Volume 18, Issue 3

Test

Inserting the missing link in accelerated testing

March 1, 2007
Advanced education and ongoing tech support helps wring maximum benefit out of HALT and HASS test programs for companies focused on product reliability and rapid time to market...
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Communications

Electro-optics briefs

March 1, 2007
Edmund Optics offers versatile UV microscopeClick here to enlarge imageEdmund Optics in Barrington, N.J., is offering the Infiniprobe UV video microscopes with continuously focusable...
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Communications

Air Force kicks off five-part electro-optics research program called LITE

March 1, 2007
U.S. Air Force researchers are asking the defense industry for ideas for a new electro-optics research program called Light Innovation Technologies-otherwise known as LITE.
Communications

Hard-disk sales to remain strong through 2010, despite competing technologies

March 1, 2007
The hard disk drive will be a key component in more and more consumer electronics products through the rest of the decade, reports market researcher In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz...
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Computers

Shipboard electronics tune up for future conflicts

March 1, 2007
Navy pushes smart engineering and open-systems architectures for the shipboard electronics and electro-optics aboard the nation’s combat fleet.

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Communications

European briefs

March 1, 2007
Cedip Infrared offers battery and screen options for Silver IR camerasCedip Infrared Systems in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, is offering long-life battery and integrated screen ...
Uncrewed

QinetiQ to play strategic role in United Kingdom Taranis UAV technology demonstrator program

March 1, 2007
Computer experts at QinetiQ in Farnborough, England, will provide flight-critical software for the United Kingdom initiative to develop a world-class unmanned aerial vehicle (...
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Communications

DOD electronics spending to drop along with overall decline in procurement

March 1, 2007
Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending slightly more than $28.1 billion in fiscal year 2008 for procurement and research in communications, electronics...
Communications

AM General and General Dynamics launch joint venture company focused on JLTV program

March 1, 2007
AM General in South Bend, Ind., and General Dynamics Land Systems in Sterling Heights, Mich., have formed a joint venture called General Tactical Vehicles to compete for the U...
Uncrewed

Pentagon budget faces tough battle on Capitol Hill

March 1, 2007
President George W. Bush for 2008 has submitted to Congress one of the largest-ever budget requests for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), but the Pentagon’s proposed budget...
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Computers

VPX, the heir to VME, makes its debut

March 1, 2007
Embedded-system vendors are releasing their products based on the proposed VITA 46 (VPX) standard, while traditional VME standards such as VME 64 continue to prove profitable....