Volume 14, Issue 6

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U.S. Army researchers are looking for ideas from industry on developing a prototype high-performance, embedded, mission avionics processor for common use aboard several different...
June 1, 2003
U.S. Air Force leaders say they plan to upgrade their service's segment of the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) by integrating several different relatively old "stovepiped...
June 1, 2003
Air Force information technology experts are looking for private companies to develop systems and software for the U.S. Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (...
June 1, 2003
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Today, military night vision goggles use expensive, rare earth materials such as mercury cadmium telluride (MerCad) in their infrared (IR) sensors. These high-resolutions sensors...
June 1, 2003
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Long the exclusive domain of digital signal processors, today's radar systems designers rely more heavily than ever before on a combination of field programmable gate arrays and...
June 1, 2003
In the past few weeks it has become clear that, in addition to its influence on the health of human populations, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic will have...
June 1, 2003
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Can you design a machine that scans baggage for bombs, detects sea mines underwater, or transmits clandestine video signals?
June 1, 2003
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Unlike most other sensor types — including motion, trip wire, and radar — video closed-circuit television (CCTV) and infrared (IR) imaging systems can provide the powerful triumvirate...
June 1, 2003
The long-anticipated optoelectronics revolution in military and aerospace applications is perennially five years down the road — no matter what year it is.
June 1, 2003