ARLINGTON, Va., 20 May 2013. U.S. Government researchers are asking industry for ideas on advanced thermionic and cold cathode electron emitter technologies that operate at relatively cool temperatures to reduce complexity and enhance device lifetimes.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 19 May 2013. U.S. Air Force officials are surveying industry to find companies able to design and build a three-phase uninterruptible power supply that provides uninterrupted 480-volt AC power to a 100 kilovolt-ampere (kVA) facility load for at least 30 minutes during a power failure.

PORTLAND, Ore., 18 May 2013. U.S. Coast Guard officials sought a forward-looking infrared (FLIR), electro-optical sensor system for its fleet of Sikorsky H-60 Jayhawk and Eurocopter H-65 Dolphin rotorcraft, which have already been modernized with upgraded avionics suites from Rockwell Collins and other industry firms.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 17 May 2013. U.S. Navy aircraft radio communications experts needed electronic radios and related equipment for a variety of aircraft. They found their solution from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 16 May 2013. U.S. Army helicopter avionics experts needed a multi-sensor payload for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter. They found their solution from FLIR Systems Inc. in Wilsonville, Ore.

ABOARD THE CARRIER USS BUSH, 15 May 2013. The X-47B unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) launched Tuesday from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia in an important test to demonstrate the viability of future carrier-based unmanned fighter-bomber aircraft.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 14 May 2013. U.S. Air Force special operations experts are surveying industry to find companies able to design and build a small hand-held Link-16 secure, jam-resistant, high-speed digital data radio that is no larger than today's fielded AN/PRC-148 multiband inter/intra team radio (MBITR).

PORT HUENEME, Calif., 14 May 2013. U.S. Navy surface warfare experts needed Ethernet circuit cards for the launch sequencer in the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). They found their solution from VersaLogic Corp. in Tualatin, Ore.

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., 11 May 2013. Engineers at Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace (KDA) in Kongsberg, Norway, needed a thermal management solution for its Joint Strike Missile (JSM) design. They found their solution at the Parker Aerospace business segment of Parker Hannifin Corp. (NYSE:PH) in Liberty Lake, Wash.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 10 May 2013. U.S. Army missile experts are surveying industry to find companies able to build an affordable proximity sensor for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to detonate air bursts for precision missile strikes.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 8 May 2013. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. in Poway, Calif., won a $110.3 U.S. Army modification Tuesday to maintain and repair the Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle medium altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operating in Afghanistan.

CRANE, Ind., 8 May 2013. U.S. Navy radar experts needed repairs and rebuilds for klystron traveling wave tubes for long-range radar systems on Navy surface warships. They found their solution from Communications & Power Industries LLC in Palo Alto, Calif.

WARREN, Mich., 7 May 2013. U.S. Army armored combat vehicle designers will brief industry next week on current and future vetronics research efforts aimed at keeping vehicle crews safe in attacks from a wide variety of anti-armor weapons.

PORT HUENEME, Calif., 7 May 2013. U.S. Navy shipboard weapons technicians needed obsolescent programmable microprocessors to help maintain a variety if missile systems, missile launchers, radar systems, and other shipboard weapons systems. They found their solution from Rochester Electronics LLC in Newburyport, Mass.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 6 May 2013. Navigation and guidance experts at Argon ST Inc. in Fairfax, Va., are building on previous company research to develop a prototype sensor fusion system for land, sea, and airborne applications that can accept inputs from several kinds of navigation sensors so that warfighters can maintain navigation capability with or without Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 6 May 2013. U.S. Army researchers are asking for industry's help in finding new kinds of small transponder and interrogator technologies for infantry soldiers to help separate friend from foe on the battlefield.

GAITHERSBURG, Md., 3 May 2013. DRS Signal Solutions Inc. in Gaithersburg, Md., is releasing the SI-9332 switch matrix module that connects antennas to RF receivers, or other kinds of electronic signal inputs and outputs in a wide range of high-frequency (HF) communications applications in complex operating environments.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, 2 May 2013. Officials of the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency are extending their agreement with SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., to remanufacture obsolete and unavailable critical electronic parts for military programs in the Generalized Emulation of Microcircuits (GEM) program.

BALTIMORE, 2 May 2013. Tiny size, light weight, and low power consumption -- all with unmanned vehicles in mind -- were common themes this week at the SPIE Defense Security + Sensing conference and trade show in Baltimore, as a wide variety of sensor integrators rolled out products for the newest generations of unmanned and soldier-worn technology.