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A/D converter and D/A converter engine on 3U OpenVPX card introduced by Curtiss-Wright

HIGH WYCOMBE, England, 17 June 2013. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in High Wycombe, England, is introducing the VPX3-530 dual channel A/D converter and D/A converter engine packaged on a 3U OpenVPX card for space-constrained embedded digital receiver applications deployed in harsh defense and aerospace environments.

Army ground-penetrating radar program moves forward; NIITEK to provide test IED sensors

FORT BELVOIR, Va., 14 June 2013. U.S. Army counter-landmine experts are looking to Non-Intrusive Technology Inc.(NIITEK) in Dulles, Va., to provide a ground-penetrating radar system for a test program to detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs) buried in roadways.

Network bridge that moves Link-11 shipboard data over Ethernet introduced by Sabtech

YORBA LINDA, Calif., 14 June 2013. Sabtech Industries in Yorba Linda, Calif., is introducing the PowerNet ATDS Bridge system to help aerospace and defense communications applications extend Airborne Tactical Data Systems (ATDS) serial (MILSTD-188-203-1A, Appendix D2) data communications over a network.

Avionics specialist Geotest-Marvin Test Systems changes name to Marvin Test Solutions

IRVINE, Calif., 13 June 2013. Executives of Geotest-Marvin Test Systems Inc. in Irvine, Calif., are changing their company's name to Marvin Test Solutions to strengthen the company's association to The Marvin Group, known for its 50-year history in aerospace and its focus on test solutions, company officials say.

GaAs MMIC amplifier for military and space RF applications introduced by Custom MMIC

WESTFORD, Mass., 13 June 2013. Custom MMIC in Westford, Mass. is introducing the CMD187 wideband gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) amplifier die for RF and microwave applications operating at frequencies from 2 to 20 GHz.

Sierra Nevada to flight test synthetic vision to help helicopter pilots land in zero visibility

FORT EUSTIS, Va., 12 June 2013. U.S. Army helicopter avionics experts say they plan to ask Sierra Nevada Corp. in Sparks, Nev., to integrated and test a prototype synthetic-vision system on a Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter that is designed to help helicopter pilots land safely in zero-visibility conditions.

Millions of dollars awarded for thousands of FPGAs going into F-35 Joint Strike Fighters

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 12 June 2013. The Lockheed Martin Aeronautics segment in Fort Worth, Texas will provide 83,169 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Xilinx Inc. in San Jose, Calif., for military planes under terms of a $104.7 million contract modification announced this week.

Navy to brief industry on technologies needed for special operations warfare from submarines

WASHINGTON, 11 June 2013. U.S. Navy expeditionary warfare experts will brief industry on 25 June 2013 on upcoming contracting opportunities to help Navy and Marine Corps warfighters operate more effectively in operations between sea and shore that involve stealthy troop insertion by submarine.

Air Force considers new custom ASIC to handle wideband RF phased array beamforming

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 11 June 2013. U.S. Air Force researchers are reaching out to industry to find companies with the technical expertise to design a custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) able to function as a powerful digital phased array RF beamformer.

Marines ask industry for Humvee electric inverter to provide power to Marines in the field

Marine Corps asks industry for Humvee electric inverter to provide power to Marines in the field

QUANTICO, Va., 10 June 2013. U.S. Marine Corps leaders are reaching out to industry to find companies able to build an add-on inverter to Humvee light vehicles to supply AC power to Marines in the field for operating electronic systems and recharging batteries.

Army eyes open-systems standard for SATCOM networking on the move for big combat vehicles

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 9 June 2013. U.S. Army researchers say they would like to develop an open-systems standard to enable the Army to develop or buy off the shelf distributed aperture satellite communications antennas for mounting on vehicles for on-the-move communications.

Navy names five electronics distributors to supply aerial weapons parts over next five years

RIDGECREST, Calif., 7 June 2013. U.S. Navy aerial weapons experts are looking to five electronics distributors to complete for the opportunity to supply a wide variety of high-reliability electronic components for aerial weapons deployment, research, and development.

Power amplifier for unmanned vehicles and other small applications introduced by NuWaves

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, 7 June 2013. NuWaves Ltd. in Middletown, Ohio, is introducing the NuPower NW-BSSPA-10W-1.0-2.5 Xtender bidirectional L- and S-band power amplifier module for use with half-duplex RF transceivers running constant-envelope waveforms.

Navy orders as many as five Burke-class destroyers in potential $3.5 billion contract

WASHINGTON, 5 June 2013. U.S. Navy leaders are ordering four Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyers under terms of a $2.8 billion contract announced Monday to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.

Agilent and industry collaborate to solve various test and measurement challenges, deliver operational efficiency

SEATTLE, 4 June 2013. Agilent experts in aerospace and defense and wireless communications, including test components and systems, microwave and communications, and mobile broadband gathered at IMS 2013 in Seattle to connect to industry and work on solutions to challenges, technical and business issues.

Air Force weapons experts to brief industry on near-term and far-term fuzing research

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., 4 June 2013. U.S. Air Force weapons experts will brief industry June 25 and 26 on fuze technology research efforts for specific applications available for near-term transition, as well as on research programs in the mid- and far-terms.

PXI RF signal generators and analyzers for wireless testing introduced by Aeroflex

STEVENAGE, England, 4 June 2013. Aeroflex Ltd. in Stevenage, England, is introducing wide-bandwidth RF signal generators and analyzers in PXI format for RF component and wireless device testing to standards such as WLAN 802.11ac.

General Dynamics to enhance SEWIP Navy shipboard EW systems in $15 million contract

General Dynamics to enhance Navy SEWIP shipboard EW systems in $15 million contract

WASHINGTON, 3 June 2013. U.S. Navy officials are asking engineers at the General Dynamics Corp. Advanced Information Systems segment in Fairfax, Va., to upgrade shipboard electronic warfare (EW) systems under terms of a $15 million contract announced Friday.

DHS to brief industry on aviation security research initiatives in June 26 online webinar

WASHINGTON, 3 June 2013. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington will brief industry by webinar this month on the department's research and development strategy for aviation security.

Radiation-tolerant dual MIL-STD-1553 interface for space applications introduced by DDC

BOHEMIA, N.Y., 2 June 2013. Data Device Corp. (DDC) in Bohemia, N.Y., is introducing the radiation-tolerant SPACE-PHY 5-volt Dual MIL-STD-1553 transceiver/transformer for mission-critical space applications that must operate in extreme environmental conditions.