Defense Tech Briefs - April 2011

Features

• Application Briefs

  Active Heat Sink Technology to Improve Thermal Performance of Military Systems

  Handheld Scanner Keeps USAF Planes Combat-Ready

• Products

  Focus-Tunable Lenses

  Processing Card

  Borosilicate Glass

  AR Coatings for Optical Fibers

  Surveillance Sensor

  Controller and Linear Stage

  PCI Frame Grabber

  Thermoelectric Cooler

  Absorber Sensors

  Laser Energy Sensors

  Miniature Connectors

  Infrared Detectors

  Optical Materials Reference Chart

• Tech Transfer Reports

  Quasicrystalline Aircraft Coating Shows Promise for Cookware, Prosthetics

  Thin Film Fixes Flaws in Thermal Battery Igniters

• Articles

  Fiber Optic Gyroscope Technology Improving Weapons Systems Performance

  Using Multi-core Processing to Deliver Better Intelligence

Tech Briefs

• Electronics & Computers

  Testbed for Reconfigurable Network Security Research and Experimentation

  Architectures for Cognitive Systems

  Circuit-Switched Memory Access in Photonic Interconnection Networks for High-Performance Embedded Computing

  Analysis of Voltage and Current Signal Processing in a Li-ion Battery Management System

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Development of Soldier Conformable Antennas Using Conducting Polymers

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Variable-Thrust, Multiple-Start Hybrid Motor Solutions

  Wheel Force Transducer

• Products

  Machine Control Interface Module

  Stand-Alone Real-Time Clock/Calendar

  Security Software

  Single-Chip Positioning Device

  Mobile Secure Router

  Embedded Graphics Card

• Articles

  Stackable Computer Architecture Moves to 3rd Generation

  Small Form Factor Computing in OpenVPX

  Using FPGAs to Improve x86 Processor I/O Flexibility

• Products

  Handheld RF Vector Network Analyzers

  RF Energy Harvesting Kit

  RF and Universal Frequency Counter/Timer

• Applications

  Maintaining Mobility

• Articles

  Making A Case for Modified COTS