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Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2004 |
In Brief Northrop Grumman submits bid for WATCHKEEPER Battlefield Intelligence... Aeroflex partners with TestMart... Anteon to support Army forces command modularity coordination centers... etc.   |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2004
J.R. Wilson |
RF and Microwave Industry Struggles to Meet the High Demands of the Military Defense and homeland-security users of radio frequency (RF)/microwave products have demanding and unique needs that the commercial market can fulfill only rarely, which shines the spotlight on this area of a U.S. military that is starved for research and development money. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008
John McHale |
SDR: Here, There, and Everywhere Software-defined radio technology, driven by the Joint Tactical Radio System program, is enhancing communications throughout the U.S. military and in civilian and commercial applications worldwide. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2007
John McHale |
Can You Hear me Now? Military designers are using more and more commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) equipment to provide warfighters on land, sea, and in the air with a communications network that goes beyond line of sight and provides data in real time. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2006
Courtney E. Howard |
Attention Turns to RF and Microwave Test and Measurement Federal programs, industry consortia, and engineers advance RF and microwave technologies to ensure their accuracy and reliability. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2005
Ben Ames |
Digital receivers power a new generation of electronic warfare Military technology designers have shifted from analog to digital radar receivers to deal with decentralized threats. The change is a major improvement for size, weight, and power. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2006
John McHale |
Current Military Operations May Slow SATCOM Development Trends within the U.S. Department of Defense may slow development funding for next-generation satellite communications such as WIN-T, yet the promised technologies of these programs, such as Internet Protocol systems, continue to demonstrate successfully. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009
John McHale |
SDR: A Spectrum of Possibilities Whether it is called a disruptive technology or a paradigm shift in communications, the proliferation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology is changing the way the military and other industries view radio communications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2004 |
Software-Defined Radio and Jtrs The U.S. military's next-generation radio system is to be based on software-defined radios, which will enable one radio to communicate with several radio networks, no matter the type of radio, whether it be SINCGARS or a satellite terminal. |
National Defense
June 2011
Grace V. Jean |
New Semiconductor Readied for Mass Production Researchers have been developing gallium nitride semiconductors for nearly two decades. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Koch & Prasad |
The Universal Handset Software-defined radio will let cellphones speak Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMax, and more. |
National Defense
June 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Mobile Broadband for Roaming Troops: Pipe Dream or Reality? Soldiers on the front line have little or no access to the Internet and their communication is limited to line-of-sight radios. The Defense Department is working on improving this, but will they succeed? |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2008
Behzad Razavi |
Gadgets Gab at 60 GHz Cheap silicon transceivers broadcasting in this still-unlicensed band may usher in the hi-def wireless home |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2006
Gurnett & Adams |
Taming the Gallium Arsenide Dicing Process A 2-inch gallium nitride wafer puts a thin film of GaN on a diamond base. One application: high-power, high-frequency power amplifiers. |
National Defense
January 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Military Services Follow Dissimilar Paths Toward Digital Communications All three services have programs in different stages of development that are designed to bring digital communications to the battlefield. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2005 |
In Brief BAE systems to develop on-board generator for Humvee... Navy P-3C aircraft use data link from Lockheed Martin... Northrop Grumman tests software for Webb Space Telescope... Air Force eyes state-of-the-art jet fighter targeting pods... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller |
Navy Looks to Software-Defined Radio to Supplement or Replace Satellite Communications Raytheon engineers will investigate new modular, software-defined digital radio architectures to improve data link performance with high-throughput waveforms in all frequency bands. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2008 |
In Brief Northrop Grumman receives contract for Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System... Raytheon delivers 100th AESA radar for Super Hornet and Growler jet aircraft... Boeing GPS IIF Satellite completes environmental tests... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005 |
In Brief BAE Systems protects U.S. Army and Navy helicopters... Northrop Grumman to expand Mississippi UAV facility ... Thales forms alliance partnership with Wind River... Lockheed Martin delivers first Atlas Five Booster to west coast launch site... DC-DC device market continues to grow... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2005
Steffen Koehler |
Advances in hybrid optical packaging enable high-bandwidth photonic RF transmission The challenge in exploiting optical fiber for RF transmission lies in getting the RF signals on and off the fiber without degrading the signals. Advances in optical packaging technology are making improvements to military equipment possible. |
National Defense
March 2011
Stew Magnuson |
New Radio Software Promises Improved Access to Military Satellites Radio manufacturers this year will offer to their military customers a new application that will provide easier connections to communication satellites. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Jorgensen & Johansen |
Z-Wave as Home Control RF Platform The mesh network Z-Wave system, with its self-organizing and self-healing features, combined with flexible but simple installation procedures, provides an easy-to-use network solution. |
National Defense
February 2014
Stew Magnuson |
U.S. Forces Prepare for a 'Day Without Space' In this scenario, a peer or near-peer competitor severely limits U.S. forces' access to military communication and navigation spacecraft through jamming or something more destructive, such as anti-satellite weapons. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008
John McHale |
Cisco maintains connectivity through self-healing network Engineers at Cisco Systems have developed router technology through their own research and development that heals broken or weak network connections in military on-the-move applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006
Ben Ames |
Special forces demand smaller, lighter electronics Special operations forces still rely on advanced electronics to move with speed and stealth through hostile territory, but the last thing they want is one more gadget to hang on their vests. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2007
Courtney E. Howard |
Aided by Electronics It is a busy time for technology companies and defense organizations in the electronic warfare and signals intelligence industry. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2007
Gurnett & Adams |
Merging the Functionalities of Silicon, and III-Vs: Two Promising Approaches One of the least flexible rules in electronic design is the need to keep silicon devices, and compound semiconductor devices separate. Two new developments are now threatening to make this rule partly or entirely obsolete. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009 |
In Brief Raytheon's gallium nitride chips meet operational milestone... Northrop Grumman demonstrates interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms... Lockheed Martin to support submarine imaging system... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Mitchell Lazarus |
When Spectrum Auctions Fail For some microwave links, cooperation beats competition as a way to share the air |
National Defense
November 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Laser Communications to Thwart Jamming, Interception Laser communications, also known as free space opticals, hold the promise of giving the military a means to transmit high amounts of data and voice that is hard to detect and an alternative to traditional radio frequencies. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008 |
In Brief Boeing installs high-energy laser on Laser Gunship aircraft... Northrop Grumman develops high-speed transistor... Raytheon tests air-launched missile defense system... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008 |
Northrop Grumman Completes Integration of Third Payload Module for Advanced EHF Satellites Boeing completes mission system flight testing for U.S. AWACS Block 40/45 upgrade... LynxOS-178 powers Rockwell Collins next-generation avionics... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Cheap Chips for Next Wireless Frontier IBM engineers unveiled the first experimental 60-GHz transmitter and receiver chips. Now, researchers are presenting three key transceiver components built in a widely available and inexpensive silicon process technology. |
National Defense
January 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Promise of `Revolution' in Satellite Communications Faces Challenges Recently, the Air Force launched the first of five Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft, marking the first in a series of four constellations that will revolutionize the military's ability to communicate with forces on the ground. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006 |
BAE Systems leadership sees growth in C4ISR funding BAE Systems North America's corporate leadership on the defense electronics industry discusses market outlook for next 5-10 years, best way to get products and designs in front of decision makers, and more. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007
John McHale |
Networking-on-the-Move Capability Highlights Content at 2007 Military Technologies Conference U.S. DOD and industry experts will discuss the challenges, as well as the lessons learned and potential solutions to enabling networking on the move for today and tomorrow's conflicts, at the Military Technologies Conference. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2006
Courtney E. Howard |
BAE Systems Adopts Nokia Commercial Equipment to Service Military Customers The company's engineers and executives tapped the latest commercial communications and networking technologies from Nokia in developing the BAE Systems mobile area communications (MAC) trailer. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2008
Peide D. Ye |
Beyond Silicon's Elemental Logic In the quest for speed, key parts of micro-processors may soon be made of gallium arsenide or other III-V semiconductors |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
In Brief Contract news from Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems and NASA Polar satellite ends service after 12 years |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005
John Keller |
Transforming radio communications The next frontier of wireless radio communications is widely believed to be "cognitive radio" -- RF transceivers that use artificial intelligence, neural networks, or other advanced technologies to make informed decisions based on past usage. |
National Defense
January 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Military Space Communications Lacks Direction, Critics Say The Defense Department is at a standstill when it comes to figuring out what it will require to maintain its future military space communications architecture, both industry and government officials said at a recent industry conference -- and nobody seems to be in charge. |
National Defense
April 2013
Sandra I. Erwin |
Satellite Shortages May Choke Off Military Drone Expansion It is a perennial problem in military operations that there is never enough satellite capacity to satisfy commanders' gargantuan appetite for voice and data communications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2007 |
European Briefs Teledyne offers 3-volt DC coil offers more power... Premier Electronics unveils PCMCIA RoHS SRAM cards... Chipidea to acquire data converter business from Nordic Semiconductor...etc. |
National Defense
September 2014
Christina Munnell |
DARPA Program Aims to Reduce Cost of Electronic Antenna Systems A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program is seeking to sharply reduce the cost and years it takes to develop electronically scanned array antennas. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Robert N. Charette |
What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions? Escalating complexity, a shortage of trained workers, and crass politicization mean that most programs to develop new military systems fail to meet expectations. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Northrop Grumman Creates One-Terahertz Transistor It won't find its way into a CPU anytime soon, but Northrop Grumman's new transistor could make for some interesting wireless devices. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Wi-Fi Radio Takes a Digital Turn Intel's new transceiver pushes RF circuitry further into the digital realm, but will it make it out of the lab? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2006
Courtney E. Howard |
BAE Systems Contracted to Develop Next-Generation Wireless Tactical Networks The Control-Based Mobile Ad-hoc Network contract issued by DARPA calls for BAE Systems to research, design, develop, and evaluate a new protocol stack for networks of autonomous mobile communication devices, known as mobile ad-hoc networks or MANETs. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
Richard Stevenson |
Winner: NanoGaN's Crystal Method NanoGaN's substrates will grow better, cheaper lasers |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Harry Goldstein |
GaAsing Up Cellphones Gallium arsenide transistors could power tiny, blazingly fast multimedia handsets. |
