MISSION VIEJO, Calif., 10 Feb. 2013. Holt Integrated Circuits in Mission Viejo, Calif., is introducing the HI-8435 3.3-volt, 32-channel, discrete-to-digital sensing integrated circuit (IC) for aircraft sensing applications, such as "hatch open" and "wheels up" indicators.

ARLINGTON, Va., 8 Feb. 2013. Military researchers released a formal industry solicitation Wednesday for a major new initiative to demonstrate advanced electronics cooling techniques for high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) and RF monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers with convective or evaporative microfluidic cooling built directly into the electronic devices and packaging.

MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., 8 Feb. 2013. Officials of U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., needed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support under the Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System (MEUAS) ISR service program. They found their solution from Insitu Inc. in Bingen, Wash.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 7 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army officials have announced their intention to extend support for a radar system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and manned aircraft that is specially designed to detect and track moving land vehicles and even humans traveling on foot.

TIGARD, Ore., 7 Feb. 2013. Sensoray in Tigard, Ore., is introducing the Model 826 PCI Express analog and digital I/O board for measurement and control applications like laser cutting systems, amusement park rides, and food processing.

MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., 6 Feb. 2013. Tactical networking experts at iGov in Reston, Va., will provide U.S. Special Operations forces with network-centric warfare capability under terms of a $500 million contract announced Monday from U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 6 Feb. 2013. Three U.S. research firms are joining a project to develop a prototype sensor fusion system for land, sea, and airborne applications that can accept inputs from several kinds of navigation sensors so that warfighters can maintain navigation capability with or without Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 5 Feb. 2013. Navigation and guidance experts at SAIC Inc. in McLean, Va., are developing a prototype system for land, sea, and airborne applications that can accept inputs from several kinds of navigation sensors so that warfighters can maintain navigation capability with or without Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation.

YORBA LINDA, Calif., 3 Feb. 2013. Sabtech Industries in Yorba Linda, Calif.,is introducing the Falcon family of PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) and PCI interface boards to connect computers with PMC and PCI bus slots to military computers and peripherals over a serial bus as defined in MIL-STD-1553B.

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The Microsemi Corp. SoC Products Group has earned QML Class V and QML Class Q qualifications for the company's RTAX-DSP field-programmable gate arrays, which means the FPGAs are approved for use in satellites, manned spacecraft, and other space applications.

Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing the RIO-NG modular digital processor that can be customized for high-reliability industrial, space, and military embedded systems that require small size and low power consumption.

PCI-Systems Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif., is introducing 3U and 6U VPX single-board computers based on the Intel Core i7 microprocessor for land-based, marine, and avionics applications.

Software design tool specialist MathWorks in Natick, Mass., is introducing Release 2012b (R2012b) software to enable engineers using the DO Qualification Kit to qualify Simulink and Polyspace verification tools for DO-178C and supplements including DO-331.

One Stop Systems Inc. in Escondido, Calif., is introducing the CUBE desktop expansion enclosures that attach to a laptop computer or workstation through Thunderbolt or PCI Express.

Engineers from a multinational joint venture building the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) needed rugged servers and workstations to enhance MEADS computer power. They found their solution from Z Microsystems in San Diego.

The largest and most complex missile-defense flight test ever attempted, which engaged five ballistic and cruise missiles at the same time, used OpenVPX-based radar processing subsystems from Mercury Systems in Chelmsford, Mass.