Volume 17, Issue 6

Test

Integrators must take measures to protect themselves from counterfeit electronic parts

June 1, 2006
Once the bane of the U.S. Treasury, counterfeiting has now spread, from con artists using ink-jet printers to run off phony $20 bills, to the manufacture of fake Rolex watches...
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Communications

VIEWPOINT: Mobile video-surveillance technology set to revolutionize command and control

June 1, 2006
Mobile video surveillance using several unmanned platforms communicating over a wireless network can be an effective technology to inform command-and-control activities in conventional...
Computers

Safety and security are top priorities for providers of embedded operating systems

June 1, 2006
Safety is on a lot of minds these days, especially where software development is concerned.
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Communications

BAE Systems completes qualification of new thermal weapon sight

June 1, 2006
Engineers at BAE Systems have completed U.S. Army qualification of the next-generation family of light, medium, and heavy thermal weapon sights (TWS).
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Communications

Optoelectronics Briefs

June 1, 2006
Bright future seen for diamond in laser and LED applicationsOfficials of sp3 Diamond Technologies Inc., a supplier of diamond film products in Santa Clara, Calif., say testing...

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Computers

Global electromechanical switch market to grow 3 to 5 percent through 2008

June 1, 2006
The global market for electromechanical switch products is expected to reach $4.2 billion by 2008, according to a study by Venture Development Corp. (VDC) of Natick, Mass.
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Computers

ATCA and MicroTCA blade and mezzanine card shipments to reach $291.3 million this year

June 1, 2006
Shipments in 2006 of merchant blades and mezzanine cards for use in ATCA or MicroTCA environments will be worth $291.3 million, according to analysts at Venture Development Corp...
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Communications

Electronic display market will reach $141 billion by 2010

June 1, 2006
The value of the worldwide shipments of electronic displays will reach $85 billion by 2005, and grow at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 10.6 percent to reach $141 billion...
Communications

In Brief

June 1, 2006
THAAD radar performs well in flight testThe Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon in Tewksbury, Mass., performed flawlessly in a flight test by the...
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Communications

Industry forces take MILS architecture to the edge in public demonstration

June 1, 2006
Systems integrators and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) vendors are combining technologies to demonstrate a secure multiple independent levels of security (MILS) software architecture...
Communications

Boeing Future Combat System shows maturity in joint experiment

June 1, 2006
The U.S. Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) program, managed by the Lead Systems Integrator team of Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), demonstrated...