Isonics Corp. and Lucent Technologies Bell Labs announced that they will cooperate in developing a next-generation infrared (IR) imaging and night-vision surveillance technology...
Dynatem Inc. in Mission Viejo, Calif., is offering a 10-gigabit Ethernet-over-copper PCI-X (64 bit at 133 MHz) network interface card (NIC) for distances as far as 10 meters.
Radstone Embedded Computing in Towcester, England, is offering the Screaming Eagle SE1 Pentium M-based graphics processor for simulation, embedded training, and war-gaming applications...
XJTAG in Cambridge, England, is adding a JTAG chain debugger to its XJTAG Development System, which will reduce debug and test times for engineers designing and testing complex...
Micronor in Newbury Park, Calif., is offering the MR267 current loop controller (CLC) that remotely controls a motorized potentiometer and/or rotary cam switch via 4-to-20-milliamp...
M-Systems Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif., is offering a fast flash disk (FFD) 2.5-inch ultra-advanced technology attachment (ATA) in capacities from 1 to 16 gigabytes in 9.5-millimeter...
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Inc. in Huntsville, Ala., is announcing the PMC-0247 serial advanced-technology-attachment (ATA) hard-disk-drive module for use with GE Fanuc Embedded...
Military & Aerospace Electronics is kicking off the New Year with an addition to our editorial lineup called Finish Line-a monthly digest of technology market trends of interest...
Sunon Inc. in Brea, Calif., is introducing a family of waterproof fans rated for reliable performance in a variety of harsh environments, including dust-proof and water-spray-...
Pentagon spending for network-centric warfare technology over the next decade could see real declines, and at best will remain flat, say industry experts in a forecast of U.S....
Engineers at Peregrine Semiconductor in San Diego developed a prototype optical transceiver for harsh environments that will work with next-generation field programmable gate ...
Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry on ideas for new unmanned underwater surveillance technologies....
Leaders at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington awarded three contracts of $10 million each to build a series of next-generation weather satellites...
Engineers at Boeing’s Integrated Tactical Avionics Programs (ITAP) Laboratory in Long Beach, Calif., are using simulation design tools from Engenuity in Montreal to create a new...
Engineers at Aeroflex Inc. are supporting a networking standard for satellite applications called SpaceWire that can move data at 2 to 400 megabits per second.
The economic imperatives to use as many commercially developed components as possible and to avoid duplication in research and development often put commercial and military aviation...
Boeing NCO experiment spotlights technologies in urban scenarioA joint urban-warfare demonstration of command and control on the move provided the blueprint for this year’s Boeing...
Designers at Raydon Corp. in Daytona Beach, Fla., needed sensors for their Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer (VCOT), deployed at over 20 U.S. Army and National Guard Bases.
Engineers at General Atomics in San Diego needed a power converter for a new ship engine they were building under contract to the Office of Naval Research.
Data I/O in Redmond, Wash., is offering support for the Renesas R8C/11 “Tiny” series of microcontrollers beginning with support for the R5F211 on Data I/O’s FlashCore programming...
Green Hills Software Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., is introducing the Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety, a software development and deployment tool for safety-critical...
Parvus Corp. in Salt Lake City is offering the CTR-1471 PC/104-Plus JPEG-2000 encoder card, an eight-channel video compressor module supporting the JPEG 2000 (J2K) ISO/IEC15444...
PrismTech in Anaheim, Calif., unveiled an FPGA middleware technology called Spectra ICO (Integrated Circuit Object Request Broker) that shows how a CORBA ORB can be embedded natively...
Green Hills Software Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., introduced the Green Hills Platform for Software Defined Radios for development and deployment of next-generation software-...
Molex Fiber Optics in Downers Grove, Ill., is offering optical military cable assemblies for a variety of military and aerospace applications such as avionics, mobile tactical...
FISO Technologies in Quebec is offering the FOP-MH fiber-optic pressure sensor for applications in extreme temperatures such as military and aerospace applications.
Adimec Advanced Image Systems b.v. in Eindoven, The Netherlands, is offering a family of rugged megapixel cameras called the RA1000, which offers day-imaging performance in monochrome...
Infrared Solutions Inc. in Minneapolis is offering the VarioTHERM camera head, a universal midwave infrared camera for precise, real-time thermal analysis in scientific and industrial...
Edmund Optics Inc. in Barrington, N.J., is offering a family of beam expanders with high-performance optical designs packaged in a precise optomechanical platform.
LEDtronics in Torrance, Calif., is offering the SML505RBG1K-TR low-profile surface-mount red, green, and blue light-emitting diode (RGB LED), which provide high visibility in ...
kSARIA in Wilmington, Mass., is offering fiber-optic cable assemblies that satisfy the stringent requirements of the ARINC 801-806 Project Papers, adopted by the Airlines Electronic...
Agiltron Inc. in Woburn, Mass., is offering the CL Series fiber-optical switches, which are ultra-high-reliability components that passed mil-spec as well as space qualification...
The PRO BEAM connector series from Tyco Electronics in Harrisburg, Pa., is a fiber-optic interconnect designed specifically for fast data connections where resistance to severe...
Specialised Imaging Ltd. in Tring, England, is launching the SIM Multi-Channel Framing Camera with ultra-high-resolution image intensifiers for high-speed spatial and temporal...
EM4 in Bedford, Mass., is announcing the HPL series of high-power laser multimode pumps designed to provide the high power and reliability required for cladding-pumped military...
Discovery Technology International LLLP in Sarasota, Fla., is offering the RoboMate positioner, a precision desktop-size combined angular-linear motorized nanopositioning system...
Photonic Products in Hatfield Broad Oak, England, added TTL modulation options to its Photon range of laser-diode modules, which will accept signals from DC up to 100 kHz minimum...
Cognex Corp. in Natick, Mass., is offering the Cognex Direct Part Mark (DPM) Verifier that enables U.S. Department of Defense suppliers to meet new government requirements for...
The microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19.87 percent to nearly 6 billion units by 2009, reports market researcher In-Stat...
The worldwide market for DC-DC converter modules will increase from $3.3 billion in 2005 to $5.4 billion in 2010, according to the analyst firm Research and Markets.
Vision Systems International (VSI) has delivered the 1,000th Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) two years ahead of schedule, company officials say.
U.S. troops firing mortars from the new Lightweight 155-mm howitzer will aim their rounds with an optical fire-control unit built by Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Co. in St...
Pilots of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor enemy targets with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging system built by Raytheon, Corp.’...
Designers of infrared technology for military applications are all in agreement-business is not only good, but continued growth and support for new designs and capability are ...
Demand will soon rise for embedded optical-waveguide-based backplanes versus enhanced electrical copper based solutions, according to a report from Research and Markets, an analyst...
In an effort to make flying safer, more than a dozen NASA, airline, industry, and government pilots are testing technology to synthetically give pilots a clear view of their surrounding...
Designers at ATK Missile Systems in Clearwater, Fla. have chosen Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI) of Northvale, N.J. to make optical components for a missile warning system...
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in Tewksbury, Mass., ordered the fiber-optic gyro (FOG)-based TG-6000 precision inertial measurement unit (IMU) from KVH in Middletown, R.I...
Officials at Janos Technology Inc. in Keene, N.H., a supplier of advanced optical assemblies and precision infrared (IR) optics, announced the addition of the QED Sub-aperture...
The worldwide market for external AC-DC power supplies will rise from $5 billion in 2005 to $7.7 billion in 2010, a compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent, according to analysts...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has certified Optical Cable Corp. in Roanoke, Va., as a fully qualified supplier of ground tactical fiber optic cable, meeting all military...
Through a cooperative research program NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are exploring the use of airborne laser mapping systems to quantify...
BEA Lasers in Elk Grove Village, Ill., is offering the 150P series laser modules with AC power adapters, which plug to an AC power supply to produce 6-volts DC for the laser.
Fiber Instrument Sales Inc. (FIS) in Oriskany, N.Y., is offering a long-range fiber-optic video camera for military bases, airports and other large facilities.
Expanding the scope of its visible LED and HiRel product lines, TT Electronics OPTEK Technology in Carrollton, Texas, developed military-grade visible LEDs in a variety of colors...
Optodyne Inc. in Compton, Calif., announced the MCV-600 Nanometer laser system for feedback or calibration of precision stages with nanometer resolution.
