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    An Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy taxis within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility last May.
    John Keller
    July 11, 2025
    Project will use VDT-1209 high-resolution displays from Intellisense Systems; and the PU-3000 multicore avionics computer from CMC Electronics.

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    DARPA wants to know potential applications of VLPI photonic circuits; performance benefits of VLPI circuits; and if VLPI could reduce the need for electro-optical transducers.
    U.S. Army soldiers fire a GPS-guided smart rocket during a live-fire exercise near Tapa, Estonia, last year
    A Navy fire controlman stands watch in the combat information center aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51).
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    Navy researchers are asking industry for enabling technologies in artificial intelligence, hypersonics, and cyber security
    The Emerson DeltaV Automation Platform helps move data across life science software tools
    Sierra Nevada Corp. is using sensor fusion in avionics designed to help helicopters take off and land in degraded visual conditions.
    SONGBOW involves pulsed fiber laser technology and laser control for directed-energy weapons to counter incoming missiles and UAVs.
    The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in Pittsburgh focuses on software engineering; cyber security and trusted computing; artificial intelligence (AI); DevSecOps; military software acquisition; and vulnerability analysis.
    John Keller
    June 25, 2025
    Among the SEI's biggest achievements is developing the Capability Maturity Model (CMM/CMMI) that defines five maturity levels for software expertise.
    The Kirana high-speed video camera uses thermal management and thermal control for imaging at 7 million images per second.
    June 25, 2025
    The Kirana imaging sensor chip must be able to dissipate significant power, which requires careful thermal management, experts say.
    The Clear Align Mamba portable border and perimeter-security surveillance systems are the basis for the Security Forces Tactical Security System (TSS)
    John Keller
    June 24, 2025
    Clear Align will integrate cameras; thermal imaging; acoustic ground sensors; fence sensors; command and control; and portable operations centers.
    A Navy EA-18G Growler with Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-135 Black Ravens at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., is maintained by its crew.
    John Keller
    June 24, 2025
    NGEAU B-kits are modular hardware aircraft modifications for EW enhancements to upgrade the Growler's sensors, processing, and jamming equipment.
    The PolarFire Core field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and systems-on-chip (SoC) are for defense, aerospace, industrial automation, and medical applications.
    Devices integrate quad-core 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor, and are pin-to-pin compatible with other PolarFire FPGAs to accommodate design SKUs.