ARLINGTON, Va. 20 May 2012. Satellite designers at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are pushing forward with a project to develop small, networked clusters or orbiting satellite modules that are maintainable and upgradeable to replace traditional monolithic military satellites that can be risky and difficult to fix or upgrade when onboard malfunctions occur.

GARNER, N.C., 13 May 2012. American CONEC Corp. in Garner, N.C., is introducing water-resistant Ethernet I/O port connectors with a special flange-mount for deployment in harsh environments such as security and surveillance equipment, GPS systems, communications, industrial machinery, and test and measurement equipment.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., 2 May 2012. GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., is introducing the SPR507B four-channel serial Front-Panel Data Port (FPDP) interface PMC/XMC module for military embedded systems such as sonar or radar signal processing systems that gather inputs from several sensors for back-end processing. The module can help embedded computing designers save several chassis slots, GE (NYSE:GE) officials say.

SAN DIEGO, 22 April 2012. Optical communications experts at the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific in San Diego are looking to optical network specialists at Enablence USA Components in Fremont, Calif., to fabricate photonic integrated circuits for advanced high-speed naval optical communications. Enablence USA Components is part of Enablence Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ENA) headquartered in Toronto.

ASHBURN, Va., 22 April 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in Ashburn, Va., is introducing a 2U 19-inch rack-mount video-distribution system for video management and recording in military and commercial aviation applications. The new VRD1-AC, a version of Curtiss-Wright's VRD1-CC, integrates switching, recording, and network distribution of high-definition (HD) video in a standard rack-mount unit.

MINNEAPOLIS, 20 April 2012. Omnetics Connector Corp. in Minneapolis is introducing the Latching Micro-D connectors for quick cable connections to rack and panel equipment in military, aerospace, and medical applications. The Latching Micro-D connector features a squeeze-latch system that is small and light weight.

GERMANTOWN, Wis., 18 April 2012. WAGO Corp. in Germantown, Wis., is introducing the 756 series M12 socket Ethernet adapter that WAGO designed to simply linking machine-mount IP67 components with IP20 controls. The D-Coded M12 adapter provides tool-free terminations with a traditional cable-based RJ45 Ethernet socket that routes data through a screw-locking M12 connector.

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J., 17 April 2012. Pentek Inc. in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is introducing two quad Serial Front Panel Data Port (FPDP) high-speed data communications modules featuring the Xilinx Virtex-6 field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for military embedded systems such as military radar signal processing and signals intelligence.

WASHINGTON, 15 April 2012. The Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) segment in Washington is moving ahead with a U.S. Navy program to create common, open-architecture system-of-systems electronic designs aboard most Navy submarines to facilitate interoperability during joint operations with integrated fighting forces.

SIDNEY, N.Y., 12 April 2012. Officials of Amphenol Industrial Global Operations in Sidney, N.Y., have certified the company's Helios H4 PV connector to 1,000 volts, per Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) in Durham, N.C.

WATERLOO, Ontario, 9 April 2012. Pixus Technologies in Waterloo, Ontario, is introducing handle and panel sets in various styles for embedded computing boards for military embedded systems and other embedded computing applications. The handle and panel sets come in 3U, 6U, 9U, and custom sizes.

WARREN, Mich., 8 April 2012. U.S. Army vetronics researchers are working with engineers at Telcordia Technologies Inc. in Piscataway, N.J., to develop an affordable communications and computing environment for Army vehicles under terms of an upcoming contract from the Army Contracting Command. Telcordia specializes in mobile, broadband, and enterprise software.

CARLSBAD, Calif., 3 April 2012. Officials of the U.S. Army National Guard needed RF downlink technology for the Guard's fleet of Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota helicopters. They found their solution from the Cobham plc Tactical Communications and Surveillance segment in Carlsbad, Calif.

HARRISBURG, Pa., 1 April 2012. TE Connectivity in Harrisburg, Pa., is introducing Mini SAS HD interconnect for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS 2.1); serial data transmission; Host Bus Adapter (HBA); redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID); workstations; rack-mount server; servers; storage rack; high performance computers; and switches. The connectors are designed to double the port density of low-profile PCI Express cards and support 6- and 12- gigabit-per-second SAS applications.

WHITELEY, England, 30 March 2012. The Cobham plc Tactical Communications and Surveillance segment in Whiteley, England, is introducing a new generation of Internet Protocol (IP) Mesh radios for military, law-enforcement, and commercial applications such as unmanned vehicles that need a self-healing mesh communications network combined with non-line of sight characteristics.

CAMARILLO, Calif., 29 March 2012. Nallatech in Camarillo, Calif., is introducing the PCIe-385N field-programmable gate array (FPGA) network processing card for offloading processor-intensive tasks in embedded systems applications. The PCIe-385N is based on the Altera Stratix V FPGA and offers PCI Express 8-lane Gen3 bandwidth in a half-length PCI Express card.

Londonderry, N.H., 24 March, 2012. Vulcan Flex Circuit Corp., a division of Vulcan Electric Company, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire JETI Testing LLC of Nashua, NH. JETI is a printed wiring board (PWB) industry service provider offering electrical testing of printed circuit boards (PCB) and flexible printed circuits (FPC).

WALLINGFORD, Conn., 23 March 2012. Times Microwave Systems in Wallingford, Conn., is introducing the EZ-400-BM BNC no-solder male (plug) straight connector and EZ-400-BM-RA BNC no-solder, male (plug) right angle connector for MR-400 low-loss coaxial cable for field installations of RF and microwave coaxial cable.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 18 March 2012. Military helicopter experts at the Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in Mesa, Ariz., are moving forward with the Apache Block III attack helicopter program with a $187 million contract Friday from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., for development, integration and testing requirements on the Apache Block III program.