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Electronics & Computers

A Quantum Leap for Defense Computing Applications

Several U.S.-based government and defense agencies, and customers are exploring quantum use cases in areas such as radar detection, resource deployment, military logistics optimization,...

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Electronics & Computers

AUSA 2025: New CMOSS Chassis, Plug-in-Card Prototypes in Development for Army Vehicles

The U.S. Army has selected two companies to develop prototype chassis and plug-in-cards for aviation and ground vehicles. The selection is the Army’s...

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Electronics & Computers

A New Quantum Materials Research System

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have a powerful new tool to accelerate discovery in quantum materials for advanced electronics. The laboratory recently completed installation of...

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Products
Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Products

See the new products, including Littelfuse's Pxxx0S3H SIDACtor® Protection Thyristor Series; Knowles Corporation's Type BLS 125°C DC-Link Capacitors for harsh environments; Aitech's Aitech A230 Vortex AI GPGPU supercomputer; and more.

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Aerospace

Mercury Signs Embedded Production Agreement for AeroVironment’s Satellite Augmentation Technology

Mercury Systems announced a new production agreement with AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite...

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Articles
Electronics & Computers

The Future of EMI Shielding Is Lightweight, Flexible, and Ready for Flight

Modern military aircraft represent some of the most complex electronic environments ever engineered. These platforms integrate advanced avionics, radar systems, data links, and communication networks that must function seamlessly in hostile, high-frequency environments. In these mission-critical contexts, electromagnetic interference (EMI) poses a silent but serious threat that can degrade signal integrity, cause crosstalk between systems, or even lead to mission failure. Read on to learn more.

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Products
Software

New Products

See the new products, including Knowles Corporation's High Q Ceramic Core Inductors; HUBER+SUHNER's VITA 67.3 interconnect portfolio designed for use with its proprietary solderless MINIBEND® RF cable termination technology; Rohde & Schwarz's updated R&S FSWP for upcoming applications; VersaLogic Corp.'s expanded line of industrial temperature, rugged expansion boards; and more.

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Podcasts
Defense

Microchip’s New Processor Enables Scalable Computing Performance

Bill Dillard, Senior Manager of Aerospace and Defense at Microchip, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain how the PIC64 could also advance embedded processing performance for a wide variety of aerospace and defense applications.

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Podcasts
Aerospace

A Quantum Accelerated Digital Twin for Aerospace and Defense Simulation

Abhishek Chopra, BQP Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientific Officer, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain how their simulation technology leverages quantum algorithms for simulation and modeling.

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Podcasts
Electronics & Computers

In-Memory Computing Chip Is a Processing Breakthrough for On-Device AI Applications

EnCharge AI CEO Naveen Verma is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain the in-memory computing architecture of their new AI chip.

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Electronics & Computers

TEWS Introduces First VITA 93 QMC Modules

TEWS Technology, the Pinneberg, Germany-based embedded computing supplier, announced the release of its first QMC modules, and the TPCE210 dual-site carrier card, fully compliant with the emerging...

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Products
Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including Microchip's BR235 and BR235D series of 25A QPL hermetically sealed electromechanical power relays; PIC Wire & Cable’s new Single Pair Ethernet; Galleon Embedded Computing's high performance recorder (HPR); Pixus Technologies' new SOSA aligned ATR enclosures utilizing the 3U OpenVPX form factor; and more.

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Podcasts
Electronics & Computers

How Will TSN Ethernet Impact the Future of Embedded Computing?

Nigel Forrester, Director of Product Strategy, Concurrent Technologies, discusses the future of TSN Ethernet for aerospace and defense applications on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.

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Products
Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including SemiNex's narrow-linewidth high-power External Cavity Laser with single frequency; Rohde & Schwarz's extended R&S®BBA300 portfolio with two innovative amplifier series, the R&S®BBA300-F and the R&S®BBA300-FG; Teledyne FLIR's Prism™ Supervisor, the latest addition to its Prism embedded software ecosystem; STMicroelectronics' first product of its strategic collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to simplify development of next-generation wireless solutions for industrial and consumer IoT applications; and much more.

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News
RF & Microwave Electronics

Intel's Progress on Developing Next-Generation Computer Chips for Defense Applications

Watch this video from Aerospace & Defense Technology to learn how Intel has been advancing the development of prototype computer chips for defense applications in recent years, as well as insights about their Intel18A technology.

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Photonics/Optics

Microsoft, PsiQuantum Designing Quantum Computer Prototypes for DARPA US2QC Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Microsoft and PsiQuantum to move to the final design stage of its Underexplored Systems...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

AI-Powered Radar Warning Receiver for Fourth Generation Aircraft

Raytheon has completed flight testing on its first-ever artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-powered Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) system for a fourth-generation...

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Articles
Electronics & Computers

Centralized Computing in Next-Generation Army Vehicles

As we move toward an era of autonomous vehicle warfare, technology will need to remain a top priority to ensure mission success and the safety and security of military personnel and civilians alike. Read on to learn what this means.

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Articles
Electronics & Computers

Fully Rugged Mobile PCs Provide an Edge on the Battlefield and Beyond

DARPA pioneered satellites, the internet, drones, and human-computer interfaces. Now that work is enabling the next round of revolutionary technologies, including AI, edge and cloud computing, and the Internet of Military Things for a wide variety of C4ISR applications. Read on to learn more.

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Unmanned Systems

New Commercial Drones and Components Added to Blue UAS Framework

After three days of flight demonstrations at the Blue UAS Challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Service evaluators selected 23 platforms and 14 unique...

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Electronics & Computers

Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in New Design of Superconducting Quantum Processor

Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have realized a new design for a superconducting quantum processor —...

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Podcasts
Electronics & Computers

UxV/35: A New Approach to Lowering the Cost of Designing Drones

On the first episode of Season 7 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Dom Koenig, Marketing Manager, Kairos Autonomi, explains how the UxV/35 standard could be used to lower the cost of designing and manufacturing drones in the future.

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Products
Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including EIZO Rugged Solutions' Condor VC300xX, an XMC form factor Ultra High-Definition (UHD) video capture card for C5ISR applications; new R&S NRPxE power sensors from Rohde & Schwarz; Q-Tech Corporation's new AXTAL GHz Series of high-performance/ultra-low noise/high-frequency crystal oscillators and modules; Concurrent Technologies' TR MDx/6sd, which is a compute intensive rugged Plug In Card; Samtec's LL043 Series Nitrowave™ high-performance microwave cable assembly; and more.

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Articles
Defense

The Art of Reverse Engineering Yesteryear for Aerospace and Defense Data Storage Drives

The failure of electromechanical drives has been placing, and continues to place, the reliability of many computer-based systems in use in the aerospace and defense industries at risk. Read on to learn how the industry can ameliorate this.

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Defense

Using Squeezed Light to Develop Sensors That Defy Defense Limits

Raytheon’s BBN Technologies is developing next-generation, compact, low-power, deployable photonic sensors that will provide users with better awareness of environmental...

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Application Briefs
Electronics & Computers

The US Army’s New AI Supercomputer

The Army announced the deployment of a new supercomputer for its scientists and engineers to conduct a wide range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition engineering activities. Read on to learn more about it.

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Products
Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including EIZO Rugged Solutions' Condor™ GR5S-AD5000 – a 3U OpenVPX form factor video graphics and GPU output card; Sandvik Coromant's GC1230, a new grade for indexable milling; Teledyne FLIR's ITAR-free Vue® TV128+ camera module; WAGO’s updated 750-1632 Proportional Valve Module; and much more.

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Articles
Software

Analog Transformation Complements Open System Designs to Optimize Modern Defense Systems

Miniature, modular, and intelligent gateways can be embedded into analog components to replace and re-imagine old firmware and analog mitigation circuitry. These new, embedded gateways promise to bring open architecture deeper into the tactical edge and realize a new level of agility throughout the lifecycle of a system, from design through sustainment of hybrid digital and analog systems. Read on to learn more.

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Articles
Electronics & Computers

Making a Material Difference in Aerospace & Defense Electronics

Laminate materials are indispensable in the manufacture of boards and flexible circuitry for aerospace and defense electronics. Their unique properties address stringent demands, ensuring systems perform reliably under extreme conditions. Read on to learn more.

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