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Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John McHale |
High-Fidelity COTS Technology Drives Flight Simulation Designers of flight training and simulation systems for military and commercial aviation depend on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and common standards to create high-fidelity solutions.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller |
Multi-Sensor Fusion Hits the Mainstream Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John McHale |
Demand for Avionics Test Systems is Steady Despite Economic Challenges Designers of avionics test systems say they are excited about technology investment and comforted by steady military contract wins despite the slow commercial aviation market.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John McHale |
Boeing AH-6i helicopter flying with Apache avionics Boeing announced that the AH-6i light-attack/reconnaissance helicopter made its first flight in September with a new avionics system that leverages software from the Apache Longbow helicopter.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
In Brief Rockwell Collins virtual avionics procedure trainer selected for Iraqi coalition force... (K)DC-10 with Boeing-modified cockpit completes certification flight tests... Northrop Grumman supplies U.S. Army with laser rangefinders... etc.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
Laser Weapons Are Here: ATL Test Shows Ability to Attack Moving Targets Effectively From the Air The U.S. Air Force's experimental Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) hit and damaged a moving vehicle in late September in a test that demonstrated for the first time the laser weapon's ability to attack moving targets effectively.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John McHale |
Rockwell Collins MicroDAGR GPS Receiver Uses Commercial Applications in a Wrist-Worn Device The MicroDAGR is the latest generation of Rockwell Collins' Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) device, used by the military for position and navigation.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller |
Navy Wants Ideas From Industry on How to Counter Directed-Energy Weapons The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in technology to counter high-energy lasers and non-lethal weapons like high-power microwave transmitters, particle beams, and pulsed high-power electromagnetic systems.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
Electro-Optical Infrared and Laser Sensor System for Navy Helicopters to be Provided by Raytheon Raytheon is providing 62 of its AN/AAS-52 Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) airborne sensor suites for Navy UH-60R and UH-60S helicopters to enhance forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor capabilities  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
Synthetic Vision Avionics From Cobham Receive FAA Approval for Cessna Business Jet The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted a supplemental-type certificate (STC) for a synthetic vision system glass cockpit avionics setup for use on the Cessna 550 Citation II business jet.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
L-3 Communications Provides Military Vehicle Power Generation to U.S. Army L-3 Combat Propulsion Systems, as well as the L-3 Magnet Motors division will integrate a permanent magnet starter generator for the Army Bradley armored personnel carriers.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Ship Defense System on Turkish Navy Frigates Lockheed Martin will update the MK 92 fire-control system for Turkey's G-class guided-missile frigate shipboard electronics.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Rich Smith |
Don't Let 'Em Bully You, Boeing This week, we learned that yet another major airline is working to get Boeing to walk the plank on price concessions.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Rich Smith |
Oshkosh Waves Wand, Says "Debt, Begone!" But not all of it, nor fast enough. Military trucker Oshkosh continued to stay one step ahead of the competition this week.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Rich Smith |
Addled Admiral Builds a Robot Navy U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead wants to cut loose on the Pentagon's strait-laced acquisition rules and begin buying cutting-edge tech for the Navy.  |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Rich Smith |
Pentagon's Plea: More Guns, Fewer Lawyers It seems the multiple members of the military-industrial complex just cannot play well with others. Every time one of them wins a contract from the government, the losers cry foul -- and call their attorneys to protest the award.  |
National Defense November 2009 |
Pentagon Wants Non-Lethal Weapons to Incapacitate Friendly Civilians The effects on the targeted personnel should last long enough for friendly forces to enter and secure the structure and its occupants, states the document.  |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 Rich Smith |
6 Stocks That Never Surrender In the ongoing battle between six defense stocks and the S&P, this has not been a good week.  |
Popular Mechanics November 2009 |
How Plane Technologies Effects the Titanium Market: Timeline Titanium prices from 1975 to 2009 depended on the needs of the airplane industry.  |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Elgin & Epstein |
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Pork! Boeing's C-17 cargo aircraft cost $250 million apiece. The Pentagon says it has plenty. But it's nearly impossible for Obama to kill a project that provides jobs in 43 states.  |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 |
Reforming the Weapons Budget White House efforts to curtail military spending have had mixed results. Here are some examples.  |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2009 Rich Smith |
Recession: 98, Textron: 2 The maker of Bell helicopters, Cessna airplanes, and Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles reported horrible Q3 earnings, but the loss isn't as lopsided as it sounds.  |
CIO October 28, 2009 Kim S. Nash |
How Northrop Grumman Minimized Spending on Contract Labor By centralizing IT labor contract management, Northrop Grumman saved millions.  |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2009 Rich Smith |
General Dynamics vs. the Recession Matched against a global recession, General Dynamics has come away this quarter looking like the proverbial 98-pound weakling.  |
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Equipment Choices Shaped by Afghanistan War While the Obama administration ponders a future strategy for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, the Army is rushing to buy new combat equipment especially suited to that nation's high altitudes and tough terrain.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Androids: Coming Soon to a Battlefield Near You The mobile communications platform that Google built is coming soon to real battlefields, courtesy of defense contractor Raytheon.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing Builds a Laser Tank The Force is strong with this one.  |
Popular Mechanics October 26, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Why Helicopter Missions in Afghanistan are Unusually Dangerous Helicopter accidents in Afghanistan claimed the lives of 14 Americans today.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Honeywell's Ready for the Recovery Honeywell wasn't spectacular, but it got the job done.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 Rich Smith |
6 Stocks That Never Surrender In a fight to the finish versus the S&P 500, no quarter will be asked, none given for defense stocks.  |
Popular Mechanics October 23, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
5 Surprise Passages From the Full Augustine Report There are significant vulnerabilities outlined in the report on our current space programs.  |
Information Age October 20, 2009 |
IFS Touts Military-Grade ERP Customers in the defense industry help steady Swedish enterprise resource planning vendor's business.  |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Michelle Conlin |
When the Laid-Off Are Better Off Victims of Boeing layoffs, researchers found, were less depressed and drank less than those who remained  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Rich Smith |
Pension Woes Lay Lockheed Low Lockheed's stock got perfectly pounded after earnings despite reporting improvements in sales growth and earnings.  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing Crashes and Burns. Big Surprise. Boeing reports third-quarter earnings, and "all systems" are far from "go."  |
Popular Mechanics November 2009 |
New Drill Bit for F-35 Planes has Bonded Home-Grown Diamonds This star-shaped router bit, built by South Carolina's AMAMCO Tool, is designed to prevent delamination.  |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2009 Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Smith & Wesson This bullish call on Smith & Wesson comes from many Motley Fool analysts after it beat expectations.  |
National Defense November 2009 Stew Magnuson |
New DARPA Director: Basic Research Won't Be Abandoned The new director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency indicated that the organization will try to balance growing demand for technologies that can help in the current wars against basic-research needs.  |
Popular Mechanics October 19, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
EuroHawk UAV Finally Goes Global Last week, German military brass and Northrop Grumman officials unveiled the EuroHawk, a UAV that performs long-endurance signal intelligence missions at more than 50,000 feet.  |
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Contractors Should Not Panic Over Program Cuts It is a difficult political environment for defense contractors today, but there is no reason to panic, and business is still good  |
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Army to Expand Raven Family of Unmanned Aircraft Ground commanders now want the flexibility to fly the Raven higher and for longer periods.  |
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Industrial Policy Debate: Should The Pentagon Pick Winners and Losers? Industry executives and trade associations have called for the Defense Department to take preemptive action to protect key sectors that are considered of strategic importance to national security.  |
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Trade Office Says Access to Global Markets Is Easier Than Ever Uncle Sam is ready and willing to help defense companies seek foreign markets for their products.  |
National Defense November 2009 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Defense Industrial Base: Active Management Needed In a time of constrained defense budgets, it is important to consider how the United States will preserve critical industrial and engineering capabilities.  |
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 October 2009 Courtney E. Howard |
Electrifying Advancements Warfighters, first responders, and astronauts all rely on an ever-increasing amount of electronics to get their jobs done. These electronic devices, no matter how novel, require adequate, reliable, and long-lasting electric power.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 Courtney E. Howard |
Industry Embraces Power Electronics Alternatives Industry, academia, and government officials continue to invest heavily in alternative energy sources -- ranging from solar and laser power to algae oil -- for military and aerospace applications.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 John McHale |
DataPath Acquisition Gives Rockwell Collins SATCOM on the Move Expertise The combination of DataPath's multi-band satellite terminals technology combined with Rockwell Collins experience in information assurance and military communications should create opportunities for SATCOM on the move applications.  |
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.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
ABL High-Power Laser Weapon Moves Toward Missile Shoot-Down Demonstration Missile defense experts fired the high-power laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft in flight for the first time in August, to move the airborne military laser closer to an actual missile shoot-down demonstration.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
Infrared Thermal Camera for Indian Air Force C-130J Aircraft to be Supplied by FLIR Systems FLIR Systems will supply an infrared camera system to the Indian air force under terms of a $7.2 million Pentagon electro-optical contract for foreign military sales.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
C-130-Based High-Energy Laser Weapon Defeats Ground Target in Flight Test Laser weapons experts from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
Laser Designator Electro-Optical Sensor to be Restored by Northrop Grumman Military laser experts at the Northrop Grumman Laser Systems are restoring and refurbishing U.S. Army laser systems that can recognize and designate targets for laser guided munitions.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
Nuclear Event Detector From C-MAC Helps with Design of Rad-Hard Electronics C-MAC is introducing a low-power nuclear event detector (NED) that detects a pulse from an ionizing radiation event, such as from space radiation.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
ITT Electronic Warfare Systems Selected for Turkish Air Force F-16 Aircraft ITT won a competitive contract award to supply advanced electronic warfare systems to support 30 new F-16 Block 50M procured by the Turkish Air Force under the Peace Onyx IV Foreign Military Sales program.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
L-3 to Deliver C4ISR System for U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter L-3 Communications won a two-year contract from Bollinger Shipyards to design and deliver the first production shipset C4ISR architecture and related training systems. The contract includes options for an additional 33 shipsets.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
Ultra MSI to Supply Hand Controls for U.S. Army Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations The hand controls, part of Kongsberg's Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS) program, are being mounted on various U. S. military vehicles for deployment in Iraq.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
Honeywell to Enhance Flight Safety on Indian Air Force's C-130J Hercules Military Aircraft Honeywell engineers are designing and developing a military version of the company's Traffic Collision Alerting System, as well as other key safety and mechanical systems, for the Indian air force C-130J program.  |
Popular Mechanics October 1, 2009 Tyghe Trimble |
Advanced Tactical Laser Blasts a Stationary Target (With Video!) For years, the Pentagon's research budget has funded not one, but two planes armed with laser turrets.  |
Popular Mechanics September 29, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
The Air Force's 4 Biggest Fears In the near future, every part of a USAF mission could be compromised by a foreign military using sophisticated gear or a guerrilla force employing clever strategies. Threats aren't standing still.  |
National Defense October 2009 Arthur J. Lichte |
Why the U.S. Needs a New Tanker Aircraft age and a history of wing corrosion issues, fuel tank explosions, and antiquated internal avionics systems all point to the real possibility that exists for a massive grounding of the refueling fleet.  |
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Unmanned Aircraft Could Monitor Polar Ice Caps Advances in unmanned surveillance aircraft would make it possible for the Navy to keep watch over the polar ice caps 24/7.  |
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