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Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 Ben Ames	Power electronics drive next-generation vehicles From electric-drive ships to hybrid Humvees, military vehicles that rely on electric motors will soon rely on advanced power electronics to handle huge voltages in their drive trains. Designers of military vehicles, in fact, see electric power as the next great frontier.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Products Telepresence tactile feedback system... Actuators for unmanned-aerial-vehicle applications... Rugged COTS airborne computer with 3U CompactPCI cards... VME single-board embedded computer... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010	DC-DC Converter Power Electronics Module Introduced by VPT for Avionics and Military Power Applications VPT is introducing the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VPT100+ 2800 DC-DC converter military power supply module for military applications, and other high-power electronics systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008	Products Martek Power offers high-power, multichannel power modules... Aeroflex offers Battery Electronic Unit family of Li-Ion cell balancing products... Elmo offers board-mounted servo drive with 5 kilowatts continuous power... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 John Keller	Distributed Power and Space Applications Are Major Trends in Power Integrated Circuits Designers of high-reliability power integrated circuits say they are focusing on space power applications, because many of even the most demanding military power applications can use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) power electronics.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	New Products High-power lasers for safety systems... Panel-mounted connector with water and dust protection... PC-compatible VMEbus single-board computers... Quarter-brick high-performance DC-DC converters... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Power to the people Advanced electronics are increasingly finding their way onto today's digital battlefield. Companies that manufacture power electronics will continue to provide products that are lighter in weight and can power at a higher range.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 Powers & Penglase	Using DC-DC Converters in Mobile-Based Ground Equipment As designers incorporate increasing amounts of sophisticated electronics into industrial and military vehicle-based applications, high-density DC-DC converters have evolved to keep pace.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004	New Products Universal avionics digital interface... VME card for motor drive power control... VME64 bus-to-bus adapters.. Add-on network-management software for the TCP/IP stack... Self-clinching panel fasteners... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009 Courtney E. Howard	Thinking Inside the Box Systems engineers and technology firms partner to equip mil-aero platforms with innovative enclosures, backplanes, and electronics packaging.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 John McHale	NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory uses International Rectifier DC-DC converter The project called for a DC-DC converter in a smaller package than what was available on the market.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 Ron Storm	COTS Power Supplies: The Solution or the Starting Point? With the proliferation of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products being offered for military use since the 1990s, it is all too easy to be lulled into believing that COTS products are always the most economical. That is not always true.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	New Products Fixed-Carbon-Composition Resistor... Miniature 40/60-Watt Power Supply... Three-Phase and Neutral EMC Filter... PolySwitch to Prevent Damage to Control Boards... Low Profile Switching Power Supplies... 150-Volt Rectifiers... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Mil-Spec DC-DC Converter for Military Power Electronics Introduced by NAI North Atlantic Industries (NAI) is introducing a mil-spec 3U CompactPCI (cPCI) DC-DC converter, the 55MQ2, for military avionics, airborne, shipboard electronics, and ground applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007	10-amp point-of-load power converter Slightly larger than one square inch, the DVPL0510S delivers as much as 10 amps (33 Watts) of high current for a low-voltage output of 0.8 to 3.4 volts, with up to 96 percent efficiency.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Quality control Makers of test and measurement solutions serving the mil-aero community continue to advance the technology, keeping pace with electronics advancements and the standards and deadlines to which they must adhere.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 John McHale	Customizing to Their Needs Commercial off-the-shelf technologies have streamlined components in defense applications, but some mission-critical situations call for products that must be designed from the ground up to aid war fighters on the battlefield.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John Keller	Cost-Sensitive Military Pressures Power Supply Makers to Shrink and Ruggedize COTS Devices Manufacturers of power electronics for military and aerospace applications say they are under pressure to shrink device size and keep a lid on prices, as well as to ruggedize and integrate off-the-shelf components.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004	New Products Overload-protected plastic relays for military and aerospace... Remote solid-state power-controller board... Electrically conductive adhesive solders... Rugged low-noise amplifiers for GPS applications.. etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 Ben Ames	Rugged Computers Power the Digital Battlefield Troops are pushing rugged computers harder than ever, as manufacturers seek tougher display screens, more reliable hard drives, and faster processors. A major challenge for engineers is to keep pace with fast upgrades in COTS technology.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Demands for High Power and Optimum Size Drive Some Power-Supply Makers Away From Traditional COTS Solutions Moore's Law is placing a set of increasingly crushing demands on power-component makers who must feed the right amounts of electricity to the latest generations of microprocessor behemoths.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	North Atlantic Introduces CompactPCI DC-DC Converter for Military Applications North Atlantic Industries is offering the 55LQ2 high-power-density, low-profile, single card slot, CompactPCI DC-DC converter that provides as much as 100 watts of output power at full load.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006	Mid-Power 48 Vin Micro Modules Vicor Corp. is adding six mid-power Micro-DC-to-DC converters to the 48 volts DC input family: a 50-watt model at 3.3 volt and 75-watt models at 12, 15, 24, 28, and 48 volts.
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Apte et al.	Advanced Chip Packaging Satisfies Smartphone Needs Clever chip packaging means mobile devices can be smaller and smarter
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006	Mid-Power 24-Volt Maxi Modules Vicor Corp. added eight mid-power Maxi DC-DC converters to the company's 24 volts DC input family. The modules are appropriate for defense, aerospace, communications, industrial or process control, distributed power, medical, and ATE applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 Ben Ames	Test-and-Measurement Tools Struggle to Keep up with Shrinking Chips Chips and buses are getting smaller and faster every day. For engineers trying to test military electronics, that means trouble. Test-and-measurement equipment is pushed to its limits trying to keep up with the latest, smallest circuits.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	Harmonic attenuator module to enhance power-conversion systems Vicor Corp. is offering the VI-HAM high-boost harmonic attenuator module.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009	Show Products Product highlights for the avionics and military shows in San Diego, June 1-2, 2009.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	New Products From the Show New products announced at the 2004 Military & Aeropspace Electronics Show: 3U conduction-cooled CompactPCI single-board computer... Multimedia PMC graphics board... IEEE-1394a&b/FireWire VME board... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007	450-Watt DC-DC Converters for Wireless RF Amplifiers Lambda is launching a series of 450-watt board-mount DC-DC modules for next-generation RF power amplifiers in wireless base stations, mobile communications systems, and cell repeaters.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	MOSFET Chip Set Enables Efficient 336-Watt Converters International Rectifier is offering the DirectFET chipset that makes the most of DC bus-converter efficiency when used with the company's IR2086S full-bridge bus-converter integrated circuit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John Keller	Signal Conversion Comes to Grips with a Network-Centric World Analog-to-digital converter and digital-to-analog converter designers struggle to keep pace with an RF spectrum burdened with wireless PDA users, broadband Internet surfers, and traditional radio communications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John McHale	U.S. Navy Avionics Systems Embrace Open Architectures Designers of avionics equipment for U.S. Navy aircraft see obsolescence as their biggest obstacle in meeting the steady demand for upgrades and retrofits of existing aircraft. Their solution is open architecture.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	Addition of eight mid-power DC-DC converters The modules are for military, aerospace, industrial or process control, distributed power, medical, and communications applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005	Product applications Curtiss-Wright controllers in Bradley Fighting Vehicle... SGI computers drive Saab flight simulator... I-Logix software runs Meteor missile... Smiths picks Seaweed for C-130 upgrade... Harris chip drives Raytheon IFF system... Navy picks VPT power converters... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	DC-DC Converter Power Supply for Aerospace and Battery Power Applications Introduced by Murata Murata Power Solutions is introducing the UWE-5/15-Q48N-C and the UWE-15/5-Q12P-C eighth-brick, 4:1 ultra-wide input isolated DC-DC converter power supply.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004	New Products Digitizer cards with proprietary data-conversion ICs... Family of flat-panel-display kiosk monitors... Java 2 micro addition for OSE real-time operating system... DC-DC converters for military and aerospace applications... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	COTS military and avionics DC-DC converters The MTC noncustom converter is available in 5-, 15-, and 35-watt ratings.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007	Vicor Expands Family of Mid-Power 24-Volt Mini Power Modules Vicor is adding nine mid-power mini DC-DC converters to the 24-volt DC-input family.
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Rachel Courtland	Six Paths to Longer Battery Life These six technologies could save on smartphone power
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008	AVX introduces ceramic capacitors for rugged high-temperature military and aerospace applications The SMX and CHX series stacked ceramic capacitors are for extreme temperature transitions and high transient voltage applications, such as military, engine control, aerospace, avionics, down-hole oil drilling, undersea explorations, and hybrid vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007	Vicor Expands Family of 300-Volt Input Mini Modules The Brick Business Unit of Vicor Corp. announced the addition of nine mid-power Mini DC-DC converters to the 300-volt DC input family.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	Rugged UPS for Aerospace and Defense Applications Introduced by Acumentrics The rugged UPS has a replaceable battery and provides 15 minutes of backup power at full load (500 watts).
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009	International Rectifier Introduces Rugged Power ICs for Automotive Applications The AUIRS4427S is a dual low-side driver power integrated circuit (IC) for low-, mid-, and high-voltage rugged power control automotive applications, such as motor drives, automotive DC-DC converters, or hybrid power train drives.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	Rugged Power Supply for Radio Communications and RF Power Introduced by TDK-Lambda TDK-Lambda is introducing the RFE1000 1-kilowatt, single-output AC-DC power supply series for applications such as radio communications, factory automation, test and measurement, robotics, and RF power amplifiers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	DC-DC converter module market could reach $5.4 billion by 2010 Several trends are driving the growth of the worldwide market for DC-DC converter modules, which is expected to see a compound annual growth rate of 10.5 from 2005 to 2010.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010	Blackfin Digital Signal Processor Introduced by Analog Devices The new DSP chip enables designers to apply advanced power control techniques to yield greater energy efficiency.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007	Vicor Offers Line of V-I Chip Evaluation and Validation Boards This line of 52 factorized-power-architecture (FPA) customer-evaluation and -validation boards offer a new approach to distributed power.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006	24-Volt DC Power Supplies for Defense and Aerospace Applications Vicor Corp. is adding seven mid-power Micro DC-DC converters to the high-density 24-volts DC input family: 50-watt models at 3.3, 5, 12, 15, 24, 28, and 48 volt.