Defense Tech Briefs - February 2012

Features

• Feature Articles

  Using Standardized Test Methods to Develop Unmanned Ground Vehicles

  Minimizing Thermal Resistance with Direct Attach Heat Spreaders

• Products

  OpenVPX Reference Platform

  MIL-DTL 38999 Series III Connectors

  3D Modeling Software

  Navigation Sensors

  FPGA Sensor Development Kit

  MEMS Gyroscope

  3D Video Tracking System

• Application Briefs

  Target Location System Performs in Rain, Smoke, Haze, and Combat Scenarios

  Rocket Launcher Tubes Protect Troops

  Holographic Radar Pinpoints Rapid Shell Fire

Tech Briefs

• Electronics & Computers

  Prognostic Health Management for Avionics System Power Supplies

  Energy-Scalable Protocols for Battery Operated Micro Sensor Networks

  Wide-Field Imaging System and Rapid Direction of Optical Zoom

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Reactive Structure and Smart Armor for Future Ground Vehicles

• Materials

  High-Temperature Silicon Carbide Power Module for Military Hybrid Electric Vehicles

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Channels on Three- Dimensional Building Blocks

• Physical Sciences

  Distributed, Collaborative Human- Robotic Networks for Search, Identify, and Track

• Products

  32-Bit Microcontrollers

  Data Review Tool

  Evaluation Boards

  Membrane Switches

• Articles

  Designing High-Speed, Rugged Data Recorders

  Improving Software Reliability in Satellite and Spacecraft Applications

• Products

  Vector Signal Generator

  Digitizer/Signal Generator

  Radio Signal Analysis

  Coax Contact Assemblies

  Monopole Antenna

  Bandpass Filters

• Applications

  Jamming-Resistant Adaptive Radio System

• Articles

  Using Software Defined Instruments to Address the Mixed-Signal Test Challenges of Today’s Software Defined Radios