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.

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.

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.

GREENBELT, Md., 12 Feb. 2013. Spacecraft designers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., needed a radiation-hardened space digital processor to demonstrate laser communications relay technology to establish optical communications between geosynchronous satellites and Earth. They found their solution from SEAKR Engineering Inc. in Centennial, Colo.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., 10 Feb. 2013. U.S. Air Force officials will brief industry on 12 March to present an overview of the upcoming Wide Field of View (WFOV) Hosted Payload (HP) project and get industry feedback on objectives, requirements, definitions, and costs.

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.

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.

NASHUA, N.H., 05 Feb. 2013. Skyler Frink discusses two new studies on suicide rates and the Department of Defense's new mobile app designed to monitor mental health in this week's Military & Aerospace Electronics Report.

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.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, 5 Feb. 2013. U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance specialists are reaching out to industry to acquire four 270-volt DC power converters that will supply the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter with electrical power while the aircraft is undergoing depot-level maintenance.

DAHLGREN, Va., 4 Feb. 2013. U.S. Navy researchers needed a rugged high-resolution shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera with snapshot exposure for advanced weapons research. They found their solution from the UTC Aerospace Systems Sensors Unlimited Products segment in Princeton, N.J.

WARREN, Mich., 3 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army network-centric warfare experts needed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) rugged Ethernet switches for a project to provide voice and data networking for command and control of brigade combat teams, and enable commanders and soldiers to send, receive, and share information. They found their solution from Sixnet in Ballston Lake, N.Y.

PANAMA CITY, Fla., 30 Jan. 2013. U.S. Navy landing craft designers needed rugged single-board computers and other embedded computing components for command, control, communications, computers, and navigation (C4N) equipment aboard the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) amphibious assault vessel. They found their solution from Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., 29 Jan. 2013. U.S. Army researchers are asking for industry's help in pushing the state of the art in silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor power electronics technology for next-generation high-voltage switching devices for military and commercial applications.

CHARLESTON, S.C., 27 Jan. 2013. U.S. Navy designers needed single-board computers and embedded computing Ethernet networking cards for a signals intelligence (SIGINT) system for Special Operations Forces called the Joint Threat Warning System (JTWS). They found their solution from Kontron America Inc. in Poway, Calif.

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J., 27 Jan. 2013. U.S. Navy radar experts needed 6U VME single-board computers based on Freescale MPC7447A/7448 processors with AltiVec technology for radar systems aboard the littoral combat ships USS Little Rock (LCS 9) and USS Sioux City (LCS 11). They found their solution from Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in Ottawa.