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Tomahawk Robotics to Develop Flexible Cyber-Secure Radio Systems for US Navy
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $55 million full-rate production contract for its Flexible Cyber Secure Radio (FlexCSR) program to Tomahawk Robotics.

INSIDER Software
AFRL Conducts First Flight Experiments for Communications in Terahertz Band
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) researchers recently conducted flight experiments in Rome, New York to prove the viability of communications at radio...

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Stepped-Frequency Distributed Radar for Through-the-Wall Sensing
The authors are studying the application of distributed radar to through-the-wall sensing.

INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
University of Rochester Lab Creates New 'Reddmatter' Superconductivity Material
In a historic achievement, University of Rochester researchers have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for...

INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
French Air and Space Force CN-235 Fleet to Receive New Avionics Upgrades
A consortium formed by Sabena Technics and Thales has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the French Air and Space Force’s fleet of CN-235 twin-turboprop...

Articles Electronics & Computers
Heterogeneous Integration and SiPs Benefit SWaP-C Reduction
Aerospace and defense (A&D) electronic systems are being made smaller but more functional.

Products RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products
See the new products for February 2023, including nanocomposite material, a V8 microprocessor, machining software, and more.

Articles Imaging
Using an Open Architecture Approach to Military Avionics
The system was developed to reduce the high number of controlled flight into terrain accidents in the southeast region of Alaska.

INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Ball Aerospace Starts Final Assembly of Space Force's Next Generation Operational Weather Satellite
Ball Aerospace completed the spacecraft bus for the Weather System Follow-on-Microwave (WSF-M) satellite, the U.S. Space Force's...

INSIDER Communications
Airbus Developing New Laser Communication Terminal for Military Aircraft
Airbus and VDL Group have signed a partnership agreement for the development and manufacturing of a laser communication terminal for aircraft, known as UltraAir....

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Designing Multi-Channel Microwave Radio Systems Using Optical Interconnects
Imagine if it was possible to build multi-channel microwave radio systems leveraging optical rather than copper interconnects.

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Solving Military Satellite, Radar and 5G Communications Challenges with GaN-on-SiC MMIC Power Amplifiers
Systems need to meet higher gain targets but not if it comes with any increases in cost and complexity, or size and weight.

INSIDER Weapons Systems
Army Aviation Team Achieves Software Success in Live Fire Test
Less than one second. That was how long it took for an Apache helicopter in Europe to transmit a call for fire to ground forces while operating forward of the fire line. A...

Products RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products
The new products for October 2022, including radial bearings, a collision avoidance kit, bandpass filter, and more.

Articles Manned Systems
How to Specify and Select RF Filters
Selecting a filter for an A&D application requires an understanding of available RF filter responses, physical formats, and technologies, with a good idea of necessary functional goals, such as separating channels or rejecting interference.

INSIDER Data Acquisition
New Combat Pod System Wakes Up with Software Updates
The operational assessment of the Angry Kitten Combat Pod electronic attack system demonstrated rapid reprogramming between flights. This combat pod, an updated version of the Georgia...

INSIDER Weapons Systems
Army Cross-Functional Team Tackles Modernization of Air and Missile Defense
The U.S. Army Futures Command Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team (AMD CFT) based in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is coordinating and accelerating Army efforts...

Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Development of a 94 GHz Radar System for Dedicated Bird Detection at Airports and Airfields
BIRDAR™ detected small birds at distances of 1.2 to 1.3 km and large birds.

Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Jamming Unit
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal jamming unit supports bomb disposal squads.

INSIDER Electronics & Computers
DoD Increases Order for Hardened Military GPS Modules
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has executed a $316 million contract option for BAE Systems’ advanced M-Code Global Positioning System (GPS) modules, raising the contract funding...

Articles Aerospace
Designing, Developing and Deploying CubeSats
Learn all about the miniature satellites orbiting the Earth.

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Cylindrical Array Radar: Comparison to Multi-Faced Systems for Horizon Surveillance and Application to Ubiquitous Radar
Small platforms play a pivotal role in the modern Navy.

Products RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products
Data recorders, conduction-cooled chassis, robot chargers, and more.

Briefs Unmanned Systems
Development and Testing of a New Version of MBUD for Cued Classification of Marine UXO
MBUD has a new data acquisition system and incorporates technical modifications to eliminate the noise encountered in seawater.

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Migrating Advanced Signal Processing Technology to Rugged SFF Platforms
By enabling distributed system architectures, SFF systems and subsystems solve many of the toughest problems facing embedded system designers.

Products Weapons Systems
New Products
Coaxial connectors, tactical servers, test benches, surge protectors, and more.

Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Ka-Band Front-End Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) and Transmit/Receive (T/R) Modules Testing
Gallium nitride monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology has superior performance in power amplifier applications.

Articles Weapons Systems
Making Fully Digital Beamforming for Radar and Electronic Warfare Applications a Reality
Learn how passive components inside arrays have evolved to enable fully digital beamforming.

Application Briefs Aerospace
Navigation Unit
This contract paves the way for the mass production of navigation units for subsequent launches of VEGA-C and other space missions.

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