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700 MHz - 6 GHz Benchtop Power Amplifiers
AR (Bothell, WA) now provides up to 350 watts of linear output power over the 0.7 to 6 GHz instantaneous frequency band in one benchtop amplifier housing when driven with a signal generator output of 0...
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Portable 3D Scanner
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (North Kingstown, RI) has released the new Leica Absolute Scanner LAS-20-8, a portable laser scanner for large volume inspection applications such as automotive sheet metal, aerospace mold...
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Inertial Navigation System
Based on iXblue’s (Natick, MA) unique Fiber Optic Gyroscope Technology, Phins C3, C5 & C7 are fully scalable inertial navigation systems with a similar architecture and interface. Available as an OEM version,...
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Radio Test Set
Astronics Corporation (East Aurora, NY), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Astronics Test Systems, has introduced a radio test solution for use in commercial aerospace, military, and civil security applications. The new CTS...
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Ptototyping FPGAs
Microsemi Corporation (Aliso Viejo, CA) has introduced the RTG4™ PROTO field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) developed specifically to enable prototyping of space systems, enable lower cost prototyping and design...
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Fanless Embedded Computer
DFI Tech (Sacramento, CA) now offers a higher performance quad core processor in its rugged EC series fanless computing systems. The EC700-BT Fanless Embedded System from DFI Tech features an Intel® Atom™ E3845...
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Disk Encryption Technology
Enova Technology Corp. (San Jose, CA) recently announced its 10th generation X-Wall MX+ hardware security solutions for Microsoft EHDD. The X-Wall MX+ has built-in TCG Opal 2.0 capability to effectively transform any...
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ARINC 600 Network Server
MEN Micro Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) now offers a robust ARINC 600- compliant high speed network server for inflight communications. Pre-integrated and prequalified to DO160-G up to the operating system, the versatile MP70S...
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ADS-B Compliant Transponder
ACSS (Phoenix, AZ), an L-3 and Thales Company, has developed an ADS-B transponder solution for legacy corporate aircraft, the NXT- 700. This next-generation Mode S transponder will satisfy the DO-260B mandate for...
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Rate Indicator/Totalizer
The Hoffer (Elizabeth City, NC) HIT-4U Rate Indicator/Totalizer is being offered with additional options providing the user with enhanced functionality and flexibility in a compact enclosure. The choice of a NEMA 4X...
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Rugged Embedded System
Connect Tech (Guelph, Ontario) announces Rosie, its latest rugged embedded system, based on the NVIDIA® Jetson™ TX1. Housed in a compact enclosure with optional mounting brackets, Rosie features the NVIDIA Maxwell™...
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Secret Sharing Schemes and Advanced Encryption Standard
There are many secret sharing schemes and variations available to hide and reconstruct the given secret. Shamir’s Secret Sharing Scheme, making use of linear Lagrange interpolation on the dealer-generated polynomial, was used to reconstruct the secret from the stipulated threshold number of...
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SIPHER: Scalable Implementation of Primitives for Homomorphic Encryption
Prior to the Proceed program, the main challenges preventing practical demonstrations and use of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) were efficiency and scalability....
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Using Mathematics to Make Computing on Encrypted Data Secure and Practical
In order to make computing on encrypted data more practical to use and more secure from attack, it is necessary to discover, develop, and understand the mathematics on which it is based and the mathematics that can be used to attack it.
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Achieving Performance Advantages in Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) are reaching new levels of functionality and performance, and it’s not just for air vehicles either. Ground and underwater UVS programs are all taking...
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COTS Embedded Systems and Link Budgets
The days of proprietary embedded computing systems in military systems are numbered. Proprietary systems, with the attendant vendor lock-in, tend to be platform specific, increasing the development and...
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Fiber Optic Multi-Sensing Platforms
Eventually, technology advances to the point where solutions that have been “good enough” for decades are no longer “good enough” for the innovations of today. The philosophy of “good enough” is...
Articles Aerospace
RECAT Wake Turbulence Recategorization
Aviation safety is a fundamental concern for all stakeholders. The traveling public demands the highest safety standards, but also wants convenience and reliability at a low price with minimal...
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A New Concept for Improving the Performance of Electrically Small Antennas
Using advances in the areas of multi-mode, closely coupled miniaturized radiators and artificially engineered materials, ultra-broadband, highly efficient, electrically...
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Microwave Radiometer for Advanced Nanosatellite Control Systems
Microwave radiometers measure temperature, water vapor, and cloud ice in the atmosphere, since oxygen and water vapor naturally emit signals in the microwave portion of the...
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Custom-Designed and Special Tooling
In addition to Heimatec's (Prospect Heights, IL) standard tooling line, the company offers custom-designed and special tooling service. These tools are designed to suit specific requirements for all CNC...
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Full Electric Drivetrain for HD Vehicles the Result of Supplier Alliance
Engineers at Colorado-based UQM Technologies have collaborated the past several months with their counterparts at Eaton’s Vehicle Group and Pi Innovo, both located...
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Steering Mazda’s Unique Course
In 1999 Mazda Motor Corp.’s current Chairman, Seita Kanai, had just taken over as program manager for the first-generation Atenza/ Mazda6. The new car was a top priority and its success was deemed vital...
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Delphi’s Multi-domain Mindset
Mary Gustanski lives in a James Bond movie. It hasn’t yet been released but she’s certain it will be at some future date. In her film-nightmare, the evil-genius villain on the remote island has hacked...
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MEMS the Word for Next-gen HUDs
Nearly 30 years after the first automotive head-up display (HUD) for production cars was offered by GM on the 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Pontiac Grand Prix — and 55 years after the first airborne...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Touch Takes Hold, Switches Lend a Hand
System developers are leaving no technology unturned in their effort to boost performance by improving comfort. Touch screens dominate human-machine interface (HMI) development, but rotary knobs and push...
Articles Connectivity
U.S. Army Marches Toward Driverless Future
Four tractor-trailer rigs barreled eastbound on Interstate 69 in rural Michigan, their non-reflective olive drab and desert-tan paint and blast-resistant glass the giveaways that this was a U.S....
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Quiet Your Inner Cab
Off-highway cabs are never going to be sanctuaries of silence, but they’re getting closer. Elements as diverse as glass, electronics and push buttons are being selected in part for their benefits in reducing sound levels.
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