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Key Measurements to Maintain Performance of Critical Electronic Systems on Military Aircraft and Warships
Wireless technology is a critical element of the modern battlefield, making accurate and consistent transmissions of high-speed data essential for mission success. Ensuring wireless system performance has additional challenges when implemented on warships and aircraft.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Benefits and Challenges of Direct-RF Sampling for Avionic Platforms
Recent advances in the operation of advanced CMOS processes for extremely high-speed and high dynamic range analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) data converters has led to their use in directly sampling microwave and even millimeter wave signals.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Next Generation Aerospace Communications
For the first time in 30 years, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland opened the doors to a brand-new mission-focused facility that will support the agency’s Artemis and Advanced Air Mobility missions.
Articles Defense
How Laser Communications Innovation is Finally Coming of Age and Driving Innovation in Defense
Though laser technology has advantages over radio, and those advantages are growing as innovation accelerates, what is essential to realize is that they need not be in competition.
Articles Connectivity
Assure 5G NTN Performance Before Launch
Simulation and emulation support NTN exploration and testing, verifying current performance while supporting next-generation evolutions.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Qualification of Multi-Channel Direction Finding Radar Receivers in The Lab
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace selected a radar test setup from Rohde & Schwarz based on the R&S SMW200A vector signal generator for multi-channel phase-coherent radar signal generation.
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
Ghoul Tool: The Weapon-Mountable Counter UAS Transmitter
As commercial drone technology continues to expand, small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) are making it increasingly difficult to secure battlefields and military installations.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
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 Weapons Systems
Air Force Forecasts 2040 Operating Environments in Global Futures Report
The Air Force published its Global Futures Report April 12, assessing four potential operating environments Airmen may have to navigate in before the turn of the...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
What Today’s Advances in Radar Technology Mean for Testing and Training
Technology advancements in RF, digital hardware, active electronically scanned arrays, synthetic aperture radar and cognitive electronic warfare have necessitated advances in test and training systems.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Tackling Ruggedization Challenges for RF Communications in Software Defined Radios
Software Defined Radios or SDRs are used in a wide variety of design requirements.
INSIDER Defense
US Army Approves Common Infrared Countermeasure Systems for Early Fielding
Northrop Grumman’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with the U.S. Army. With IOC, the U.S. Army...
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Airbus Launches European Defense Fund Research and Development Projects
Airbus has launched two defense research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defense Fund (EDF). In July 2022, the European...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Heterogeneous Integration and SiPs Benefit SWaP-C Reduction
Aerospace and defense (A&D) electronic systems are being made smaller but more functional.
Articles Aerospace
The Future of Automated Guided Vehicles for Aerospace and Defense
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the first automated guided vehicle, and AGVs have been moving things around on humans’ behalf ever since.
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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.
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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 Photonics/Optics
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.
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products
The new products for October 2022, including radial bearings, a collision avoidance kit, bandpass filter, and more.
Articles Defense
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.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Jamming Unit
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal jamming unit supports bomb disposal squads.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
What System Designers Should Know About MOSA Standards
To rapidly respond to new threats, the DoD has a mandate to adopt a Modular Open Systems Approach.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
JADC2: Building the U.S. Military’s Internet of Things
The U.S. military's "Joint All Domain Command and Control" initiative wants to bring quick, seamless access to intelligence from any system in the battlefield.
Products Electronics & Computers
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Data recorders, conduction-cooled chassis, robot chargers, and more.
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New Products
Mezzanine modules, voltage-controlled oscillators, cold-weather servo motors, and more.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Software Enables New-Age, Flexible Test Solution for Analog and Digital Radios
Radios are a staple of naval operations but their standards must change to keep up with the times.
Products Test & Measurement
New Products
A folded zoom lens, miniature rotary encoders, starter generator control, and more.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Defeating Commercial Drone Threats with Software Defined Radio
Drones are useful technology; however, some seek to exploit the technology with bad intent.
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