WASHINGTON, 12 Dec. 2013. U.S. government intelligence experts are asking industry to develop a rapid ability to determine if a person has been involved in handling or preparing chemical or biological weapons.

PANAMA CITY, Fla., 11 Dec. 2013. U.S. Navy littoral and mine warfare experts needed smart weapons control for air-dropped anti-ship and anti-submarine mines. They found their solution from Sechan Electronics Inc. in Lititz, Pa.

WICHITA, Kan., 11 Dec. 2013. Executives at industrial manufacturer Koch Industries Inc. in Wichita, Kan., are boosting their company's expertise in electronic, electrical, and fiber optic connectors with their acquisition of Molex Inc. in Lisle, Ill.

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., 9 Dec. 2013. U.S. Air Force airborne electronic warfare (EW) experts needed crystal oscillators as spare parts for the Exelis ALQ-161A integrated RF electronic countermeasures system aboard the Air Force Boeing B-1B Lancer supersonic jet bomber. They found their solution from Syntonic Microwave in Campbell, Calif.

WASHINGTON, 8 Dec. 2013. Shipboard electronics experts in the U.S. Coast Guard plan to develop a new integrated navigation system for Coast Guard boats and cutters called The Standardized Scalable Integrated Navigation System-Two (SINS-2), and are asking industry to review the system's proposed specifications.

PANAMA CITY, Fla., 11 Dec. 2013. U.S. Navy littoral and mine warfare experts needed smart weapons control for air-dropped anti-ship and anti-submarine mines. They found their solution from Sechan Electronics Inc. in Lititz, Pa.

NASHUA, N.H., 10 Dec. 2013. New capability for U.S. Navy submarines to launch reconnaissance drones while submerged, and separate-but-related DARPA and Air Force research projects to safeguard U.S. and allied radar and radio communications from enemy jamming highlight this week's Rapid Fire interview with John Keller and Ernesto Burden of Military & Aerospace Electronics.

ARLINGTON, Va., 10 Dec. 2013. U.S. military researchers will brief industry this month on a program to develop jamming-resistant communications systems and difficult-to-detect-communications technology to keep battlefield networks functioning amid a variety of spectrum-warfare threats.

It is an open secret that, for a variety of reasons, the U.S. manufacturing base has sharply deteriorated over the past three decades, and the semiconductor industry is no exception. In fact, the semiconductor industry may have suffered harder than some other American enterprises. The purpose of this paper is to explain the causes of this decline and offer some common-sense economic policies that may lead to the industry’s revival.

ORANGE, Calif., 12 Dec. 2013. Phoenix International Systems Inc. in Orange, Calif., is introducing the RPC 4004 series drive magazine based rugged data storage system with RAID controller technology for aerospace and defense applications and other rugged uses.

MIDDLETON, Wis., 11 Dec. 2013. Extreme Engineering Solutions Inc. (X-ES) in Middleton, Wis., is introducing the XPand1202 OpenVPX software-defined radio (SDR) development system for creating software-defined radio communications technology with VITA-65 boards and interconnects.

POWAY, Calif., 10 Dec. 2013. Kontron in Poway, Calif., is introducing its next-generation Computer Brick Alternative (COBALT) embedded computer for military ground vehicles, surface ships, aircraft, unmanned vehicles, rail transportation, oil and gas and other rugged applications that require small powerful computers.