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    A Marine Corps weapons expert loads an Advanced, Medium-Range, Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), onto a combat jet aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in February 2022.
    John Keller
    Sept. 12, 2025
    AMRAAM systems that are prone to electronic parts obsolescence typically involve 15 critical circuit cards in the missile's guidance section.
    SFL Missions
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    Sept. 12, 2025
    SFL Missions is supplying upgraded bus-level components that support HawkEye 360’s payload and enable new capabilities, including concurrent in-theater data collection and downlinking...
    NASA/DARPA
    An artist's concept of a collaborative effort between NASA and DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. NASA/DARPA image.
    Sept. 12, 2025
    Perhaps the greatest bottleneck for humanity exploring the Solar System in person or even with swarms of highly sophisticated robots is the lack of the means to get from one celestial...
    The Smiths Interconnect EZiCoax single-piece compression mount is for military SATCOM and radar applications.
    Smiths Interconnect
    Sept. 12, 2025
    EziCoax interposers can be installed and uninstalled with minimum effort, and can withstand a high number of mating and de-mating cycles.
    A Navy aviation ordnanceman secures an AIM-9X air-to-air missile to an F/A-18F Super Hornet during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in 2024.
    John Keller
    Sept. 11, 2025
    The Navy intends to negotiate an order to the RTX Raytheon segment in Tucson, Ariz., to design and test a digital proximity fuze for the AIM-9X.
    Boeing
    On-orbit render of a Millennium-built small satellite flying Spectrolab solar cells.
    Jamie Whitney
    Sept. 11, 2025
    Boeing says its new additive-manufactured solar array panels can cut build times by up to six months, enabling faster deployment of small and large satellite constellations.
    A Navy F-35 attack jet conducts tests to certify the carrier variant of the fighter aircraft for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
    John Keller
    Sept. 11, 2025
    LRASM C-3 can exchange information with military satellites, use imaging infrared and RF seekers for survivability and target identification.
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    Sept. 11, 2025
    Keysight Technologies experts will show how automated test generation from requirements can improve traceability, coverage, and certification readiness.
    NASA/Dave Ryan
    An artist’s rendering of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload operating in low Earth orbit. PExT is NASA’s first flight demonstration of a wideband polylingual terminal designed to operate across both government and commercial satellite networks. NASA/Dave Ryan image.
    Sept. 11, 2025
    With this new technology, missions could "roam" seamlessly between government and commercial networks for the first time, just as cell phones jump between networks on Earth without...
    The AAEON software security system is for the company's embedded artificial intelligence (AI) systems powered by NVIDIA Jetson system-on-modules.
    AAEON Electronics Inc
    Sept. 11, 2025
    The AAEON cyber security system is built on a three-tiered architecture with components that protect data at the edge and in the cloud.
    Wavelength_(TEM)_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's TEM (Transverse Electromagnetic Mode) Wavelength Calculator allows you to determine the wavelength (in millimeters) inside a rectangular wave guide given ...
    Torque_Conversion_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Torque Conversion Calculator allows you to convert either a single torque or a torque range between Newton-meters, foot-pounds, and inch-pounds.
    Reflection_Attenuator_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Reflection Attenuator Calculator allows you to determine the two possible resistor values (R1 > Z0 & R1 < Z0) for a reflection attenuator (measured in Ohms...
    Balanced_Attenuator_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Balanced Attenuator Calculator allows you to determine the Resistor values (R1) for a balanced attenuator (measured in Ohms).
    Waveguide_Calculator_(Rectangular)
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Waveguide Calculator provides the cutoff frequency, operating frequency range and closest waveguide size for a rectangular waveguide based on the custom inputted...
    Waveguide_Calculator_(Circular)
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Circular Waveguide Calculator will calculate the cutoff frequency for the device from its radius.
    Temperature_Converter
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Temperature Conversion Calculator allows you to convert either a single temperature or a temperature range between Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin.
    Tank_Circuit_Resonance_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Tank Circuit Resonance Calculator uses the simple formula (below) to calculate the system's resonant frequency.
    Skin_Depth_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Skin Depth Calculator returns skin-depth as a function of a material's resistivity and permeability, as well as the application frequency.
    RF_Power_Ratio_Conversion_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Power Ratio Conversion Calculator converts from a power output-input ratio to a dB ratio measurement.
    RF_Power_Conversion_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's RF Power Conversion Calculator allows you to convert RF input power and RF output power values from variables such as milliwatts (mW), Watts, dBm, dBW, millivolts...
    Power_Density_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Power Density Calculator is designed to give the power density, in Watts per square meter, at a given distance, output power and antenna gain.
    Power_Added_Efficiency_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Power Added Efficiency Calculator will return efficiency on an amplifier from input, output, and DC power.
    Microstrip_Patch_Antenna_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator determines the length and width (in millimeters) of a rectangular patch antenna.
    Microstrip_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Microstrip Calculator computes a microstrip's height/width ratio, impedance and relative dielectric constant for a microstrip transmission line.
    Coaxial_Cable_Impedence_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Coaxial Cable Impedance Calculator allows you to enter the Outer Diameter Dielectric width, Inner conductor Diameter width and either the Dielectric Constant...
    Bridged_Tee_Attenuator_Calculator1
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fairview Microwave's Bridged Tee Attenuator Calculator (also displayed as Bridged-T) allows you to determine the Resistor values (R1 & R2) for a bridged Tee attenuator (measured...
    Antenna_Downtilt_&_Coverage_Calculator
    Sept. 10, 2025
    The Antenna Downtilt and Coverage Calculator (aka Antenna Tilt Angle Calculator) is used to determine the approximate downward angle, measured in degrees, which the transmitting...
    Artillery soldiers fire M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from their M270A1 MLRS during the Thunder Cloud live-fire exercise in Andoya, Norway in September 2021.
    John Keller
    Sept. 10, 2025
    GMLRS has electronic safe-and-arm devices with MEMS accelerometers, solid-state high voltage switches, and serial interfaces for aiming and firing.
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    A photo of a JetBlue tail end on an aircraft.
    Sept. 10, 2025
    JetBlue will begin introducing Project Kuiper’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology on part of its fleet in 2027.
    The U.S. Navy’s fourth Trident II D5 Performance Evaluation Missile was launched from the submerged USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) in December 1989, off the East Coast of Florida.
    John Keller
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Trident electronics include guidance and flight-control avionics, Mk 6 navigation system, flight control, and control to maneuver missiles in flight.
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    Row of EU Flags in front of the European Union Commission building in Brussels.
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Collins Aerospace will also design an advanced propeller to reduce noise and increase efficiency.
    NASA
    Technicians install and adjust the rotors on the full-scale test model representing half of the Dragonfly lander in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center. During a month-long testing campaign, the team was able to evaluate rotor system performance in Titan-like conditions. NASA photo.
    Sept. 10, 2025
    APL and NASA engineers are wrapping up a monthlong campaign to confirm the performance of Dragonfly’s rotors in Titan-like conditions at the NASA Langley Research Center’s Transonic...
    Meller Optics sapphire wavers are for fabricating protective windows for avionics and navigation sensors.
    Meller Optics Inc
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Applications include environmental monitoring and avionics that must withstand temperature extremes, high aerodynamic loads, and rapid pressure changes.
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    Gaurav Dhamija (center), Senior Director of Technology and Strategy at Belden, and Tim Waters (second from right), Architecture and Technology at Belden, visit the laboratory of David Awschalom at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Leading the tour were (from left) graduate student José A. Méndez Méndez, postdoctoral scholar Cyrus Zeledon, and graduate student Swathi Chandrika. (Image by Anne Ryan for the CQE).
    Belden Inc
    Sept. 9, 2025
    Partnership positions company as industry leader in advancing critical infrastructure for the quantum era Sep 9, 2025 - ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), a ...
    The Greensea Systems Bayonet 250 is for explosive ordnance disposal in littoral environments in shallow water and surf zones. It provides autonomous capabilities for mine and explosive threat neutralization.
    John Keller
    Sept. 9, 2025
    The Marine Corps AUGV is to be based on the Greensea Bayonet series AUGV, which comes in three different sizes with the models 150, 250, and 350.
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    A network visualized over earth from space.
    Sept. 9, 2025
    EchoStar will sell its AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses to SpaceX for about $17 billion in cash and stock, enabling the development of next-generation Starlink Direct to Cell...
    Desktop trainers display naval aviation's new carrier-based joint air training program in a lab at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division near its Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., in 2024.
    John Keller
    Sept. 9, 2025
    Collins Aerospace will build six SPARTA 12 flight aircraft flight management computer functional equivalent units and update SPARTA 12 equipment.
    Panasonic Avionics
    A Panasonic technician works in an airplane.
    Jamie Whitney
    Sept. 9, 2025
    Panasonic Avionics and Intellian Technologies are partnering on a new low earth orbit (LEO)-only terminal system designed for Eutelsat's OneWeb network, promising faster speeds...
    Beta Technologies
    Beta's evtol flying
    Sept. 9, 2025
    GE and Beta say their hybrid system will provide greater range, payload capacity, and better aircraft performance, Aria Alamalhodaei writes for Tech Crunch.
    The Vertiv OneCore scalable prefabricated design and development tools suite integrates power, thermal, and IT infrastructure technologies into one factory-assembled system.
    Sept. 9, 2025
    Offers a turn-key approach that streamlines design to installation, and capitalizes on prefabricated building blocks within a steel shell.
    Dawn Logo Revised
    Sept. 8, 2025
    Founded in 1985, Dawn is the industry leader in the design and manufacture of mission critical products based on the VITA™ and PICMG® architectures. Military Rugged. Field Reliable...
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    Dawn VME Products
    Sept. 8, 2025
    6 channel VITA 62 OpenVPX. Embedded RuSH™ technology. Wide range of standard features, more by custom firmware. Current sharing up to four modules.
    Sept. 8, 2025
    Silicon Sensing is a world leader in inertial sensing technology. The company has supplied many millions of sensors globally, with products operating in many market sectors including...
    Courtesy of Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd
    Enhancing tactical ATV stability
    •A summary of operational considerations and evaluation of available technologies.