MEDFIELD, Mass., 19 April 2013. Officials of Rugged display specialist Comark Corp. in Medfield, Mass., announced they have completed environmental testing of the company's latest version of the MDU19PC ruggedized COTS computer including MIL-901D grade A lightweight shock test.

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., 18 April 2013. Researchers at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Washington are reaching out to industry to find companies with expertise and experience in using cell phones and cellular networks for intelligence gathering.

FORT MEADE, Md., 17 April 2013. The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) at Fort Meade, Md., chose five companies Tuesday to compete for information technology (IT) enterprise work worth as much as $404.1 million in the U.S. and abroad over the next five years.

CHATSWORTH, Calif., 17 April 2013. Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing the RTCA-compliant C920 rugged 3U CompactPCI PowerPC-based single-board computer for high-reliability DO-178 and DO-254-based manned aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., 16 April 2013. Air traffic management (ATM) experts at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., are expected to release a formal industry solicitation over the next few weeks to develop computer simulations of integrated, real-time, and fast-time gate-to-gate airline operations and their performance using real-world inputs from the National Airspace System.

ANAHEIM, Calif., 16 April 2013. Extron Electronics in Anaheim, Calif., is introducing the MGP 462 Pro and MGP 464 Pro high-resolution multi-window processors that enable the simultaneous display of several images on one screen -- two windows for the MGP 462 Pro and four windows for the MGP 464 Pro.

WASHINGTON, 11 April 2013. Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $11.6 billion in federal fiscal year 2014 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies.

LONDON, 11 April 2013. andersDX in London is introducing the SBC-IPC single-board computer for security, industrial automation, medical, and other embedded computing applications.

TAUNTON, Mass., 10 April 2013. The ProtecD@R Network (KG-202) data-at-rest encryptor by General Dynamics C4 Systems in Taunton, Mass., has received Top Secret certification by the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Mead, Md.

TUALATIN, Ore., 10 April 2013. VersaLogic Corp. in Tualatin, Ore., is introducing the VL-COMm-26 rugged small-form-factor computer on module (COM) for mission-critical military, aerospace, and medical applications.

HONOLULU, 9 April 2013. Electro-optical sensor designers at the BAE Systems Spectral Solutions segment in Honolulu are developing a prototype laser-based mine- and obstacle-detection system to help Navy and Marine Corps forces avoid threats on invasion beaches.

ARLINGTON, Va., 8 April 2013. Microelectronics experts at IBM Corp. in Armonk, N.Y., are taking the first steps in a U.S. military research program in electronics thermal management that seeks to design convective or evaporative microfluidic cooling directly into microchip designs and packaging.

INDIAN HEAD, Md., 8 April 2013. U.S. Navy researchers are surveying industry and government agencies to uncover the latest developments in mobile explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) applications that run on low-powered handheld mobile devices like tablet computers and smart phones.

SAN DIEGO, 8 April 2013. Military communications experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Information Systems segment in San Diego will upgrade the software and hardware in the U.S. Navy Next Generation Command and Control Processor (NGC2P) under terms of an $80 million Navy contract announced Friday.

NATICK, Mass., 7 April 2013. U.S. Army researchers are reaching out to industry for ideas on how to build a mobile infantry sensor small enough to fit in a soldier's cargo pocket. The sensor would be for indoor and outdoor intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., 7 April 2013. RoboteQ Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz., is introducing introduces the SBL1360 intelligent motor controller for mobile robots, industrial automation, mechatronics, or other medium-power motor-control applications.

WASHINGTON, 5 April 2013. U.S. Navy researchers needed 3U VPX embedded computing systems to support a variety of research programs and system prototyping for space and maritime military applications. They found their solution from 4DSP LLC in Austin, Texas.

WASHINGTON, 4 April 2013. Airborne weapons experts at the Boeing Co. got the go-ahead Wednesday to start building add-on kits for the U.S. Navy Mark 54 lightweight torpedo that will enable the weapon to glide through the air from altitudes as high as 30,000 feet and enable the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol jet to attack enemy submarines from long ranges.

ARLINGTON, Va., 4 April 2013. U.S. military researchers are approaching industry computer scientists for proposals for an artificial intelligence program to make machine learning capability much more accessible and effective for a wide variety of military weapons and information systems.