ORLANDO, Fla., 22 Feb. 2013. The Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in Orlando, Fla., will provide the U.S. Air Force with a lightweight, compact laser targeting system under terms of a $3 million contract announced this week to help direct Air Force combat controllers direct combat aircraft pilots to their correct targets.

CLARKSBURG, Md., 22 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army leaders needed body-worn secure radios to support a battlefield situational awareness initiative called Nett Warrior. They found their solution from Thales Communications Inc. in Clarksburg, Md., and General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz.

ARLINGTON, Va., 20 Feb. 2013. Government researchers are looking into software approaches for securing military computer systems with advanced biometrics rather than user passwords in ways that focus on the unique aspects of the individual.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 20 Feb. 2013. Two major French defense companies are working together to develop networked combat vehicles and vetronics with real-time communications among vehicles to share situational awareness and cooperative engagement, company officials announced.

RICHMOND, Calif., 20 Feb. 2013. Mesa Electronics in Richmond, Calif., is introducing the 7I80HD general-purpose field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based programmable industrial I/O card with a 100 BaseT Ethernet host interface.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., 20 Feb. 2013. GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., is introducing the RAR15-XMC multi-protocol embeddable avionics module, which is designed to save space, weight. and power as well as deliver cost-effectiveness and reliability in avionics laboratories, flight simulators, and embedded computing applications.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 19 Feb. 2013. The Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security in St. Louis and Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Co. (ADASI) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates are working together to address the growing Middle East market for unmanned systems, Boeing officials say.

OTTAWA, 19 Feb. 2013. General Dynamics Canada in Ottawa is introducing the next-generation TMR 200 tactical mobile router for tactical environments where network and vehicle electronics (vetronics) are becoming increasingly complex with high-definition cameras and sophisticated sensors streaming gigabits of information.

WASHINGTON, 18 Feb. 2013. Computer scientists at the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Projects Agency (IARPA) in Washington will brief industry 12 March on an upcoming project to investigate substituting superconducting computing technology for conventional computing technologies and metal interconnects in an attempt to cut the power demands of high-performance computing.

ARLINGTON, Texas, 18 Feb. 2013. WinSystems Inc. in Arlington, Texas, is introducing the PCM-CAN-2-ISO PC/104-compliant, dual channel, isolated Controller Area Network (CAN) module for operation in high-speed industrial control, high-voltage renewable energy, or unpredictable automotive applications.

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J., 17 Feb. 2013. U.S. Navy unmanned helicopter experts are surveying industry for current and future technologies that will be necessary to operate today's and tomorrow's unmanned rotorcraft.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 15 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army researchers are reaching out to industry for help in a long-term project to chart the most important developments in computer technology over the next three decades.

EARTH CITY, Mo., 15 Feb. 2013. Executives of Laird Technologies Inc. in Earth City, Mo., are boosting their company's expertise in electronics cooling and electronics thermal management with their acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions Inc. in Durham, N.C., officials announced this week.

TEMPE, Ariz., 15 Feb. 2013. Emerson Network Power in Tempe, Ariz., is introducing the PCIE-8120 PCI Express media processing acceleration card to add voice and video to network server applications.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 14 Feb. 2013. Military avionics designers at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems segment needed a multicore software operating system for the company's Gen II mission computer for the U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopter avionics upgrades. They found their solution from Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif.

ARLINGTON, Va., 14 Feb. 2013. U.S. military researchers will brief industry Feb. 26 on a new program to develop technology for radio frequency spectrum sharing among radar and communications systems with the goal of improving overall radar and communications capability.

IRVINE, Calif., 14 Feb. 2013. Geotest-Marvin Test Systems Inc. in Irvine, Calif., is introducing the GX6196 6U PXI switch and control board that can be used to create custom switching, signal conditioning, or custom control interfaces.

STONY BROOK, N.Y., 13 Feb. 2013. The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Fort Belvoir, Va., will subsidize SigNature DNA marking from Applied DNA Sciences Inc. in Stony Brook, N.Y., for defense suppliers who provide designated high-reliability electronics to the DLA, Applied DNA Sciences officials say.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 13 Feb. 2013. The U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon, a military maritime patrol version of the Boeing 737 single-aisle passenger jet, will receive anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system upgrades and support services under terms of a $7.2 million contract modification announced Monday.