Volume 11, Issue 8

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Members of the VME International Trade Association, a printed circuit board industry trade advocate in Scottsdale, Ariz., are formulating a standard for...
Aug. 1, 2000
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BEAVERTON, Ore. — Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, represent a display technology that has fallen into disuse since it launched the era of digital watches and other consumer...
Aug. 1, 2000
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On the deck of a ship, with the sun blazing and the air laden with salt spray and exhaust fumes, weapons operators activate the ship's fire-control computer and a surface-to-air...
Aug. 1, 2000
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KANATA, Ontario — Engineers at DY 4 Systems Inc. of Kanata, Ontario, used their System Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) to upgrade the U.K. Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft...
Aug. 1, 2000
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — With the impending demise of the Iridium satellite network for mobile satellite services to fulfill U.S. military needs, leaders of Globalstar Government...
Aug. 1, 2000
Re your recent Editor's Desk column (Laser Focus World, June 2000, "Where have all the [technical] people gone?"): I see the shortage of scientists and engineers as a good thing...
Aug. 1, 2000
IBM to fab Alpha microprocessor; Sun Microsystems helps Raytheon design computers for new Navy destroyer; DARPA eyes high-temperature superconductors for new RF components; and...
Aug. 1, 2000
Is a new reliability standard really necessary?; and Avionics designers are in need of a comprehensive open-systems policy
Aug. 1, 2000
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Primagraphics helps BAE Systems with Eurofighter test and recording systemAircraft designers at BAE Systems in Warton, England, needed equipment to record real-time video to help...
Aug. 1, 2000
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Air Force F-16 jet fighter is getting a radar facelift with RACE multiprocessor technology from Mercury Computer Systems in Chelmsford, Mass.
Aug. 1, 2000
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SAN DIEGO - Engineers at Cubic Defense Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp., are providing additional data links for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack ...
Aug. 1, 2000
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Designers of the proposed $14 billion National Missile Defense (NMD) system face a fundamental problem. There is growing concern whether the infrared sensors on the NMD's kinetic...
Aug. 1, 2000