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Navy orders new batch of radar-killing missilesPATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 24 April 2014. U.S. Navy air warfare experts are ordering another batch of radar-killing air-to-ground missiles and missile upgrades to equip the service's carrier-based fighter-bombers and electronic warfare jets. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced an $83.4 million contract Wednesday to the Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) Defense Electronic Systems segment in Woodland Hills, Calif., for the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). |
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Navy calls out AIT VME 1553 databus interface cards, but would consider other company offersSAN DIEGO, 24 April 2014. U.S. Navy communications experts needed MIL-STD-1553 databus interface cards in the VME form factor for a variety of test and measurement applications. They found their solution from Avionics Interface Technologies Inc. (AIT) in San Diego. |
Heat exchanger from AMETEK Rotron cools sealed electronics without contaminated outside airWOODSTOCK, N.Y., 24 April 2014. AMETEK Rotron in Woodstock, N.Y., is introducing the Discus Self Ventilating Heat Exchanger (SVHE) that cools sealed airborne or ground-based electronic and optical compartments without introducing contaminated external air. |
Army places order for 100 GPS- and computer-controlled parachute cargo delivery systemsNATICK, Mass., 23 April 2014. Cargo air drop specialists at Airborne Systems North America in Pennsauken, N.J., will provide the U.S. Army with 110 computer-controlled parachute cargo air delivery systems under terms of a contract announced Tuesday. |
Raytheon and DARPA consider deploying unmanned air and marine vehicles from fighter aircraftARLINGTON, Va., 23 April 2014. U.S. military unmanned vehicle experts have developed many innovative ways to send drones on their missions. Unmanned vehicles can launch from runways and deploy from ships and submarines. But how about launching from the undercarriage of a jet fighter? |
Rugged PC for industrial automation and in-vehicle applications introduced by MEN MicroBLUE BELL, Pa., 23 April 2014. MEN Micro Inc. in Blue Bell, Pa., is introducing the MH70I modular, rugged PC for industrial automation and in-vehicle embedded computing applications. |
The next super weapon: believe me, nobody's ready for itTHE MIL & AERO BLOG, 22 April 2014. Military powers throughout history have based their strengths on revolutionary super weapons that adversaries couldn't match. |
DARPA to keep military communications open with floating optical fiber and networking buoysARLINGTON, Va., 22 April 2014. When military communications go down in the midst of battle due to electronic jamming or other interference, commanders want it restored fast, and military researchers are looking into ways of restoring disrupted links with undersea fiber-optic networks. |
Navy researchers choose specialized RF and microwave test equipment from Zeta AssociatesWASHINGTON, 22 April 2014. U.S. Navy researchers needed space communications test and measurement equipment to help analyze signals for space experiments and to help develop technologies for potential naval deployment. They found their solution from Zeta Associates Inc. in Fairfax, Va. |
Safety-critical real-time software for Power Architecture avionics introduced by LynuxWorksSAN JOSE, Calif., 22 April 2014. LynuxWorks Inc. in San Jose, Calif., is introducing the LynxOS-178 2.2.3 software release that brings this FAA Level A certifiable real-time operating system (RTOS) to Power Architecture-based platforms with features for avionics developers. |
Navy looks to 3 Phoenix to provide data-fusion sonar signal processing for submarines and shipsWASHINGTON, 21 April 2014. U.S. Navy sonar experts needed data-fusion technology to blend information from several different towed-array sensors to improve target detection and tracking. They found their solution from 3 Phoenix Inc. in Chantilly, Va. |
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