The largest and most complex missile-defense flight test ever attempted, which engaged five ballistic and cruise missiles at the same time, used OpenVPX-based radar processing subsystems from Mercury Systems in Chelmsford, Mass.

The General Dynamics Corp. C4 Systems segment in Scottsdale, Ariz., will provide 53 additional AN/USC-61 four-channel digital modular radios for new Navy ships, submarines, and inshore sites.

U.S. government researchers are consulting industry on enhancing future capability to reuse satellite antennas, apertures, and other components from decommissioned satellites in high-Earth orbit and build new satellites robotically in orbit to reduce the costs of replacing failed satellites.

QUINCY, Mass., 25 Jan. 2013. Marine scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington needed unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to help develop low-frequency broadband (LFBB) payload technology and support basic and applied research in undersea warfare. They found their solution from UUV specialist Bluefin Robotics in Quincy, Mass.

ANAHEIM, Calif., 24 Jan. 2013. Extron Electronics in Anaheim, Calif., is introducing the TLM 100T tabletop enclosure for use with 2nd, 3rd, and nth generation iPad tablet computers for professional audio-visual (AV) applications.

MINNEAPOLIS, 23 Jan. 2013. Honeywell Inc. in Minneapolis is introducing the HPS series pressure switches for use in rugged transportation and industrial applications that require the making or breaking of an electrical connection in response to a pressure change.

HIGH WYCOMBE, England, 17 Jan. 2013. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in High Wycombe, England, is introducing the XF07-516 analog I/O Express Mezzanine Card (XMC) based on the Xilinx Kintex-7 field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for high-end defense and aerospace applications like radar and imaging processing.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., 16 Jan. 2013. U.S. Air Force test experts are surveying industry for companies able to provide unmanned marine vehicles (UMVs) and sensor payloads to help monitor and recover air-delivered test weapons and provide other support to the Air Force 96th Test Wing and its ocean test range near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

NASHUA, N.H., 15 Jan 2012. Skyler Frink discusses DARPA's testing of the LS3 quadruped robot and the technology behind it in this week's Military & Aerospace Electronics Report.

WESTWOOD, Mass., 15 Jan. 2013. Acumentrics Rugged-UPS in Westwood, Mass., is introducing the ACG3000 rugged uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to provide clean AC or DC power to protect military communications and surveillance equipment from shutdowns or data loss.

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 10 Jan. 2013. Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a provider of biometric identity management products, has released two new versions of its Mobile Essentials software development kit (SDK) that integrates its Verifier Mw wireless handheld fingerprint scanner with Android and Blackberry smartphones.

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., 9 Jan. 2012. U.S. Navy electro-optics researchers plan to ask industry to develop charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras and simulators as part of a future Earth-observation satellite called Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) that will study the variability of Earth's ionosphere, which can interfere with communications and geopositioning signals.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., 9 Jan. 2013. Newport Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif., is introducing the Spectra-Physics Pulseo 532-44 high-power Q-switched green laser for high speed microelectronics manufacturing applications.

ESCONDIDO, Calif., 6 Jan. 2013. One Stop Systems Inc. in Escondido, Calif., is introducing the CUBE desktop expansion enclosures that attach to a laptop computer or workstation through Thunderbolt or PCI Express.

NATICK, Mass., 6 Jan. 2012. Software design tool specialist MathWorks in Natick, Mass., is introducing Release 2012b (R2012b) software to enable engineers using the DO Qualification Kit to qualify Simulink and Polyspace verification tools for DO-178C and supplements including DO-331.

TAIPEI, Taiwan, 3 Jan. 2013. AAEON in Taipei, Taiwan, is introducing two embedded servers -- the AIS-E1 and AIS-E2 -- for IP surveillance, factory automation, building automation, advanced digital signage and kiosks.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., 2 Jan. 2013. Industrial and military laser specialist Coherent Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif., has acquired Lumera Laser GmbH in Kaiserslautern, Germany, which manufactures ultrafast lasers for micro-electronics, and precision materials processing.

The X-47B prototype unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) completed its first catapult launch

U.S. Air Force officials needed a tool for tactical data link (TDL) testing and simulation.