ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 13 Sept. 2012. U.S. Army head-trauma experts plan to buy several a portable eye-tracking device designed for use in the field to check soldiers for possible traumatic brain injuries caused by close proximity to explosions, accidents, or other kinds of blows to the head.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., 11 Sept. 2012. Munitions guidance experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems segment in Linthicum Heights Md., will help U.S. Air Force weapons scientists design precision guidance for a rocket-propelled bomb for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter-bomber that can attack and destroy enemy bunkers, tunnel complexes, and other important deeply buried targets.

NASHUA, N.H., 11 Sept. 2012. In this week's Military & Aerospace Electronics Report, Skyler Frink discusses two alternative UAV power sources.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 7 Sept. 2012. U.S. Air Force researchers are ready to launch a pivotal initiative similar to the Microwave and Millimeter Wave Monolithic Integrated Circuit (MIMIC) program decades ago to develop some of the world's most advanced and capable electronic and photonic components for tomorrow's electronic warfare (EW) systems.

ARLINGTON, Va., 5 Sept. 2012. U.S. Navy researchers are reaching out to industry to find companies able to build prototype high-power energy storage technology called hybrid energy storage module (HESM), which experts say has the potential to enhance fuel efficiency for future high-power weapons and sensor systems on existing and future vehicles, aircraft, ships, and submarines.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 2 Sept. 2012.  U.S. Air Force researchers are choosing embedded computing experts at Space Computer Corp. in Los Angeles to upgrade sensor processing in the Air Force Airborne Cueing and Exploitation System Hyperspectral (ACES Hy) side-mounted persistent-surveillance sensor for the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). 

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 31 Aug. 2012. U.S. Air Force researchers are looking to image-processing expert MotionDSP Inc. Burlingame, Calif., to use graphics processing unit (GPU) technology to enhance persistent-surveillance imagery gathered from sensors aboard unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

ARLINGTON, Va., 30 Aug. 2012. RF and microwave technology experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are working with six defense companies and universities to develop programmable RF front-end components to reduce costs and development time for military communications, electronic warfare (EW), and signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems.

ORLANDO, Fla., 29 Aug. 2012. The U.S. Army will be equipping test ranges with battlefield effect simulators to provide warfighters with more realistic training. To accomplish this, the U.S. Army program executive office (PEO) for simulation, training and instrumentation (STRI) has awarded a $35 million contract to Zel Technologies LLC, a technology and consultation company, for the procurement of the Force-on-Target (FOT) Battlefield Effects Simulator (BES) II.

WASHINGTON, 28 Aug. 2012. Border security experts at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington, are asking industry to apply mature persistent-surveillance technology for extensive testing next year under real-world conditions on the U.S.-Mexican border.

THE MIL & AERO VIDEO BLOG, 28 Aug. 2012. Military persistent surveillance can distill actionable intelligence from a virtual ocean of data. In an era of shrinking military budgets, this technology is still considered part of the most promising technological areas in an otherwise dwindling U.S. Defense Department spending plan.

ARLINGTON, Va., 27 Aug.2012. U.S. Navy researchers are launching a program to develop and demonstrate a prototype ship-based high-energy solid-state laser weapon for area and close-in self-defense, combat identification, surveillance, communications, and battle management.

MCLEAN, Va., 25 Aug 2012. DARPA has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a $58.5 million contract to perform the final three phases of the anti-submarine warfare continuous trail unmanned vessel (ACTUV) program. SAIC will design, construct and demonstrate a prototype ACTUV as part of this contract.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 24 Aug. 2012. Engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., are making plans to upgrade the U.S. military's AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile to extend the weapon's range and address existing obsolescence issues. The AIM-9X is a relatively short-range infrared heat-seeking missile that equips most jet fighters, fighter-bombers, and other offensive combat aircraft in the U.S. arsenal.

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J., 23 Aug. 2012. Surveillance sensors designers at Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. in Warminster, Pa., will use laser radar (LADAR) technology in persistent surveillance sensor packages for use at U.S. forward-operating bases in Afghanistan under terms of a $20 million contract awarded this month.

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS, 22 Aug. 2012. Product lifecycle management software tools are evolving to meet rising volumes of software and requirements-based testing standards. The increased volume of software in aerospace and defense applications has created a demand for software that can trace software problems back to their source and make way for product lines based on similar hardware and different software.

NASHUA, N.H., 21 Aug 2012. In this week's Military & Aerospace Electronics report, Skyler Frink discusses DARPA's anti-submarine warfare continuous trail unmanned vessel program.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., 21 Aug. 2012. U.S. Air Force researchers will brief industry on how to support Air Force command-and-control integration strategies from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 5 Nov. 2012 at the Bayview Commonwealth Center on Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Newport News, Va.

ARLINGTON, Va., 19 Aug. 2012. Unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designers at iRobot Corp. in Bedford, Mass., will enhance their design of an inflatable robotic arm for military applications in rough and difficult conditions.