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Formation and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles
One-dimensional nanowires are of increasing interest due to their size, physical properties, and other applications in opto-electronics. For example, nanowires have already been used in...
Briefs Materials
Carbon Nanotube Thermal Interfaces Enhanced with Sprayed-On Nanoscale Polymer Coatings
As the semiconductor industry continually strives to increase the power density of single-chip packages, thermal management remains a critical challenge...
Briefs Materials
Lipid Layer-Based Corrosion Monitoring on Metal Substrates
Corrosion is a deforming process that costs the United States Department of Defense (DOD) approximately $23 billion annually and accounts for 23% of all DOD maintenance. Exhaustive...
Articles Aerospace
UPS Devices Keep UAVs in the Air
The simplistic definition of UAV reads like this: “An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), colloquially known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. Its flight is controlled either autonomously...
Articles Aerospace
Free Space Optical Communications System for Advancing Superiority on the Battlefield
Fixed and tactical information networking, especially for defense applications, has begun to require increasing data transmission capacity as the volume...
Articles Aerospace
The Influence of Material Processing on the Performance of Composite Parts
The production of composite parts relies on an ever increasing number of processing technologies which have a large impact on the performance of the part. The...
Application Briefs Defense
Kestrel Wide-Area Sensor Upgrades
In late May, Logos Technologies delivered the first payload upgrade to the Kestrel wide-area sensor, employed on U.S. Navy and Army aerostats in Afghanistan. The new hardware will provide better image...
Application Briefs Defense
Industrial, High-Precision Joystick
CTI Electronics, a supplier of rugged computer peripheral and motion control devices to US armed forces for over 20 years, will manufacture a military-grade, industrial pointing device to retrofit the...
Application Briefs Defense
Post Deployment Build-7 (PDB-7) Software
Raytheon Company (RTN) has started delivering a new release of software, Post Deployment Build-7 (PDB-7), to its worldwide Patriot customer base. The Patriot air and missile defense system protects...
Articles Defense
iSLC Flash Technology
Robots have been employed by the military to assist in missions where it would be, and has been, too dangerous to have a human being take on the task. These robots can detect and disable bombs. Some can be thrown into...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
The Basics of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Radio Systems
This article introduces the rationale and techniques involved with MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output)-based communication systems. The communication impairments due to...
Products Electronics & Computers
PLCs
AutomationDirect (Cumming, GA) has released the latest addition to its PLC offerings, the Do-more T1H Series PLC. Using the proven Terminator field I/O hardware as a platform, the Do-moreT1H PLC supports stackable base units, discrete and...
Products Electronics & Computers
Compact USB Oscilloscope
Saelig Company, Inc. (Fairport, NY) recently announced the availability of the new PicoScope 2000 series oscilloscopes, which are 80% smaller than their predecessors, similar in size to a passport but ¾" thick....
Products Electronics & Computers
Power Management ICs
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has introduced two new AEC Qualified ICs optimized for automotive powertrain and in-cabin deployment. Running off a 2V to 44V input voltage, the NCV8876 non-synchronous boost controller with...
Products Electronics & Computers
Software Platform Builder
Altium Limited (Sydney, Australia) has announced Software Platform, which delivers ultra-rapid prototyping and development for ARM Cortex-M based microcontrollers. The Software Platform includes a comprehensive range...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Confocal Imaging System for Ultra-Fast, Three-Dimensional Transport Studies in Thermal Management Applications
The objective of this work was to develop a high-speed, three-dimensional (3D) confocal imaging system to study coupled fluidic and...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Evaluating a Data Clustering Approach for Lifecycle Facility Control
Given the current emphasis on sustainability, there is a growing interest in monitoring various facets of building resource consumption. Building monitoring and automation...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Portable Data Recorder for Measuring Sand Grain Fracture After Blasts
Abullet cannot penetrate through a sandbag while an arrow can, so understanding the behavior of granular materials such as sand and its energy absorption in a blast is...
Briefs Medical
Effect of Acceleration Frequency on Spatial Orientation Mechanisms
Extreme motion environments can induce loss of visual acuity, motion sickness, and spatial disorientation. Understanding how human sensory integration of acceleration stimuli affects spatial awareness will improve models of spatial disorientation and mishap analysis. While there are...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Localization of Head-Mounted Vibrotactile Transducers
T he human sensory systems most frequently used in military displays (vision and audition) are sometimes overloaded. When soldiers rely on visual or auditory displays, their situation...
Articles Aerospace
Using Polyimide In 3D Thin Film Multilayer Circuitry
Today, the cost and complexity of all platforms and systems in military and defense technologies are being challenged by the need for high functionality in smaller but less expensive...
Articles Aerospace
Field Configurable MIL-DTL-55181 Power Distribution
The proliferation of scalable tactical equipment has driven the need for field configurable power-distribution systems. A stacking-interconnect technology has been developed that utilizes the...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designing Thermal Management Systems for Smaller, Lighter Avionics
The avionics systems of military aircraft support maneuverability and situation awareness for the pilot, process essential images, operate sensors, record data, and provide for...
Application Briefs Defense
Optical Muzzle Flash Detection Sensors
An optical detector technology from Cal Sensors detects muzzle flash from over 100 meters away. Operating at the speed of light, optical flash detection systems provide an almost instantaneous response to...
Application Briefs Defense
Line-of-Sight Radio
The U.S. Air Force has selected Cambium Networks’ pointto- point (PTP) 45600 High Capacity Line-of-Sight (HCLOS) radio for its Theater Deployable Communications program of record (TDC PMO). Supported by General Dynamics,...
Application Briefs Defense
Thermal System Reduces Munitions Stockpiles
Harper International has been selected by U.S. Demil, LLC (USD) for the design of a continuous, indirect Rotary Thermal Treatment Unit (TTU). The equipment will support US Department of Defense...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Using RF Technology to Form a Wireless Network Under Water
Consumers have shown that they are eager to be rid of cabling and wires connecting them to devices situated or worn near or on the body. From athletic monitoring devices to headphones,...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Oil Pipeline Fault Detection System Determines Material Permittivity at Microwave Frequencies
Researching fault location techniques for the oil industry requires data on the complex permittivity of the polyamide Rilsan at microwave frequencies....
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