IBM to fab Alpha microprocessor; Sun Microsystems helps Raytheon design computers for new Navy destroyer; DARPA eyes high-temperature superconductors for new RF components; and...
SAN JOSE, Calif. With the impending demise of the Iridium satellite network for mobile satellite services to fulfill U.S. military needs, leaders of Globalstar Government...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Members of the VME International Trade Association, a printed circuit board industry trade advocate in Scottsdale, Ariz., are formulating a standard for...
"Turning dumb bombs into smart bombs" is the way program personnel at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate describe their efforts to create a new family...
Single-board computer vendors are looking to solve the challenge of managing the heat from high-power processors, while keeping the costs of their products as low as possible,...
WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - U.S. military scientists are moving ahead with a plan to develop chip-scale laser beam control components for what they claim will be a "revolutionary...
NASHUA, N.H. Engineers at Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company in Nashua, N.H., demonstrated a night vision imaging sensor using uncooled focal plane array technology. Most...
BEAVERTON, Ore. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, represent a display technology that has fallen into disuse since it launched the era of digital watches and other consumer...
WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense are scheduling a fourth National Missile Defense (NMD) interceptor evaluation for October, after a missile test failed...
On the deck of a ship, with the sun blazing and the air laden with salt spray and exhaust fumes, weapons operators activate the ship's fire-control computer and a surface-to-air...
Re your recent Editor's Desk column (Laser Focus World, June 2000, "Where have all the [technical] people gone?"): I see the shortage of scientists and engineers as a good thing...
KANATA, Ontario Engineers at DY 4 Systems Inc. of Kanata, Ontario, used their System Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) to upgrade the U.K. Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft...