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Mine-Sweeping Device
Minelab Electronics Torrensville, Australia 61-8-8238-0888 www.minelab.com NIITEK Dulles, VA 703-661-0283 www.niitek.com Minelab Electronics, an Australian company known for its metal detectors, has partnered with NIITEK,...
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Integrated Underwater Security System
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester, UK +44-1305-212400 www.uk.atlas-elektronik.com SIGNALIS SAS Bezons, France +33-1-39-96-44-44 www.signalis.com Effective surveillance of coastal border...
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Detecting Trace Levels of Explosives Using Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy
The threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to human life is grave, and countering this threat is a high priority for force protection during military...
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Reduced Order Modeling for Rapid Simulation of Blast Events of a Military Ground Vehicle and its Occupants
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) pose a significant threat to military ground vehicles and soldiers in the field. Full-system...
Briefs Defense
Software Tool Enables High-Fidelity Simulation of Explosive Device Effects
High-fidelity simulation tools are used as an acceptable surrogate for real-world tests. These tools accelerate development and reduce cost, while informing weapons...
Technology Update Materials
Toho Tenax Develops 'Super-Heat-Resistant' Prepreg for Engine Apps
Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. announced Nov. 6 that it has developed a new prepreg — a carbon-fiber sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin — that offers super-high-heat and...
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Sikorsky’s All-New Raider Helicopter Prototype is Ready to Fly
Sikorsky Aircraft unveiled in early October the first of two S-97 Raider lightweight tactical helicopter prototypes. In 2015 Sikorsky plans to offer the S-97 as a replacement for...
Products Aerospace
Mini Embedded Systems
4DSP (Austin, TX) builds mini embedded systems in the FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) form factor. The FMCs are stacked over one another. A typical system features a 12V-30V DC input power supply; Atom CPU + 64GB SSD + Gigabit...
Products Aerospace
Camera to SWIR Imaging
A clip-on system from UTC Aerospace Systems converts a camera to a day/night short wave IR (SWIR) imaging system. The Sensors Unlimited Warrior C2S lightweight, field-ready module and covert laser illuminator locks into the front of a Canon EOS 5D camera (Mark II and Mark III models) to provide operators with SWIR imaging...
Products Aerospace
USB Load Cells
LC411-USBH low-profile compression load cells from Omega enable 1000 readings per second and feature a USB output to connect directly to a computer. Free PC software simplifies data logging and charting. Also included are .NET APIs and a command set for command line access. No additional power supply is needed. The load cell is...
Products Aerospace
Rotary Transformer Coupled Torque Sensors
The Model T261 series rotary transformer coupled torque sensors from SensorData Technologies meet the demanding inline testing requirements of small motors, pumps, compressors, turbines, fans, and other fractional horsepower rated devices. Overall performance of the T261 Series offers higher stiffness and...
Products Electronics & Computers
True DC Switch and X-Band Core Chip
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (San Diego, CA) recently introduced two new integrated products—a True DC switch and an X-band core chip. Built on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS® technology, both products integrate...
Products Aerospace
Military Grade Lithium Batteries
Tadiran (Lake Success, NY) has introduced the TLM Series of military grade lithium metal oxide batteries. TLM military grade batteries are cylindrical in shape, constructed with a carbon-based anode, multi metal...
Products Aerospace
3U VPX Graphics Board
WOLF Advanced Technology’s (Ontario, Canada) new 3U VPX board, the VPX3U-GTX850M, is developed using NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX-850M – CUDA powered 28nm GM107 GPU – which is clocked at 862MHz and has 5 Streaming...
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Intelligent Manufacturing Software
The CNC system solution IndraMotion MTX from Rexroth has enhanced functionalities through Open Core Engineering. With Open Core Engineering, Rexroth enhances classic PLC programming by bridging the gap to IT...
Articles Software
Computer Simulation’s Role in Advancing Composite Aircraft Structures
Many of the computer simulation tools used today got their start in the Aerospace industry but their use has always been coupled with significant physical testing. The...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Mil-Aero Design Embraces Intelligent Application-Ready ATCA Platforms
Cohesive Hardware/Software Solutions Accelerate Development of High Performance Data and Video Applications Telecommunications design continues its evolution toward higher...
Articles Materials
Infusing Lightweight Composite Structures
Liquid resin infusion (LRI) is a proven manufacturing technology for both small- and large-scale structures for which, in most cases, experience and limited prototype experimentation is sufficient to...
Articles Aerospace
Business Jets Bounce Back
The business jet market has a resilience all its own. While defense spending has sharply declined, the commercial sector is over-flowing with multi-thousand order backlogs. But if business jet orders can tail off...
Articles Defense
Enhancing Mission Readiness with Rugged Portable Instruments
To support warfighters in the field, engineers and technicians install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair a wide range of mission-critical radar and communication systems. These...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Power Loss and Data Integrity in Military SSDs
For the defense industry, NAND Flash, with its lack of moving parts, has made it the common storage medium for a variety of field applications. With its small size, low power usage, high...
Articles Defense
RF Photonics for Avionics Signal Processing
The maturity of RF photonic components has reached the point where fiber optic links are being system-tested to replace traditional copper coax links on avionic platforms. Many demonstrations of RF...
Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Unmanned Ocean Drone
Liquid Robotics Sunnyvale, CA 408-636-4200 www.liquidr.com Accurately forecasting weather conditions and currents prior to mission deployment is an invaluable intelligence tool for the warfighter. Being able to accurately...
Technology Update Defense
Small, Sensitive Antennas
Researchers create metamaterials by carefully designing and fabricating novel structures to exhibit patterns of electromagnetic properties—specifically, dielectric permittivity and/or magnetic permeability—at the micro-or nano-scale. This special spatial arrangement of elements ensures that the volumetric arrays...
Briefs Defense
Continuous Sputter Deposition Coating of Long Monofilaments
A thin, uniform coating on long segments of monofilament could drastically improve the functionality of many complex fibers. A length of fishing line, microtubing, or polylactic acid...
Briefs Defense
Hydrolytic Stability of Polyurethane-Coated Fabrics Used for Collapsible Fuel Storage Containers
Collapsible fabric fuel tanks have provided critical tactical bulk petroleum storage for military operations for over 50 years. Beginning in the...
Briefs Information Technology
Materials Design Principles for the Dynamic Fracture of Laminar Composite Structures
Crack bridging (e.g., from stitches or pins) and friction have profound and potentially very useful effects on delamination crack growth, controlling growth rates (damage levels) and the energy absorbed. However, the implications for structural design principles...
Briefs Materials
Development of Hydrophobic Coatings for Water-Repellent Surfaces Using Hybrid Methodology
Coatings that impart hydrophobic properties are of considerable interest. For applications such as aircraft windows, optical components, protective...
Technology Update Defense
Researchers Develop Multiphysics Model for Electro-Thermal Analysis of UAV
Vives College University and Kulab (KU Leuven University campus Ostend) in Belgium are undertaking an aeronautical research program for the development of a new UAV...
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