Volume 17, Issue 7

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Computers

Military Gigabit Ethernet: a TOE-to-TOE comparison

July 1, 2006
Ethernet’s widespread use and longevity has resulted in an abundance of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and network application software for military use.
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Communications

Electro-optics Briefs

July 1, 2006
Image sensors from e2v help NASA to study PlutoCharge-coupled-device (CCD) imaging sensors from e2v technologies in Elmsford, N.Y., are in space with NASA’s New Horizons mission...
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Communications

MEMS market to reach $12.5 billion by 2010

July 1, 2006
The global market for MEMS microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) devices and production equipment is expected to grow to $12.5 billion by 2010-up from an estimated $5 billion ...
Computers

Market for organic electro-optical materials will cross $10.5 billion by 2011

July 1, 2006
The market volume for major applications and products based on organic electro-optical materials, which reached an estimated $2.6 billion in 2005, will reach more than $10.5 billion...
Communications

In Brief

July 1, 2006
NASA selects AIAA for standards program managementThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that it has contracted with the American Institute of Aeronautics...

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Communications

Future force is on the move

July 1, 2006
Tomorrow’s warfighters are here today, years earlier than initially anticipated.
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Computers

New-generation MIL-STD-1553 garners Armed Services’ support

July 1, 2006
The venerable MIL-STD-1553 databus is about to make a quantum leap into the 21st century, having endured unchanged on an estimated one million applications during the most dramatic...
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Communications

Current military operations may slow SATCOM development

July 1, 2006
Trends within the U.S. Department of Defense may slow development funding for next-generation satellite communications such as WIN-T, yet the promised technologies of these programs...
Communications

DARPA researchers set sights on future stratospheric surveillance airship

July 1, 2006
Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are moving ahead with a plan to develop a high-altitude surveillance airship with a ...
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Communications

Boeing to develop new electronic circuits for extreme space environments

July 1, 2006
Boeing is part of a university-industry team that received a one-year, $2.75 million NASA contract to develop a reliable, cost-effective electronic technology that helps robotic...
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Power

Fueling the future

July 1, 2006
The U.S. Army is tapping various electric and electronic power-supply technologies for next-generation Future Combat Systems soldiers and vehicles.