Volume 17, Issue 1

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Communications

Purdue researchers develop material for better optics, communications

Jan. 1, 2006
Engineers at Purdue University say they are the first researchers to create a material that has a “negative index of refraction” in the wavelength of light used for telecommunications...
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Power

External AC-DC power-supply market to hit $7.7 billion by 2010

Jan. 1, 2006
The worldwide market for external AC-DC power supplies will rise from $5 billion in 2005 to $7.7 billion in 2010, a compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent, according to analysts...
Computers

Sense of urgency among primes drives VME market, while VITA 46 highlights company roadmaps

Jan. 1, 2006
Designers of VME single-board computers for military applications say their market is strong because prime contractors feel pressure to field programs quickly, which forces them...
Computers

Evolving COTS cooling for military environments

Jan. 1, 2006
The trend of escalating power consumption of processors and communications infrastructure chips presents an increasing challenge for deploying high-performance processing systems...
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Communications

Optoelectronics Briefs

Jan. 1, 2006
Seiler to build optical fire-control units for Army lightweight artillerySeiler Instrument & Manufacturing Co. in St. Louis won a $5.7 million contract increment in November to...

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Communications

DME makes missile trainer with InterSense sensors

Jan. 1, 2006
Designers at DME Corp. in Orlando, Fla., needed inertial sensors for a missile trainer they are building for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Power

General Atomics picks power electronics from SatCon Technology for Navy

Jan. 1, 2006
Engineers at General Atomics in San Diego needed a power converter for a new ship engine they were building under contract to the Office of Naval Research.
Communications

Raytheon picks Radstone computers for F-18

Jan. 1, 2006
Engineers at Raytheon Company in Waltham, Mass., needed single board computers for a targeting pod in Navy F-18 fighter jets.
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Communications

Navy chooses Telephonics intercom for P-3

Jan. 1, 2006
Engineers with the U.S. Navy needed a secure intercom for the P-3 Orion, an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft.
Computers

Programming support for ‘Tiny’ microcontroller series

Jan. 1, 2006
Data I/O in Redmond, Wash., is offering support for the Renesas R8C/11 “Tiny” series of microcontrollers beginning with support for the R5F211 on Data I/O’s FlashCore programming...
Communications

Army convoy simulators use InterSense trackers

Jan. 1, 2006
Designers at Raydon Corp. in Daytona Beach, Fla., needed sensors for their Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer (VCOT), deployed at over 20 U.S. Army and National Guard Bases.