Volume 17, Issue 11

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A systems integrator sought for its U.S. military customers a power-protection solution capable of ensuring the constant availability and reliability of their air-traffic-control...
Nov. 1, 2006
Real-Time Innovation in Santa Clara, Calif., is offering the RTI Data Distribution Service (formerly NDDS) version 4.1 messaging and integration software for real-time applications...
Nov. 1, 2006
Geote4st-Martin Test Systems Inc. in Irvine, Calif., is offering the GP1616 form-fit-function replacement for the obsolete HP8116 function generator, company officials say.
Nov. 1, 2006
Actel Corp. in Mountain View, Calif., is offering a LEON3 processor-based application optimized for the Actel RTAX-S field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
Nov. 1, 2006
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Aeroflex Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, Colo., is offering an addition to the RadHard Clock Family-the UT54ALVC2525 RadHard clock driver for satellite applications.
Nov. 1, 2006
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Black Diamond Advanced Technology in Tempe, Ariz., is offering the SwitchBack rugged ultra-mobile personal computer, which measures 7.5 by 5.5 by 2 inches and uses a 1.0 GHz Intel...
Nov. 1, 2006
Enea in Stockholm, Sweden, is offering the Optima Eclipse-based integrated development environment for the OSE real-time operating system, which uses Eclipse version 3.1.2 and...
Nov. 1, 2006
Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., is offering version 5.0 of the company’s MULTI integrated development environment.
Nov. 1, 2006
Heim Data Systems Inc. in Belmar, N.J., is offering a version of the D5000 series for applications requiring compatibility with the IRIG106 Chapter10 standard, which defines the...
Nov. 1, 2006
MI Technologies in Atlanta released version 3.3 of its MI-3000 data acquisition and analysis software with new features to enhance microwave antenna, radar, and radome test and...
Nov. 1, 2006
LynuxWorks in San Jose, Calif., is offering LynxOS-SE time-space partitioned hard real time operating system (RTOS) with Posix and Linux application support for performance and...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Mercury Computer Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass., is announcing a family of single-board computers (SBCs) with two dual-core Intel Xeon processors ULV on a 6U single-slot module...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Vicor Corp. in Andover, Mass., is adding eight mid-power Maxi DC-DC converters to the 24-volt DC input family: a 3.3-volt, 200-watt model and 300-watt models at 5, 12, 15, 24,...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Decision makers at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane in Crane, Ind., sought a solution to improve the accuracy and precision in the fleet’s field operations.
Nov. 1, 2006
Försvarets Materielverk (FMV) of Sweden required a precision radar and landing solution for a radar destined for the Swedish Armed Forces.
Nov. 1, 2006
Recent assessments of U.S. port security reveal vulnerability to terrorists using speedboats in an attack, making port security a central issue in the global war on terror.
Nov. 1, 2006
The U.S. Navy, as part of its training and mission rehearsal efforts, requires the ability to mimic realistic behaviors and physical phenomenon in 3-D training simulations.
Nov. 1, 2006
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LaBarge Inc. in St. Louis has manufactured backplane assemblies for Raytheon since 2002.
Nov. 1, 2006
The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has contracted Elbit Systems Ltd. of Haifa, Israel, to supply avionic systems for the Colombian Air Force’s Super Tucano aircraft.
Nov. 1, 2006
Sikorsky of Stratford, Conn., was in the market for an avionics management system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement helicopter.
Nov. 1, 2006
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Fighter-jet pilots need to be confident that their defensive electronics are functional before they embark on a mission.
Nov. 1, 2006
BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of National Sensor Systems (NSS) in Acton, Mass., a manufacturer of advanced optical systems for the aerospace and defense industry.
Nov. 1, 2006
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FLIR Systems Inc. in Portland, Ore., is providing a multisensor airborne thermal imaging system that may help U.S. Army ground forces anticipate the behavior of terrorist and ...
Nov. 1, 2006
Revenues in the Russian electric-motors market will rise to $1.5 billion by 2012, while the Ukrainian electric-motors market will expand to $287.8 million over the same period...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Spending for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in mobile handsets reached $157 million in 2005, and will exceed $1 billion by 2010, predict analysts at In-Stat in Scottsdale...
Nov. 1, 2006
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the specific name for many of the roadside bombs that commonly kill soldiers and civilians alike in dangerous regions of the world, have been...
Nov. 1, 2006
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The Pentagon and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contracted Regal Decision Systems of Linthicum, Md., to develop a prototype system for the Pentagon to detect...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Engineers at International Rectifier (IR) introduced a hybrid motor-control module for aircraft applications that does not need software development to run, cutting out hours ...
Nov. 1, 2006
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The America’s Army development team has announced America’s Army: Special Forces (AA:SF), a new version of the military training tool and popular online action game, as well as...
Nov. 1, 2006
VITA, the trade association for the critical embedded computing industry, is marking the 25th anniversary of VME technology open-systems standards.
Nov. 1, 2006
The term “three-dimensional integration” sounds as though it were simply another logical step in the miniaturization of devices and systems.
Nov. 1, 2006
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Increasingly, businesses are tapping commercial gaming technologies to enhance precision and realism for military training, simulation, and mission rehearsal systems.
Nov. 1, 2006
Northrop Grumman to provide software support for maritime command and control systemNorthrop Grumman Corp. in McLean, Va., announced that it has secured a new contract with the...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Simulation company Engenuity Technologies Inc. in Montreal has acquired AcuSoft Inc. in Orlando, Fla., a software company specializing in simulation, training, visualization, ...
Nov. 1, 2006
Key leaders of the U.S. defense industry are upbeat about continued prospects for healthy military spending after predictions were released last month that U.S. defense spending...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Today’s warfighters are all becoming cogs or nodes in one digitized network force, and wearable computers patch them into the network.
Nov. 1, 2006
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Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in St. Louis recently flew its newly designed A/MH-6X light-turbine helicopter for the first time.
Nov. 1, 2006
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VMETRO executives have announced plans to augment the company’s VXS, XMC, and PMC board-level product families to include platforms based on the new Virtex-5 LXT FPGA platform...
Nov. 1, 2006
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Pentek Inc. in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is offering a digital receiver board with high-speed A-D and field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) dual-channel digital downconverter.
Nov. 1, 2006
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XP Power plc in Pangbourne, England, is offering the MTC, a series of 4-to-35-watt DC-DC converters for defense, avionics, communications, industrial, or transportation applications...
Nov. 1, 2006
Optima EPS in Tucker, Ga., is offering cabinet enclosures with advanced shielding options.
Nov. 1, 2006
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in Leesburg, Va., is offering the PowerMatrix family of high-performance/high-density multiprocessor rack-mount computer systems for...
Nov. 1, 2006