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Unmanned
ARM-based SBC enables high-performance graphics - Product
May 22, 2013
WinSystems engineers in Arlington, TX, are enabling high-performance graphics processing with their new line of Multi-core ARM Single Board Computers (SBCs) based on the Freescale i.MX6 family of Cortex-A9 multicore processors.
Avionics
Managing FAA DO-178B/C, 278A, and 254 with one system - Product
May 22, 2013
Certifying to FAA applications is an expensive, time-consuming process, but required for any software or hardware that is flight-critical on aircraft that travel through civil airspace. LDRA engineers in Wirral, United Kingdom, have found a way to make that process more manageable by creat...
Unmanned
Surface ship laser weapon technology to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News
May 22, 2013
REDONDO BEACH, CA. U.S. Navy officials chose Northrop Grumman Corp. for the initial phase of the Solid State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program -- a research and development project for maturing solid-state, high-power laser weapon systems and components for Navy ship defense.
Comms
Small, rugged push-pull connector has a 24-contact configuration - Product
May 21, 2013
Fischer Connectors engineers in Alpharetta, GA, are targeting small military devices used in harsh environments such as portable communications equipment with their MiniMax rugged push-pull interconnect solution that provides more connections in a smaller space.
Avionics
Object-oriented tool provides enhanced realism for military simulation and training - Product
May 21, 2013
Military training and simulation systems need high-fidelity graphics avionics displays, communications equipment, maintenance systems, and automotive dashboards.
Comms
Ultra small reed switch created via MEMS technology - Product
May 21, 2013
Experts at Coto Technology Inc., in North Kingstown, RI, have leveraged high aspect ratio MEMS technology to create a small magnetic reed switch for high-performance applications that require extremely small switch size.
Avionics
Mobile air traffic control system for U.S. Air Force to be designed by Raytheon - News
May 21, 2013
TEWSKBURY, MA. Raytheon won a U.S. Air Force contract to produce rapidly deployable air traffic control (ATC) systems that can be deployed anywhere in the world and then be completely operational controlling flights within six hours. Under the contract, potentially valued at $260 million -- Raytheon engineers will produce one Engineering and Manufacturing Development unit with production options for as many as 18 Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) systems.
Radar/EW
Gray Eagle gets electronic jamming payload from Raytheon - News
May 20, 2013
MARLBOROUGH, MA. Raytheon engineers provided two electronic attack payloads to support the Army's Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO) system. NERO is used as an airborne electronic attack system the Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for jamming enemy communications systems.
Avionics
High angle of attack testing completed by F-35A - News
May 17, 2013
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. Lockheed Martin's F-35A team completed high angle of attack (AOA) testing beyond positive and negative maximum command limits. This includes intentionally putting the aircraft out of control in several configurations.
Unmanned
Air-Launched Missile Target Prototype tested by Lockheed Martin & MDA - News
May 13, 2013
HUNTSVILLE, AL. Lockheed Martin and U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) engineers tested a prototype of the air-launched Extended Medium-range Ballistic Missile (eMRBM) target at the Yuma Proving Ground, AZ.
Unmanned
New 3U OpenVPX solution released by Pixus - News
May 08, 2013
WATERLOO, Ontario. Engineers at Pixus Technologies designed new 3U OpenVPX backplanes that come in a 5-slot mesh topology version and 6-slot device with a distributed topology.
From The Editor
Remembering a friend and mentor - Story
May 07, 2013My girlfriend tells me that I’d light up like a Christmas tree whenever I’d see my friend and former boss, Ron Mastro, retired publisher of Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine. How could anyone not?
Radar/EW
Navy Aegis BMD program to use Mercury Systems signal processing technology - News
May 07, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA. Mercury Systems won $6.9 million in follow-on orders for the company's signal processing subsystems from Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) upgrade program.
Unmanned
Hypersonic UAV from Boeing completes longest scramjet-powered flight - News
May 06, 2013
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. The X-51A WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle from Boeing completed the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in known history after flying for three and a half minutes on scramjet power with a top speed of Mach 5.1. The vehicle flew for f more than six minutes total.
Comms
Commonality and reduced SWaP drive vetronics designs - Story
May 03, 2013
Budget cuts and changing strategic priorities have slowed the military vetronics market to one that is flat for the foreseeable future. However, innovation in electronics design has not slowed, as military embedded system suppliers develop creative ways to introduce more commonality in components to navigate the budget-constrained environment and continue to meet reduced Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements.
Comms
Next-gen GPS operational control system software from Raytheon completes launch readiness exercise - News
May 03, 2013
AURORA, Colo. Raytheon engineers finished the second launch readiness exercise of the next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) operational control system (OCX) for the U.S. Air Force. Exercise 2's completion demonstrates that the OCX software from Raytheon meets mission requirements and is on track for the first GPS III satellite launch.
Cyber
Cloud security and the DoD - Story
May 02, 2013
Cloud computing has demonstrated huge cost savings and operational efficiency benefits for the private sector and now Department of Defense (DoD) IT managers are exploring the concept for enterprise and tactical applications. However, DoD planners are moving much more cautiously to assure they have plugged all the potential cyber security vulnerabilities inherent in something as nebulous as a virtual cloud.
Avionics
Full speed ahead: FACE initiative fosters reuse, cuts costs and delivery time of military avionics systems - Story
May 02, 2013
The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard aims to hasten delivery and cut costs of military avionics systems via a modular architecture, data models, standard interfaces, and conformance criteria that meld to enable reusable software components and a common operating environment. Our editors recently caught up with Jeff Howington of Rockwell Collins, a FACE Consortium founding member, to find out how the FACE approach will affect the U.S. Army's Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) program - and the industry at large.
Comms
NASA human spaceflight facility hardware and software supported by Lockheed Martin - News
May 02, 2013
HOUSTON. NASA selected Lockheed Martin selected NASA for Johnson Space Center development and operations that support human spaceflight under a $166.8 million contract option.
Radar/EW
Military systems controlled by game-style unit - Product
May 01, 2013
Engineers at Ultra Measurement Systems, Inc., in Wallingford, CT, have designed a rugged controller with a game-style form factor familiar to today’s warfighters. The patented handheld Freedom of Movement Control Unit (FMCU) has been used by the Army and Marine Corps, Ground Based Op...
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