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Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Rugged Electronics Empower Tomorrow's Technology Technology companies enable our military's net-centric vision through smaller, faster, stronger computers. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 Courtney E. Howard |
Empowering embedded computing Mainstream, COTS technologies combine with aerospace and defense industry innovations to deliver increased performance in compact electronics designs |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 Courtney E. Howard |
Advanced Vetronics: Hit the Ground Running Industry heeds the warfighter's call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
Rugged computers get flexible to fit any application Computer makers selling to military and aerospace systems integrators and field users understand the best design method involves modularity to -accommodate a broad range of custom and off-the-shelf needs. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Rugged Computers Under Fire Technology companies continue to advance ruggedization and computing technologies to serve the needs of today's warfighter in the field. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 Ben Ames |
Rugged Computers Power the Digital Battlefield Troops are pushing rugged computers harder than ever, as manufacturers seek tougher display screens, more reliable hard drives, and faster processors. A major challenge for engineers is to keep pace with fast upgrades in COTS technology. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
A Voracious Need for Vectronics Military end users have an increasing demand for computing and networking performance in packages that are ever smaller, lighter, and more power efficient |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 Courtney E. Howard |
Secure Information Storage Military and aerospace equipment designers have a wealth of options available to fill the ever-increasing need for secure data storage in the field. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
Storage Trends in the Trenches The latest advancements in portable, rugged data storage are designed to deliver critical data to warfighters on the battlefield quickly, securely, and without fail. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009 Courtney E. Howard |
Thinking Inside the Box Systems engineers and technology firms partner to equip mil-aero platforms with innovative enclosures, backplanes, and electronics packaging. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Driving the Demand for Data Storage Sensors span the battlefields, producing a wealth of mission-critical data that must be kept at once readily available and secure. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 |
Products Martek Power offers high-power, multichannel power modules... Aeroflex offers Battery Electronic Unit family of Li-Ion cell balancing products... Elmo offers board-mounted servo drive with 5 kilowatts continuous power... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 |
Products ACT/Technico offers Gigabit Ethernet switches... Adimec offers 2-megapixel camera for unmanned vehicle applications... Aitech introduces Core 2 Duo-based single-board computer for use aboard UAVs... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 John McHale |
Patching in the warfighter Today's warfighters are all becoming cogs or nodes in one digitized network force -- as wearable computers patch them into the network. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
Wheeled Wonders and Road Warriors Major defense industry vendors and contractors are contributing to the advancement and success of combat vehicles designed to take advantage of the best technologies available now and in the future. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 |
Products Telepresence tactile feedback system... Actuators for unmanned-aerial-vehicle applications... Rugged COTS airborne computer with 3U CompactPCI cards... VME single-board embedded computer... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Computational Complexity Single-board and mezzanine-board computers deliver expanded functionality in a reduced size. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 |
Products Mercury offers integrated UAV-based reconnaissance system... Statek crystal oscillators for unmanned vehicles... Power-amplifier module from Merrimac Industries drives UAV communications links... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale |
Networking Tomorrow's Battlefields General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin experts are already designing and demonstrating technologies for a network-centric force on the move through the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), the U.S. Army's next-generation battlefield network backbone. |
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 October 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Power to the people Advanced electronics are increasingly finding their way onto today's digital battlefield. Companies that manufacture power electronics will continue to provide products that are lighter in weight and can power at a higher range. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 Ben Ames |
Vetronics for the Future Combat System The next-generation vetronics systems will be a single web that can share data among themselves, with neighboring vehicles, and even with nearby soldiers and distant commanders. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 Ben Ames |
Military storage designers call for hard drives Disk drives are still getting denser-slowly-but they easily outstrip solid-state for price and capacity. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 John McHale |
Customizing to Their Needs Commercial off-the-shelf technologies have streamlined components in defense applications, but some mission-critical situations call for products that must be designed from the ground up to aid war fighters on the battlefield. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Long |
When High Performance Really Matters in Mil-Aero: A Comparison of ATCA and VPX Solutions ATCA systems are shipping in volume, while VPX is still overcoming interoperability issues. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 John McHale |
VPX, the Heir to VME, Makes its Debut Embedded-system vendors are releasing their products based on the proposed VITA 46 (VPX) standard, while traditional VME standards such as VME 64 continue to prove profitable. Meanwhile, across the standards aisle, the PICMG MicroTCA standard is creating a buzz in military circles. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John McHale |
Wired and Ready to Wear Military systems designers are adapting and fielding wearable computers perfected in the commercial world for defense personnel worldwide. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John McHale |
U.S. Navy Avionics Systems Embrace Open Architectures Designers of avionics equipment for U.S. Navy aircraft see obsolescence as their biggest obstacle in meeting the steady demand for upgrades and retrofits of existing aircraft. Their solution is open architecture. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 John McHale |
Steady as she goes The most promising applications for single-board computer designers continue to be legacy defense VME technology, a common choice among military electronics system integrators. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004 |
Product Applications Army picks Vista board for Bradley Fighting Vehicle... F-35 Joint Strike Fighter uses Actel FPGA for engine electronics... Lockheed Martin engineers streamline design cycle with Agile PLM... Aurora patrol plane uses multicomputer from Mercury... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller |
Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John McHale |
Sensitive and Tireless: High-Endurance UAVs Sense What Men Cannot Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Training for the War on Terror Military personnel throughout the ranks hone their skills with advanced training and simulation systems. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 |
In brief U.S. Army awards contract for next-generation thermal weapon sights... Contract awarded for aerostat system... NASA selects software vendor for software for certification & accreditation... U.S. Navy award Advanced Display System contracts... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Hot components and cool enclosures Systems architects and integrators are tackling the issues of military electronics survivability with clever chassis designs. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 Ben Ames |
Engineers Balance Speed and Heat in a Single Board Processors and switched-fabric networks are moving data at faster speeds then ever before, which is leading designers to come up with innovative approaches to channeling information flow, power management, and keeping boards cool. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 |
In Brief Lockheed Martin C4ISR equipment onboard National Security Cutter Waesche... BAE Systems fires first shot from Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon prototype... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Power Trip Sophisticated electronics drive the need for plentiful power on the battlefield. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004 |
Hard Drives Rule for Military Storage Military designers continue to favor hard drives for data storage because of their density and cost efficiency, but new technologies are on the way, including holographic optical storage and flash devices. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 J.R. Wilson |
Military and Commercial Avionics Draw From the Same Technology Well The increasing imperative for the military to be able to adopt and adapt new technologies has led to a dramatic push for new, avionics-specific industry standards for power, form factors, and interfaces that will apply to military as well as commercial aviation. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Top Secrets: Securing Sensitive Data Defense industry organizations develop and deploy secure information solutions to protect military and civilian lives. |
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 Ben Ames |
Contractors balance speed and efficiency in digital signal processing Designers of DSP technology for the military are forced to weight the importance of size, weight, speed, power, and cost. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 |
Display technology leaps to the next generation Liquid-crystal displays still dominate military and aerospace applications, but new technologies are set to introduce flexible, conformal displays that could be part of clothing or rolled up like a scroll. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Smart Sensors Homeland security and military personnel increasingly rely on intelligent sensor technology for surveillance and electronic intelligence. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 Courtney E. Howard |
Network-Centric Data Sharing Fuels Adoption of Solid-State Memory Solid-state storage devices are becoming more prevalent in military and aerospace applications because of the number of advantages over spinning hard drives. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 |
Products Rugged, low power 6U VMEbus board... Fused tantalum capacitors... Multifunction portable flight display for UAV reconnaissance... Molded lenses for long-wavelength infrared imaging... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 |
Northrop Grumman Hunter unmanned aircraft system employs Parvus mission computers The subsystems have been configured to operate as the payload interface unit for the Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Quality control Makers of test and measurement solutions serving the mil-aero community continue to advance the technology, keeping pace with electronics advancements and the standards and deadlines to which they must adhere. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Solid-State Memory Solutions Are Meeting Today's Data Demands Data-storage solutions -- once a frequently overlooked part of any workflow -- are gaining significant attention in military and aerospace environments. |