Fw: Power electronics & thermal management, war prospects, German light bomber, Boeing activity, and more of this week's top stories

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TECHNOLOGY FOCUS Power up & cool down By Courtney E. Howard Power and thermal management considerations move to the forefront in the design, development, and integration of aerospace and defense electronic systems. "Electronics are becoming more and more ubiquitous in today's military and aerospace environments," says Dan Kinney, business development manager at the Parker Aerospace Thermal Management Systems segment in Liberty Lake, Wash. Aerospace and defense systems architects and systems integrators are incorporating an ever-increasing amount of electronics into and onto today's mil-aero platforms, including aircraft, ground vehicles, ships, spacecraft and satellites, and even warfighters on the battlefield. Full Article Share: HOT TOPICS IN THE MIL & AERO BLOG, VLOG Prospects for war between Israel and Iran look increasingly likely Although it may look like diplomatic posturing, the prospects for an air war between Israel and Iran are looking increasingly likely as Israel seeks to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons that could be turned against Jewish homeland, as John Keller reports this week in the Mil & Aero Video Blog. Full Article Share: Knowledge is Power By Skyler Frink If there's one thing GI Joe taught me, it's that knowledge is power. Intelligence has always been a key factor in military engagements. From the lack of communication between Lee and Stuart in the civil war to the blunder by the British during the Battle of New Orleans, those without knowledge of the battlefield and the capabilities of both sides have been at a severe disadvantage. Full Article Share: Is orange juice key to preserving last intact German Do-17 light bomber downed in Battle of Britain? By John Keller Thanks to an Alert Reader in North Carolina, I've learned of an historical research project in England that seeks to raise and preserve what is believed to be the last remaining intact German Dornier Do-17, a World War II-era light bomber shot down over the English Channel in summer 1940 during the Battle of Britain. Full Article Share: Boeing: A giant awakens By Courtney E. Howard When I began covering the aerospace market and, soon after, relocated to the Pacific Northwest, I was surprised to find that although The Boeing Company was considered an industry giant, it was also perceived by many, especially those in technological circles, to be rather slow-moving. Full Article Share: CONTRACT WINS Rockwell Collins SecureOne runs on Wind River VxWorks MILS platform, achieving cross-domain, multilevel security on a single aircraft display for reduced SWaP Engineers at Rockwell Collins, a provider of communication and aviation electronics for military and commercial customers, needed a secure software platform on which to build its latest technology. They found their solution at Wind River, a developer of embedded and mobile software in Alameda, Calif. Rockwell Collins engineers selected Wind River's VxWorks MILS Platform to aid development of the company's SecureOne Processor and SecureOne Guard, two of five cross-domain, high-assurance technology building blocks for military tactical systems. Full Article Share: General Dynamics Canada upgrades mission console computers aboard NATO AWACS aircraft, simulators General Dynamics Canada engineers have delivered a series of updated computer systems for integration in 16 operator consoles aboard NATO Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) aircraft and on two aircraft mission simulators. General Dynamics Canada won the contract from the NATO AWACS Programme Management Agency (NAPMA) as part of the AWACS Computer Upgrade Project. Full Article Share: Raytheon processors track multiple ballistic missiles from airborne platform During a test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) airborne processors demonstrated precision tracking of multiple ballistic targets from an airborne platform. Full Article Share: Italtel engineers design two next-generation data centers for Italian Army Engineers at Italtel, a developer and integrator of products and services for IP/NGN Networks, have designed and configured two next-generation data centers for the Italian Army in Rome and Padua. Cisco provided the switching and computing technology for the two data centers, which are called NCVs or nodes of concentration and virtualization. Full Article Share: TECHNOLOGY TRENDS Lockheed Martin wins U.S. Air Force contract to modernize early warning long-range surveillance radars The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] $46.8 million in contract options to begin modernizing 29 long-range radars which provide advanced warning and air traffic control surveillance over North America's airspace. Under initial options of the Essential Parts Replacement Program (EPRP) contract, Lockheed Martin will complete engineering planning and begin to upgrade 29 geographically disbursed AN/FPS-117 long-range surveillance radars. Full Article Share: Navy orders seven P-8A Poseidon advanced maritime patrol jets from Boeing in $1.4 billion contract The U.S. Navy ordered seven P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine warfare (ASW) maritime patrol jets from the Boeing Co. in Seattle Thursday as Navy leaders continue their efforts to upgrade the service's long-rang ASW and maritime patrol capability by replacing the venerable P-3 Orion turboprop with P-8A -- a Navy version of the Boeing 737 passenger jetliner. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., awarded a $1.38 billion contract to Boeing to procure seven P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft (MMA) under terms of an advanced acquisition low-rate initial production II contract. Full Article Share: Force Protection wins $185.9 million for 167 Buffalo vehicles, 102 bar armor kits Force Protection Industries Inc., a Force Protection Inc. (NASDAQ:FRPT) group company, gained a firm fixed price modification to an existing contract (W56HZV-08-C-0028) from U.S. Army Contracting Command in Warren, Mich. The contract, valued at $185.9 million, buys an additional 167 Buffalo A2 Mine Protected Clearance Vehicles and 102 Buffalo A2 Bar Armor Kits. Work is to be performed in Ladson, S.C., with deliveries extending to April 2014. Full Article Share: Lockheed Martin selects Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems to provide Vortex Compact Network Storage for HC/MC-130J Super Hercules special mission aircraft Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) won a contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to provide Vortex Compact Network Storage (CNS) subsystems used in the Network File Server (NFS) for the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command's HC/MC-130J Super Hercules special mission aircraft. Full Article Share: PRODUCTS OF THE WEEK Rugged data storage system based on solid-state drives introduced by Mercury for surveillance applications Mercury Computer Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing a digital storage unit for defense applications such as ground mobile vehicle surveillance and wide-area aerial surveillance, as well as for commercial applications like in-flight entertainment systems, scientific research, and weather studies. The data storage system from the Mercury Services and Systems Integration team uses standard solid-state storage disks, and is customizable to specific capacity, size, weight, and power (SWaP), redundancy, and security requirements. Full Article Share: Harris Corp. introduces Type-1 certified wideband handheld radio Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has introduced the Falcon III AN/PRC-152A, a NSA Type-1 certified handheld radio to put the power of wideband tactical networking-including the capability to send and receive voice, video, images and data-in the hands of the dismounted warfighter. Full Article Share: OpenVPX rugged embedded computer cluster for radar, sonar, and surveillance introduced by CSPI CSP Inc. (NASDAQ:CSPI) MultiComputer Division in Billerica, Mass., is introducing the FastCluster 3000 series OpenVPX rugged embedded computer cluster for digital signal processing applications in radar, sonar, and surveillance. The FastCluster 3000 uses the Mellanox SwitchX Virtual Protocol Interconnect (VPI) to enable InfiniBand, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel data traffic to exist on a one-wire fabric, company officials say. The switched fabric also uses the VITA 66 optical interconnect for VPX standard to improve performance and lighten weight, compared with previous copper wire networking and databus solutions. Full Article Share: Share On: Resource Library EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS Unmanned aircraft applications proliferate, and represent one of the few growing markets in an otherwise-shrinking defense budget Rugged computing in aerospace and defense applications ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS Navigating DO-178B and DO-178C certification in Aircraft Systems Next Generation Building Blocks for Multi-function, Multi-mode Radar Applications Advantages of the 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 processor: the latest aerospace and defense digital signal processing applications Getting Rid of the Heat: Managing Thermals in Military System Design More Webcasts >> WHITE PAPERS Addressing the Challenges of Lead-free Technology in Mil/Aero Electronics How to Design Flexibility into a Rugged Deployed System Simultaneous Processing and Recording of High-speed Sensor Data CoolWall Technologies Brief No Room for Error: Creating Highly Reliable, High-Availability FPGA Designs More White Papers >>

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