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Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Boeing-Built Truss Provides Increased Electrical Power to International Space Station Astronauts aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis have installed a truss element, built by Boeing Co. engineers to provide additional power to the International Space Station.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 C.E. Howard	U.S. Army Releases First Fuel-Cell Safety Assessment Report for Ultracell XX25 The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center's Army Power Division has approved a limited Safety Assessment Report for the XX25 reformed methanol fuel-cell system from UltraCell Corp.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 John McHale	Raytheon Develops Polymorphic Computer That Can Reconfigure on the Fly Engineers at the defense contractor have developed a new architecture that brings system-on-a-chip capability to US DOD without relying heavily on commercial processors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 Courtney E. Howard	PrismTech and Gumstix debut miniature, COTS-based SDR platform Engineers at PrismTech and Gumstix Inc. have unveiled a new software-defined-radio solution. Gumstix offers military and aerospace systems integrators small-form-factor computers and motherboards that are the size of a stick of chewing gum.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 John McHale	Itronix Rugged Touch-Screen Display is Viewable in Direct Sunlight Engineers at General Dynamics Itronix developed touch-screen display technology viewable in direct sunlight with practically the same clarity as a desktop indoors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 J.R. Wilson	Hunter-Killer UAVs to swarm battlefields Hunter-Killer: by most definitions, the term designates an entirely new class of UAV, not a weaponized sensor platform, such as the MQ-1 Predator, but an aircraft designed from the beginning to seek out and strike targets.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Engineered by Nature: UAV Designs Modeled After Biological Sources Engineers at myriad organizations -- universities, aeronautical labs, research facilities, and defense contractors -- are studying and emulating biological phenomena in the design and development of micro- and nanoscale unmanned aerial vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007	System Adds Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Power to Devices OceanServer Technology is introducing a battery and power system that lets designers add smart, rechargeable lithium-ion battery backup power to electronic and electromechanical equipment.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007	Saab Bofors Dynamics Develops Advanced Missile System with Help From Green Hills Software Tools The Swedish engineering group chose the California-based software developer's platform for their next-generation, fire-and-forget surface-to-surface missile system.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007	Boeing Chooses Rosum Corp. For Precision Navigation Systems Boeing is awarding Rosum Corp. a defense subcontract for the development of precision navigation subsystems for both urban and indoor environments.
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