Volume 29, Issue 10

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Defense Executive

L-3 to design rapidly steerable electro-optics infrared telescope for small reconnaissance satellites

Oct. 2, 2018
Space electro-optics experts at L-3 Space & Sensors SSG in Wilmington, Mass., are developing a small, lightweight, and affordable infrared telescope for use on future generations...
Defense Executive

DARPA wants photonic integrated circuits for military gyroscopes and clocks

Oct. 2, 2018
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office is soliciting research proposals for the development of a new class of atom-based systems...
Uncrewed

Air Force to boost flexibility of reconnaissance aircraft by adding hyperspectral 3-D imaging sensor

Oct. 2, 2018
The U.S. Air Force is planning to hire a contractor in the coming months to demonstrate a new sensor suite that blends powerful multi-mode cameras with a laser-imaging system ...
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Uncrewed

UAV laser weapons considered to destroy enemy ballistic missiles in boost phase

Oct. 1, 2018
Power electronics experts at three U.S. defense companies are pursuing a project to develop enabling technologies for laser weapons on future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to...
Uncrewed

Reaper UAV shoots down other drone in first known unmanned air-to-air kill

Oct. 1, 2018
A U.S. Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) shot down another drone with a missile, the Air Force revealed. The incident, which took place last year and involved an unmanned target...

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Uncrewed

China in race for counter-drone technology and laser weapons as it tries to catch up with U.S.

Oct. 1, 2018
China is moving to develop laser weapons and counter-drone systems as it tries to catch up with the United States on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to boost its intelligence...
Uncrewed

Boeing, Navy take big risk on the MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Oct. 1, 2018
The MQ-25 aerial refueler is the Navy’s first carrier-based unmanned air vehicle (UAV) – it’s also a big, risky, bet for Boeing and the Navy. Why is it a risk for Boeing?
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RF/Analog

Three U.S. companies eye next-generation RF and electro-optical sensors

Oct. 1, 2018
Three U.S. technology companies are helping U.S. Air Force researchers develop new enabling technologies for next-generation electro-optical (EO) and radio-frequency (RF) sensors...
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Trusted Computing

DISA looks for ways of using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect malware

Oct. 1, 2018
U.S. military trusted computing researchers are asking industry for news ways of applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to cyber security to detect malware...
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Computers

Thermal management for high-performance embedded computing

Oct. 1, 2018
Liquid cooling is becoming more efficient and affordable, while hybrid approaches that blend air, liquid, and conduction cooling are coming into their own to give systems designers...
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Uncrewed

The role of technology in securing the nation’s borders

Oct. 1, 2018
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security relies on a variety of electro-optical cameras, lasers, chemical detectors, X-rays, and other sensors to limit entry of illegal immigrants...