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Flight Vision System for Rotary-Wing Aircraft
Elbit Systems Ltd.'s Helicopter ClearVision is the rotary-wing version of its ClearVision next-generation enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for commercial aircraft. This system has been...
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Hindustan Aeronautics Selects L-3’s TACAN+ for Light Utility Helicopter Program
L-3 Aviation Products announced that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has selected its Tactical Airborne Navigation System, TACAN+, for its new Light Utility...
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Accenture Demos Wearable Technology for Improving Manufacturing Processes
There was plenty of chatter at Paris Air Show about the need to increase efficiencies throughout the life of an aircraft, from its design and build all the way to it...
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Multi-Display Controller Board
The CC10S multi-display controller board from MEN Micro is based on a Freescale ARM i.MX 6 Series processor. The board provides full HD resolution to LCD TFT panel PCs from 7 to 15 in. The combination of powerful...
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First Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Ready for System-Level Testing
In early May, Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians used a 10-ton crane to gently lower the system module of the U.S. Air Force’s first next-generation GPS III...
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QinetiQ Technology the Driver Behind ESA Space Taxi
QinetiQ supplied the onboard computer that guided the European Space Agency’s IXV spaceplane safely back to Earth after its maiden test flight on February 11. The IXV (Intermediate...
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Sikorsky to Provide an ALIAS to DARPA
DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program seeks to leverage the industry-wide advances that have been made in aircraft automation systems, including progress made in remotely...
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Counterfeit Electronic Parts: Manufacture of and Avoidance
If a counterfeit electronic part is installed in critical technology such as aircraft, spacecraft, or missiles, the consequences can be quite drastic. The equipment or the product...
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Wireless Sensing — the Road to Future Digital Avionics
The performance of avionics systems is dictated by the timely availability and usage of critical health parameters. Various sensors acquire and communicate the desired parameters. In...
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Nanoparticle Networking Could Lead to Fast-Charging Batteries
A new electrode design for lithium-ion batteries has been shown to potentially reduce the charging time from hours to minutes by replacing the conventional graphite electrode...
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Smaller Lidars Could Allow UAVs to Conduct Underwater Scans
Bathymetric lidars—devices that employ powerful lasers to scan beneath the water's surface—are currently used primarily to map coastal waters. At nearly 600 lb, the systems are...
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Single-Channel Detectors
The SCD-B line of CalSensors single-channel detectors from Opto Diode features anti-reflective-coated silicon windows. The IR detectors provide enhanced sensitivity across the mid-IR spectrum from 1.2 µm to 5.5 µm. The devices are optimized to provide the high performance of lead salt detectors while reducing harmful...
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AFRL, ThermAvant Collaborate on Technologies to Help Electronics Stay Cool
A next-generation, micro-chip carrier for cooling is currently in development by Columbia, MO-based ThermAvant Technologies, LLC, and is already being tested by...
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Collaborative Research Project Leads to Potentially Swarming VTOL UAVs
Over a three-year period, German aerospace engineers from industry and academia collaborated on the AVIGLE (Avionic Digital Service Platform) research project, described...
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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...
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Laser Measurement
Ophir Photonics’ 1000WP-BB-34 high-power water cooled thermal sensor is designed with the requirement that all materials coming in contact with the cooling water are either copper or nonmetallic. This eliminates the...
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Chillers and Heat Exchangers
Advanced Thermal Solutions’ portable chiller systems and liquid-to-air heat exchangers aid in controlling fluid temperatures in looped liquid cooling systems. The chillers allow precise temperature control of the...
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Elbit Systems Takes to the Skies to Demonstrate SkyVis
Elbit Systems recently completed a series of successful helicopter flight tests in Zurich, using the SkyVis head-mounted display (HMD) onboard an AW-109SP helicopter of the Swiss air...
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Avionics Software Enhancement
The FAA has granted Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for Universal Avionics SBAS-Flight Management System/Multi-Missions Management System (FMS / MMMS) Software Control Number 1001/1101. This software...
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Northrop Grumman Chosen to Develop AESA Technology for DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Northrop Grumman to develop and demonstrate advanced wideband digital antenna technology for next generation radio...
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Boeing, Liquid Robotics Team on Solutions for Maritime Surveillance
Boeing and Liquid Robotics have signed a global, multi-year teaming agreement to develop total integrated solutions for anti-submarine warfare, maritime domain awareness,...
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Hideaway Antennas for Aircraft
The modern airplane has become a flying antenna farm. Aerials and antennae have sprouted up all along airframes during the past few decades, some resembling wind-sculpted trees or truncated stumps, others flat...
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Buckeye Current’s TT Triumph
We huddled in a tight circle by the finish line, frantically waiting for radio updates on the progress of our team’s rider, Rob “Bullet” Barber, who was miles in the distance and closing fast. Our...
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Stable Photodiode
Opto Diode’s SXUV Ø2.5 mm photodiode features a circular active area and provides stability after extreme ultraviolet (EUV) conditions. It is housed in a TO-39, 3-pin, windowless package that delivers responsivity down to 1 nm. The active area is typically Ø2.5 mm, and the minimum shunt resistance is 20 MOhms @ ±10 mV...
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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...
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Germanium Meniscus Lenses
Edmund Optics’ TECHSPEC meniscus lenses feature a durable design that is ideal for use in a variety of demanding IR applications, including IR imaging or surveillance, remote sensing, and IR spectroscopy. The lenses...
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Extended Temperature Crystals
Fox Electronics offers two popular crystal lines as standard stock in the extended temperature range of -40 to +85°C, with a total of five packages and 14 different frequencies. Lead times for prototyping,...
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Simple Connection for Shielded Cables
The SAB 32 shield connection clip from Conta-Clip provides a quick, simple connection when cables require shielding from interference. With low-interference systems, the point where the cable shielding...
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Rockwell Collins and Elbit Show off F-35 Gen III Helmet at Farnborough
The F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS)—developed by Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems, LLC, a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems...
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