dual port interposer card for analysis of dual ported solid state drives (SSDs).
Comms
Mobile battery management system - Product
August 31, 2014
The Power Scavenger battery charge management concept from Lincad is designed to meet the mobile tactical battery charging requirements of warfighters in the field.
Comms
Digital radio test platform for Viking Series radios - Product
August 31, 2014
The 3920B Digital Radio Test Set from Aeroflex features a 2.7 GHz radio frequency (RF) range for automated test and alignment of EF Johnson Viking Series radios. The company’s Automated Test and Alignment procedure removes the need for user interaction with automated test and alignme...
Cyber
Protection from Internet threats - Product
August 31, 2014
Icon Labs’ Floodgate Defender security software for real-time operating systems (RTOS) delivers protection from Internet-based threats by controlling what packets the embedded device processes and by preventing unwanted packets from being processed. Unlike encryption and authenticati...
Comms
40 W rad-hard 120V DC-DC converters - Product
August 31, 2014
The M3G120 series of 40 W radiation-hardened (rad-hard) 120V input DC-DC converters from International Rectifier (IR) are designed for a range of analog and digital satellite power systems. The converters are targeted at satellite systems requiring long mission life (15 years or more), suc...
Comms
All-in-one AC/DC modules - Product
August 31, 2014
The sMV-28-500 from Astrodyne Power Supplies functions as an all-in-one AC/DC module that has been integrated into an Alternative Energy Storage and Distribution System (AESaDS) – which is a portable hybrid voltaic/battery power system used for power storage on the battlefield.
Unmanned
RQ-4 Global Hawk showcases expanded mission capabilities - News
August 27, 2014
SAN DIEGO. – The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) demonstrated its ability to operate with an expanded variety of intelligence exploitation ground stations and collect mission data in multiple places during tests this summer.
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Space debris tracking site to be established by Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems in Australia - News
August 26, 2014
CANBERRA, Australia. Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd., are joining hands to develop a new space object tracking site in Western Australia to provide a more detailed picture of space debris for government and commercial customers.
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Dual 4GSPS transceiver card from Curtiss-Wright shipping for C4ISR applications - News
August 25, 2014
ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions began volume production shipment of its VPX3-530 dual channel ADC/DAC engine. The rugged low-latency transceiver module’s 12-bit ADC can be configured with either two 4 GSPS channels or four 2 GSPS channels. It also has two channels of 14-bit DAC data conversion at up to 5.6 GSPS on a single 3U OpenVPX card.
A.I.
DARPA SyNAPSE program develops low-power, brain-like chip - News
August 20, 2014
WASHINGTON. Researchers funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have developed a computer chip with an architecture inspired by the neuronal structure of the brain that requires only a fraction of the electrical power of conventional chips. Defense applications where electrical power is limited such as mobile robots and remote sensors would benefit from the energy savings of the chip, which uses 100 times less power for complex processing than current devices.
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