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Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2005
John McHale
ISR to Develop System for Thermal Management on Aging Military Aircraft Engineers at ISR, are developing next-generation common thermal-management systems for the U.S. Air Force current and future aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2014
Valerie Insinna
Navy Surveillance Drone Undergoes First Round of Flight Tests The Navy is one step closer to having its own fleet of unmanned aircraft capable of conducting long-endurance surveillance missions at high altitudes. The MQ-4C Triton completed its initial test flight phase in March. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2012
Antoine Martin
Promising Outlook for Navy's Unmanned Aviation The U.S. Navy has ambitious plans to deploy new families of unmanned aircraft over the next decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
Courtney E. Howard
Military programs adopt SprayCool liquid-cooled electronics enclosure for harsh environments The EFV is designed to assist Marines in combat by making the most of tactical surprise, minimizing vulnerability on land, and improving firepower, lethality, and survivability. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2007
Grace Jean
Navy still Years Away From Deploying Attack Drones Aboard Aircraft Carriers Given the Navy's checkered history of flying drones aboard ships, it's not surprising that its first pursuit of an unmanned aircraft geared for carrier operations has progressed cautiously and even with a hint of trepidation. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2014
Valerie Insinna
Confusion Surrounds Navy's Carrier-Based Drone The Navy in 2010 first released a request for information for the unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, or UCLASS, but officials took years debating whether it wanted a revolutionary technology or something less risky. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2006
Grace Jean
Truman Turns Into Virtual Playground for Navy Crews The Navy is investigating whether a video game that replicates operations aboard an aircraft carrier can help train ship and aviation crews. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2013
Valerie Insinna
Fight Begins Over Navy's Armed Drone Program After years of delays, the Navy plans this summer to release a request for proposals for the preliminary design phase for its unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, called UCLASS. The final RFP is set to be issued in early spring 2014. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Dave Chesebrough
Association Leaders Experience Life Aboard the 'Big E' A recent visit to the USS Enterprise became an unforgettable experience for the presidents of the National Training and Simulation Association and the Association for Enterprise Integration. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2005
Harold Kennedy
Surveillance Needs Fuel Demand for Unmanned Vehicles Currently, there are nearly 1,000 robotic vehicles being used for surveillance and reconnaissance, especially in maritime areas in the Central Command theater of operations, and combatant commanders keep asking for more. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2008
U.S. Navy Selects Boeing, Insitu to Service ScanEagle Insitu will provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services for the unmanned aircraft (UA). mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2013
Valerie Insinna
Navy's New Drones Taking Center Stage The Navy finally is developing its own custom unmanned air systems, with the service planning on fielding four new aircraft in the next few years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2006
J.R. Wilson
EA-18G Designers Blend New and Existing Technology for New Electronic Warfare Jet It will have taken nearly four decades, but the U.S. Navy is finally about to enter two years of flight testing the 21st-century replacement for the carrier-based EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare (EW) aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2006
Jean & Erwin
For Navy, More Unmanned Aircraft on the Horizon An unmanned combat aircraft that can operate from carrier decks would be of great utility to the Navy, but it appears to be unaffordable, at least for the time being, said a naval aviation expert. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Harold Kennedy
Rebuilding Efforts Anticipate A Lengthy Fight The Marine Corps, as it struggles to rebuild, repair or replace its combat-battered equipment, is planning for a conflict that will continue for years to come. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
Northrop Grumman selects SprayCool enclosures for Global Hawk SprayCool, Liberty Lake, Wash., won a contract to supply two enclosures for each of the first five of 25 planned Block 30 aircraft. The enclosures will house Northrop Grumman's processing electronics in support of the Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload program. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Stew Magnuson
Navy Awaits Arrival of Powerful New Radar-Equipped Aircraft The Navy's new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft has a powerful new radar. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Harold Kennedy
Carrier Overhaul The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the Navy's oldest nuclear aircraft carrier -- just back from the war in Iraq -- is undergoing a $200 million overhaul that will help her last at least another decade. The work is being done at the Northrop Grumman Newport News, Va., shipyard. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Carrier Flight Decks Will Have `Pit Stops' for Navy Fighter Jets A new aircraft carrier that is scheduled to enter service during the next decade will offer a radically different approach to servicing and prepping fighter jets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006
J.R. Wilson
Military and Commercial Avionics Draw From the Same Technology Well The increasing imperative for the military to be able to adopt and adapt new technologies has led to a dramatic push for new, avionics-specific industry standards for power, form factors, and interfaces that will apply to military as well as commercial aviation. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2016
Jon Harper
Marine Corps Develops Equipment Wish List The Marine Corps is looking for new capabilities as it prepares to return to its amphibious roots and operate in more challenging environments. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2009
Robert H. Williams
Sophisticated Flight Simulator Is Off the Ground A fully immersive cockpit simulator for the Navy's E-6B command, control and communications aircraft is now operational. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2008
Courtney E. Howard
A Voracious Need for Vectronics Military end users have an increasing demand for computing and networking performance in packages that are ever smaller, lighter, and more power efficient mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Threats To Aircraft Carriers Bolster Case for Unmanned Combat Jets The dominance of U.S. aircraft carriers, however, could be one day challenged if future enemies arm themselves with accurate, long-range missiles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Unpiloted Aircraft Not Coming Soon to Navy Carrier Decks Aboard Navy aircraft carriers, the future of unmanned aviation still is up in the air. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
John Keller
Through with Hydraulics? Think Again Opportunity for leaks, outright breaks, clogs, and the weight of liquid and pipe have led aircraft designers to search for a way to eliminate hydraulic systems. Electric systems looked promising, but now it's back to the drawing board. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Combat Drone Project Exposes Pitfalls of Joint-Service Programs When the Pentagon quashed a multibillion-dollar Air Force-Navy combat drone program earlier this year, experts contended this was proof that joint service projects are doomed from the get-go. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2006
J.R. Wilson
New-Generation MIL-STD-1553 Garners Armed Services' Support The venerable MIL-STD-1553 databus is about to make a quantum leap into the 21st century, having endured unchanged on an estimated one million applications during the most dramatic two decades of technological change in human history. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2005
Frank Colucci
Safety Upgrades Could Delay New Presidential Helicopter The helicopter chosen to carry the nation's chief executive meets civil aviation safety requirements, but it will require modifications to satisfy more stringent military specifications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Aviation Force Gets Smaller, But New Aircraft Spending on Course The intent is to replace aging Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with fewer, but more technologically advanced systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009
J.R. Wilson
Electronic thermal management is heading to the wall Systems designers who are used to boosting electronic system performance by adding ever-more transistors may have to rethink their design approaches. mark for My Articles similar articles
Aviation History
July 29, 2004
Craig Roberts
It Flies Like a Hummingbird The road to wedding helicopter ascents with fixed-wing speed was paved with bizarre flying contraptions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Navy to Consider New Ways to Shuttle Passengers, Supplies to Aircraft Carriers The Navy will decide over the next two years how it will modernize its fleet of 35 cargo planes that move passengers and supplies from bases on land to big-deck aircraft carriers at sea. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2005
Ben Ames
Digital receivers power a new generation of electronic warfare Military technology designers have shifted from analog to digital radar receivers to deal with decentralized threats. The change is a major improvement for size, weight, and power. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2012
Eric Beidel
Carrier Debate Rages in Face Of New Threats The super carrier has been a symbol of U.S. power around the globe for decades, but increasing costs and other factors have critics questioning the need for so many of the giant warships. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
Courtney E. Howard
Advanced Vetronics: Hit the Ground Running Industry heeds the warfighter's call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2005
Frank Colucci
Navy, Marine Helicopter Fleets Will See Steady Arrivals of New Aircraft The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps plan to equip their aircraft fleets with 1,429 new rotorcraft during the next 20 years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
In Brief Northrop Grumman demonstrated Hawkeye 2000 at Aero India... Development platform eyes satellite communications... Boeing tests helmet-mounted cueing system... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2014
Stew Magnuson
Navy Program at Center of Drone Survivability Debate The Navy's unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft, still in the early stages of development, also has long-term requirements to carry out missions deep in an adversary's territory. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
Courtney E. Howard
Hot components and cool enclosures Systems architects and integrators are tackling the issues of military electronics survivability with clever chassis designs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
GoldenEye UAV Makes First Autonomous Transition Flights GoldenEye-50, which Aurora announced in 2003 and first flew in July 2004, exhibits helicopter-like hover and vertical takeoff and landing performance as well as fuel-efficient, wing-borne flight similar to a conventional airplane. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Navy on a Mission to Cut the Cost of Aviation Expectations of a smaller force and leaner budgets set the tone for an ongoing, sweeping review of Navy aviation programs -- in favor of its shipbuilding plan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Valerie Insinna
Vendors Faceoff Over Navy Cargo Aircraft The Navy isn't likely to kick off a competition until 2014, but two rival manufacturers are eager to prove that their aircraft is the best option for flying supplies to carrier strike groups. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2004
Ben Ames
Engineers Learn to Blend Technologies in Joint Fighting Platforms To work effectively in joint warfighting, systems must be designed to cooperate from their inception, not patched together after the fact, says Navy Admiral Walter F. Doran, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2005
Roxana Tiron
Launching Flights Around The Clock in the Persian Gulf About to return home from the Persian Gulf, the Navy aircraft carrier USS Vinson has spent the last six months balancing two crucial missions: providing close-air support to U.S. ground troops in Iraq and trying to keep the waters safe from terrorists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009
SprayCool Offers 3U Rackmount Chassis with Liquid Cooling for Avionics and Vetronics The 3U rugged enclosure is designed for armored vehicle vetronics, and aircraft avionics that require small, lightweight, low-power, and low-cost military embedded aerospace electronics. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2015
Jon Harper
Navy Working on 'Sci-Fi' Weapons The Navy's research-and-development dollars are going toward systems that will help the service stay ahead of advanced weaponry being developed by China and other potential adversaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2015
Stew Magnuson
F-35 Program Ramps Up Training for Pilots, Technicians The F-35 joint strike fighter program is transitioning to a day when its pilots will come fresh out of flight school and the new jet fighter will be their first assignment. mark for My Articles similar articles