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.

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.

MONTREAL, 7 Dec. 2013. Industry, government, and academia join forces under the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRAIQ) and SAGE (Safe, Affordable, Green, Efficient) to solve current and future aerospace challenges.

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.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 9 Dec. 2013. U.S. Army aviation leaders are buying six UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters and six Raytheon AN/ARC-231 aircraft voice and data radios under terms of a $33.2 million contract announced Friday.

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.

SAN DIEGO, 9 Dec. 2013. TDK Lambda Americas Corp. in San Diego is introducing the HFE1600D1U dual-output power supply rack for hot-swap power architectures in distributed power architectures, wireless base stations, RF power amplifiers, storage systems, and industrial automation.

DE LEON SPRINGS, Fla., 8 Dec. 2013. The Sparton Corp. Navigation and Exploration segment in De Leon Springs, Fla., is introducing the GEDC-6E improved gyro attitude and heading measurement system and the DC-4E enhanced tilt attitude heading system for unmanned vehicle navigation; weapons targeting; and precision guidance applications.