WASHINGTON — Open systems — rather than commercial off-the-shelf, or COTS — is perhaps the best description of what is happening in the military electronics world...
Military designers recognize that commercial-off-the-shelf electronics are more widely available and less expensive than custom-designed and mil-spec components,yet mission-critical...
JOPLIN, Mo. — Engineers at the Federal Systems Department of Eagle-Picher Technologies (EPT) have qualified two batteries for two high-profile missile programs.
WASHINGTON — The trick of successfully using new Class T low-cost space components is reducing the design and fabrication costs while increasing testing and screening, says...
MontaVista unveils real-time scheduler for Linux; GM to conduct command and control research; Kollmorgen to supply Mod 3 periscope sets and test equipment; and more.
CARLSBAD, Calif. — engineers at Tadpole RDI are offering a rugged, Java-based, hand-held computer aimed at making life easier for military personnel in the field.
NEWARK, Calif. — PC-MIP, the small mezzanine card form factor from SBS Technologies Modular I/O, is strengthening its presence in the defense industry through a digital battlefield...
American Airlines uses CAE flight simulators; BAE Systems and Royal Navy use MentorWorxx; JPL chooses Internet-enabled collaboration tool to help design satellites; and more.
WASHINGTON — Industry experts widely believe that nano-scale devices are the logical successors to today's microelectronics as the electronics industry moves inexorably toward...
Satellites are a part of our everyday existence. They help us receive hundreds of TV channels, they allow us to place fast efficient telephone calls, and they allow us to use ...
