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Spectrally Compliant Waveforms for Wideband Radar
Modern radars often require the use of wideband waveforms to perform high-resolution target imaging. In microwave systems, the bandwidth can be on the order of 1.5 GHz, while in UHF systems that...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
Handheld Receiver
Integrated Microwave Tech nologies (Mt. Olive, NJ) offers the MobilCMDR two-way COFDM Diversity handheld receiver, a DVBT compliant dual-diversity receiver for airborne downlinks and mobile vehicles. It offers H.264 decoding,...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
RF Components
Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) offers the Sub-1 GHz RF Value Line family of RF components launched with the CC115L transmitter, CC113L receiver, and CC110L transceiver. The line offers a one-way RF link and is based on TI’s...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
Omnidirectional Antenna
SunCastle Microwave (San Diego, CA) has introduced a 500 MHz to 20 GHz high-gain omnidirectional antenna that measures 4.25" in diameter, 5.5" long, and provides <7 dB return loss. It also features passive gain...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
RF Module
The RF6555 ZigBee® front-end module from RF Micro Devices (Greensboro, NC) combines a power amplifier, harmonic transmit filtering, and low-noise amplifier with bypass mode in a 5 × 5 × 1mm package. It is suited for...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
High-Voltage Amplifier
The Model PZD700A high-voltage power amplifier from TREK (Medina, NY) is suitable for electro-optics, MEMS, piezoelectric driving, and semiconductor applications. The amplifier provides a large signal bandwidth...
Briefs Software
Software System for Microbial Genome Sequence Annotation
The annotation of genomes from next-generation sequencing platforms needs to be rapid, high-throughput, and fully integrated and automated. Although a few Web-based annotation services have recently become available, they may not be the best solution for researchers that need to annotate a...
Briefs Materials
Tunable Infrared Material System
The objective of this work was to lay the groundwork for the development of a new tunable II-VI infrared (IR) material system using mature III-V semiconductors as lattice-matched substrates. Mercury cadmium selenide (HgCdSe) was studied as an alternative to mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) as an IRdetecting...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Nonlinear Acoustic Metamaterials for Sound Attenuation Applications
An acoustic crystal composed of tightly packed spherical particles can exhibit a wide spectrum of acoustic properties with responses varying from linear to highly nonlinear...
Briefs Materials
Transparent Ceramics for High-Energy Laser Systems
When a high-energy laser (HEL) beam transmits through a window material, a part of the laser energy is absorbed by the material and causes optical aberrations. This absorbed energy results in...
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fabrication of Novel Transparent PMMA Composites for Optical Tagging
The emerging threats caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have drastically increased concerns about soldier survivability. The ability to identify “friend vs....
Articles Aerospace
Modern Military Energy Storage Technology
The risk of human casualties associated with fuel convoys, combined with the long-term cost issues of unreliable technologies, has the military exploring greener, more sustainable options with the goal...
Articles Aerospace
Choosing a Capacitor for Use as a Switch-Mode Power Supply Filter
Input filter caps need to be able to supply a quick burst of energy and to suppress noise generated in the switch circuit. Important considerations for the input filter cap are...
Articles Aerospace
Inside the Navy’s Quiet Water Tunnel Facility
When water flows over an acoustic sensor, non-acoustic pressure fluctuations caused by turbulence can decrease the signal-to-noise ratio and make it difficult to sense incoming acoustic waves. The...
Application Briefs Defense
Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics Stop Corrosion
Corrosion of steel, aluminum, and other structural metals erodes the safety and financial stability of industries and countries alike. Fighting corrosion in ships, tanks, planes, and equipment...
Application Briefs Defense
New Energy Source Powers Single-Use Mil/Aero Equipment
Until recently, single-use high energy devices were typically powered by reserve/thermal batteries using decades-old technology. Recognizing that battery performance limitations could...
Tech Transfer Reports
Polarization Sensors
Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc. (Huntsville, AL), has developed a polarization sensor technology that improves on infrared (IR) optical sensing tools. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funded Polaris through SBIR Phase II...
Tech Transfer Reports
Paper-Thin Mirrors
McCarter Machine, Inc. (Deer Park, TX), has developed a patented process to make smooth, precise, defect-free mirrors. The company uses silicon boules that are free of residual stress, which enables rapid machining with the...
Tech Transfer Reports
Laser Materials
Cleveland Crystals (Cleveland, OH) has developed a domestic source of material for tunable lasers and high-average-power Pockels cells. The material provides a variety of features and a wide transmission frequency range critical...
Tech Transfer Reports
Graphical User Interface
Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, MD) was selected by the U.S. Army’s Research Development and Engineering Command, Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM CERDEC) Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) to demonstrate an advanced slew-to-cue sensor system designed to...
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Vapor Chambers
Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT) (Lancaster, PA) has developed a vapor chamber that allows for higher density electronic component installation. ACT vapor chambers are planar heat pipes used to spread concentrated heat, with...
Products
Single Board Computer
Advanced Digital Logic (ADL) (San Diego, CA) has announced its ADLQM67PC Sandy Bridge single board computer. The ADLQM67PC features the Intel Core™ i7 processor. The i7 processor integrates Intel’s HD Graphics 3000...
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High-Temp Cable Assembly
Meggitt Sensing Systems (San Juan Capistrano, CA) has introduced the Endevco® model 3075M6-XXX hardline cable assembly, offering performance up to +482 °C (+900 °F). Offered with a hermetically sealed design for...
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Epoxy
Formulated with a blend of polymeric and inorganic materials, a two-component epoxy from Master Bond (Hackensack, NJ) can be used in bonding, sealing, casting, and coating applications. Serviceable over the temperature range of -60 °F...
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OpenVPX™ Signal-Processing Modules
New 3U and 6U OpenVPX™ modules from Mercury Computer Systems (Chelmsford, MA) support Electronic Warfare/Signals In telligence (EW/SIGINT) applications. The modules de tect electronic transmissions from...
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Ethernet Switch Card
Ballard Technology (Everett, WA) has introduced the MPR-ES-1, a 10-port managed/unmanaged Ethernet switch PMC for embedded use. The rugged COTS switch is suitable for both conduction and convection (air) cooled systems.
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Polymer Membrane
To comply with spilled materials regulations, Durabak-M26, a single-component, slip-resistant chemical- and petroleum-resistant product from ADI Technologies (McLean, VA), seals porous concrete, thereby enabling the proper...
Products
Avionics Cables and Connectors
TE Connectivity (TE) (Berwyn, PA) has developed new cable and connector offerings to support Ethernet data rates. The products handle IEEE 1394, USB, and a range of speeds from 1 GbE through 10 GbE. The TE...
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