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Cyber
U.S. DoD security sought in the airwaves and in cyberspace - Story
July 27, 2011
As recent meetings between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao and other U.S. DoD and Chinese officials occur - in addition to the DoD's new Cyber Security Website launch - the need for security is once again highlighted.
Comms
New SECDEF, DoD both claim independence from old ideas - Story
July 01, 2011
A special "Daily Briefing: News Snippets" report on how new SECDEF Leon Panetta and the DoD itself are claiming independence from previously adhered-to philosophies.
Radar/EW
I'll take data capture and processing for 240 Gbps, Alex - Product
June 22, 2011
OK it's not really the Alex Trebek-hosted TV game show "Jeopardy"; it's real warfighter jeopardy, and the Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) processing arena is paramount in capturing and processing vast volumes of mission-critical data.
Unmanned
Software helps UAS operators avoid the big jolt - Product
June 22, 2011
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) mission operators might have to slog through hundreds of hours of "nothing special" Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) video.
Comms
Computers remain useful, even in direct sunlight - Product
June 22, 2011
Everyone has experienced the frustration: It's a perfectly good computer, tablet, or smartphone, but try to read it in direct sunlight and it's pretty much rendered a useless piece of sophisticated silicon.
Cyber
Software tool suite achieves Homeland Security compatibility - Product
June 22, 2011
In this age of Internet-connected everything, software becomes increasingly vulnerable to security breaches. However, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division and the nonprofit MITRE Corporation have created and manage the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Compatibility achievement just earned by LDRA for LDRA?s tool suite.
Comms
SSD secure data destruction in less than two seconds - Product
June 22, 2011
"Mission Impossible" TV show (1966-1973) operatives received their government-centric assignments via a cassette tape recorder embedded with a recorded voice that - after revealing the government top-secret assignment - concluded with the always-true prediction of ?This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds.?
Comms
Static analysis advances from one core to - more - Product
June 22, 2011
Not just a popular engineering trade-show lunchtime topic, multicore processors such as the recently released Intel Core i7 Gen 2 really are proving themselves a revolutionary force in speeding up defense and other embedded applications.
Radar/EW
VSIPL library helps classic DSP stay cutting-edge - Product
June 22, 2011
DSP apps have been running in the military embedded scene seemingly since the beginning of time.
Comms
Operation Enduring Freedom wearable computer now COTS - Product
June 22, 2011
It's a hassle for soldiers to have to switch gears (literally), going from operating a computer one minute to suiting up to engage in combat the next.
Radar/EW
Board-level Micro and ATX Sandy Bridge servers pack big performance - Product
May 24, 2011
When Intel's Sandy Bridge microarchitecture hit the Core processor family in January 2011, the personal computer market was rocked to its core.
Comms
Harsh-duty touch sensor conditioner for battery apps - Product
May 24, 2011
The human-machine interface in defense apps is critically important - especially when it comes to pushing buttons or scrolling pages.
Comms
RTI bonds DDS with government researchers, on the cheap - Product
May 24, 2011
The publish-subscribe Data Distribution Service (DDS) continues inroads into DoD distributed networks because of easy data and message passing between nodes.
Radar/EW
Among a chassis' biggest fans - Product
May 24, 2011
We've got high-performance CPUs mixed up with barn-burning GPUs next to screaming 1 GbE controllers.
Unmanned
Video surveillance chipset does reality TV in HD - Product
May 24, 2011
So your iPhone 4 records in HD at 720p. So does the Cisco Flip camera (which, by the way, just went obsolete as we went to press).
Avionics
Better bus licenses - Product
May 24, 2011
Even the newest, freshest military platform retains legacy interfaces such as MIL-STD-1553 or ARINC 429.
Radar/EW
Increased performance without all that nasty power - Product
March 29, 2011
Remember when Motorola/Freescale rocked our military worlds with the PowerPC and AltiVec? Yeah, we kinda remember that, too.
Radar/EW
Double-wide AMC plus double cores completes MicroTCA equation - Product
March 29, 2011
Crunching math and computing algorithms forms the basis of many C4ISR applications. T
Comms
Rugged digital touch screens, from 10 to 19 inches - Product
March 29, 2011
We doubt that VIA, the number three x86 processor vendor, set out to supply rugged LCDs to the military.
Comms
COM Express SBC tucks neatly into rugged shoeboxes - Product
March 29, 2011
The trend in many military systems is a purpose-built box that fits the required space and I/O ports.
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