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  - Open season on new generation of small UAVs?
    We've all seen many changes in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology over the past several years.
- News
  - DOD earmarks at least $31.6 billion for C4ISR procurement and research next year
    Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) plan to spend at least $31.6 billion next year for activities related to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), according to Pentagon budget documents.
  - Navy chooses three companies in potential $874 million contract for UAV surveillance work
    -U.S. Navy aviation experts are asking three unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) companies to provide off-the-shelf unmanned aircraft, operations, and support for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions worldwide using flying unmanned vehicles over the next five years under terms of contracts collectively worth as much as $874 million.
- In Brief
  - IN BRIEF: Curtiss-Wright seeks to own aircraft sensor data management market with creation of avionics and electronics unit
    Executives of motion control specialist Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. in Charlotte, N.C., are sharpening their company's focus on avionics and electronics technologies by standing up a new business unit based in Christchurch, England, called the Curtiss-Wright Avionics & Electronics division.
  - IN BRIEF: Lockheed Martin to modernize Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System
    The system that integrates the launch hardware and software to provide weapon control for the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is being upgraded by Lockheed Martin Corp.
Special Report
- Secure cell phone technology gets ready for deployment
  Modern cell phone technology is joining forces with information security, anti-tamper technology, and secure cloud computing to create a manageable battlefield communications infrastructure that is more effective than ever before.
Technology Focus
- RTOS required
  Embedded real-time operating systems and related software tools help secure aerospace and defense platforms and mission-critical data from growing threats.
Opinion
Product Intelligence
- Bandwidth demands of radar and signals intelligence create pressure to refresh XMC and FMC mezzanine board standards
  Embedded computing designers for demanding digital signal processing (DSP) subsystems in aerospace and defense applications, such as radar, electronic warfare (EW), and signals intelligence (SIGINT), are making broad use of I/O mezzanine modules in the XMC and FMC form factors, yet engineers are worrying that tomorrow's applications-and even some of today's-are finding modern mezzanine modules inadequate.
Electro-optics Watch
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force orders Northrop Grumman airborne laser mine detection systems
  The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four helicopter-mountable Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) from Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Northrop Grumman chosen for U.S. Army's Common Infrared Countermeasure technical demonstration program
  The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. to develop the next generation of aircraft survivability equipment to defend helicopters against shoulder-fired missiles and other heat-seeking munitions.
- Pentagon proposes deep cuts in lasers and directed-energy weapons work in 2013 budget
  Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) are planning serious cuts in military lasers and directed-energy weapons work next year, with the Pentagon's proposed spending for directed-energy and laser weapons of $244.28 million.
Product Applications
- ANTENNAS: Navy looks to BAE Systems for electronically steerable antennas for shipboard air defense
  U.S. Navy aerial warfare systems designers needed special circular antenna arrays for the AN/UPX-29(V) identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) interrogator system aboard surface warships that distinguishes friendly vessels and aircraft nearby during combat operations.
- SENSORS: Blighter radar systems eyed for border security applications in South Korea
  Plextek Ltd. in Great Chesterford, England, which makes the Blighter intruder-detection radar, is working with Nuriplan Co. Ltd., a provider of landscape services based in Gimpo-si, South Korea, to supply Blighter to the South Korean market.
New Products
- DATA STORAGE: Rugged solid-state drive for rugged and military embedded systems introduced by STEC
  STEC Inc. in Santa Ana, Calif., is introducing the MACH16 Slim SATA solid-state drive for rugged, aerospace, and military embedded systems, such as military vehicles, transportation systems, GPS systems, medical equipment, and rugged PCs.
- TEST AND MEASUREMENT: Four 1-GHz oscilloscopes introduced by Agilent for high-bandwidth bench scope applications
  Agilent Technologies Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif., is introducing four 1-GHz oscilloscopes to the company's line of InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series models for relatively high-bandwidth bench scope test and measurement applications.
The Last Word
- Robert Dewar
  Robert Dewar of AdaCore imparts information and advice on ensuring the safety and security of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

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