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    An Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy taxis within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility last May.
    John Keller
    July 11, 2025
    Project will use VDT-1209 high-resolution displays from Intellisense Systems; and the PU-3000 multicore avionics computer from CMC Electronics.

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    Two T-6A Texans take off from the runway at Laughlin Air Force Base earlier this year.
    The Rigol MHO2000 series of oscilloscopes from Saelig offers 12-to-16-bit resolution, bandwidths to 350 MHz, four analog channels, and 16 digital channels for debugging with an optional probe.
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    DARPA wants to know potential applications of VLPI photonic circuits; performance benefits of VLPI circuits; and if VLPI could reduce the need for electro-optical transducers.
    U.S. Army soldiers fire a GPS-guided smart rocket during a live-fire exercise near Tapa, Estonia, last year
    The Samtec Eye Speed Hyper low-skew twinax cable is for inside-the-box applications
    A Navy fire controlman stands watch in the combat information center aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51).
    The future Australian Hunter-class frigate will receive the BAE Systems OE-120 circular shipboard antennas for identification-friend-or-foe (IFF), secondary surveillance radar, and air traffic control radar applications. The first ship is scheduled for commissioning in 2032.
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    Navy researchers are asking industry for enabling technologies in artificial intelligence, hypersonics, and cyber security
    John Keller
    June 27, 2025
    Also of interest are advanced manufacturing; digital engineering; aeromechanics; visualization; power and propulsion; and warfare analysis.
    Sierra Nevada Corp. is using sensor fusion in avionics designed to help helicopters take off and land in degraded visual conditions.
    John Keller
    June 26, 2025
    DVEPS integrates several sensor and display systems to enable military helicopter pilots to see in zero-visibility or low-visibility conditions.
    SONGBOW involves pulsed fiber laser technology and laser control for directed-energy weapons to counter incoming missiles and UAVs.
    John Keller
    June 26, 2025
    Pulsed fiber lasers offer high peak power and high beam quality for targeting, sensing, and potential high-energy laser weapons applications.
    The OES AX40-F1VR-ND and the AX40-F1VL-ND stainless steel electroless nickel-plated single-axis linear stages are for components that require high levels of cleanness.
    June 26, 2025
    The electroless nickel plating resists wear, microbial growth and corrosion, and can be used with cleaning agents and disinfectants.
    The Kirana high-speed video camera uses thermal management and thermal control for imaging at 7 million images per second.
    June 25, 2025
    The Kirana imaging sensor chip must be able to dissipate significant power, which requires careful thermal management, experts say.