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Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 John McHale |
SDR: A Spectrum of Possibilities Whether it is called a disruptive technology or a paradigm shift in communications, the proliferation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology is changing the way the military and other industries view radio communications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008 John McHale |
SDR: Here, There, and Everywhere Software-defined radio technology, driven by the Joint Tactical Radio System program, is enhancing communications throughout the U.S. military and in civilian and commercial applications worldwide. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 |
Lockheed Martin and Boeing compete for JTRS contract The Joint Tactical Radio System will replace stovepipe radio frequency communications. Battlefield commanders will use the new network to trade voice, data, and video between air, maritime, and fixed stations worldwide. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 |
Northrop Grumman Taps Spectrum Signal Processing's SDR-300 for Research and Development Efforts The Northrop Grumman Corp. Space Technology segment is involved in the research and development of military satellite communications waveforms as it focuses on software communications architecture (SCA) implementations. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 John McHale |
FPGAs Enhance Military Signal-Processing Applications Field-programmable gate arrays have become commonplace on signal-processing boards for defense applications such as radar and sonar. The devices promise even more capability down the road, especially in communications technology such as software-defined radio. |
National Defense September 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Under Pressure to Bring Broadband to The Battlefield In the Army's 2010 modernization roadmap, the "network" is billed as a top priority. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 |
Briefs Northrop Grumman awarded contract for B-2 bomber radar modernization... BiTMICRO to advance iSCSI target appliances... Radstone and Ultra Electronics Datel partner on DO-178B solution... General Dynamics to modify M1A2 Abrams SEP tanks... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 |
General Dynamics Runs JTRS With Altera Processors Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems needed processors for the U.S. DOD's Joint Tactical Radio System Cluster 5 design. They found a solution with the Cyclone II and MAX II programmable logic devices (PLDs) from Altera. |
National Defense October 2012 Eric Beidel |
Industry Ready to Pounce on Embattled Radio Programs After nearly two decades and billions of dollars spent, the Joint Tactical Radio System, once a grand plan to build do-it-all radios common to the military services, is in a state of flux. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 Ben Ames |
Contractors balance speed and efficiency in digital signal processing Designers of DSP technology for the military are forced to weight the importance of size, weight, speed, power, and cost. |
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson |
New Radio Software Promises Improved Access to Military Satellites Radio manufacturers this year will offer to their military customers a new application that will provide easier connections to communication satellites. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 |
Lockheed Martin Taps Spectrum's SDR-3000 for SCA-Enabled Waveform Development Lockheed Martin Corp.selected Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. and its flexComm SDR-3000 software-defined radio platform for a next-generation communications program. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 |
In Brief Northrop Grumman submits bid for WATCHKEEPER Battlefield Intelligence... Aeroflex partners with TestMart... Anteon to support Army forces command modularity coordination centers... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007 John McHale |
FPGAs enable signal processing Field-programmable gate arrays are becoming the choice of systems designers over their longtime preference of digital signal processing hardware. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 |
In Brief Northrop Grumman receives contract for Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System... Raytheon delivers 100th AESA radar for Super Hornet and Growler jet aircraft... Boeing GPS IIF Satellite completes environmental tests... etc. |
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Closest of Allies, But Not When it Comes to Radios Despite considerable advances in tactical communications technology interoperability on the battlefield between U.S. and U.K. forces remains years away. |
National Defense February 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Radio Competition Reaches Final Stretch Companies competing for the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio have one more test before the Army awards a contract this year. |
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Rise of Smartphones May Sound Death Knell for Old Push-to-Talk Radios Handing an infantryman a device the size and shape of a brick that can only perform one task, voice communications, may soon be akin to issuing him a musket. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 |
Spectrum Offers Family of Rugged Embedded Radio Modules for Size- and -Power-Constrained Applications The rugged flexComm SDR-4800 family of embedded radio modules are for tactical military communications (MILCOM), data link, defense, and civil satellite communications (SATCOM) systems. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John McHale |
Joint Tactical Radio System pushing for innovation from small businesses Looking to spur technology development, officials from the Joint Tactical Radio Systems' Joint Executive Program Office in San Diego are pursuing ideas from small businesses and universities. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale |
Spectrum's SDR-4000 Rugged Modem Offered with L-3 Nova's Wideband Networking Waveform OFDM Physical Layer Spectrum and L-3 Nova are partnering to offer Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) system integrators and radio providers a solution available for commercialization and deployment. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 |
In Brief Lockheed Martin C4ISR equipment onboard National Security Cutter Waesche... BAE Systems fires first shot from Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon prototype... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 |
In Brief GeoEye selects Lockheed Martin to build remote sensing satellite system... Boeing Phantom Eye hydrogen-powered UAV begins development... AAI's advanced boresight equipment selected for U.S. Air Force platforms... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 |
Briefs BAE Systems rad-hard -processors travel aboard MESSENGER to Mercury... Raytheon s ATFLIR supports combat operations from the USS John F. Kennedy... Air Force looks to Honeywell for computer security... rmy buys SAIC Mobile VACIS cargo, vehicle, and contraband inspection units... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
Covert communique coming through loud and clear COTS suppliers in the defense industry collaborate with systems integrators to further electronic-warfare and signals-intelligence technologies. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale |
Networking Tomorrow's Battlefields General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin experts are already designing and demonstrating technologies for a network-centric force on the move through the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), the U.S. Army's next-generation battlefield network backbone. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2009 Koch & Prasad |
The Universal Handset Software-defined radio will let cellphones speak Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMax, and more. |
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Trials and tribulations persist in Joint Tactical Radio The military services are severely slashing their expected buys of the Defense Department's troubled joint tactical radio system. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 J.R. Wilson |
Transformational Communications The world of military communications is on the verge of massive and revolutionary change, driving towards a networked battlespace. Still, what matters most is the person at the "pointy end of the spear." |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller |
Navy Looks to Software-Defined Radio to Supplement or Replace Satellite Communications Raytheon engineers will investigate new modular, software-defined digital radio architectures to improve data link performance with high-throughput waveforms in all frequency bands. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 Jean Kumagai |
Radio Revolutionaries A cellphone based on software-defined radio would be lighter, smaller, cheaper, and more power efficient. What's more, it would be better at making calls. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 |
Spectrum Signal Processing Selected for French Communication Equipment Test Initiative Antycip's FlexComm SDR-3002 systems will enable CELAR engineers to test waveforms and radios for SCA compliance. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John McHale |
AUSA showcases technology for a network-centric force Dominating the first Gulf War was the ability of the U.S. military to fight at night as most armies do in daytime. The second Gulf War drove that home even more convincingly. |
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin |
Pentagon Rethinks Management Approach To Joint Tactical Radio The Defense Department's ambitious plans to replace every military radio with a single radio system are being dampened somewhat by the difficulties in coordination among the services and the sheer scope of the project. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 |
In Brief Radstone Technology gets new headquarters... Northrup Grummans improves DTS... Curtiss-Wright acquires Primagraphics... Air Force awards system-networking contract... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Roy Rubenstein |
Radios Get Smart But can they be trusted to roam the spectrum and not interfere with existing users? Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before cognitive radios get into the commercial arena, because the economics are compelling. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 |
Prismtech to Supply Software Middleware for Joint Tactical Radio System ITT engineers are using Spectra Tools for waveform and platform component design, code generation, and to verify portability, code accuracy, and Software Communications Architecture (SCA) compliance. |
National Defense February 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Military Wrestles With the High Cost of Satellite Terminals Pricey spacecraft and rockets receive plenty of attention in the press and on Capitol Hill, but terminals are where the real savings are to be found for a Defense Department challenged by decreasing budgets, industry and government officials said. |
National Defense April 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Promise to War-Bound Soldiers: A Wireless Mobile Network If the Army's new tech-buying strategy goes according to plan, soldiers soon may be ditching paper maps, staticky radios and bulky satellite receivers. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 John McHale |
Current Military Operations May Slow SATCOM Development Trends within the U.S. Department of Defense may slow development funding for next-generation satellite communications such as WIN-T, yet the promised technologies of these programs, such as Internet Protocol systems, continue to demonstrate successfully. |
National Defense June 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Special Operations Forces in the Market For Global Communications Technology When they deploy to combat zones, special operations troops bring along a multitude of gizmos. Besides basic line-of-sight radios to communicate with their peers, they need devices to connect with other U.S. government agencies and allies. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 John McHale |
New communications for Navy ships based on software-defined radio Software-defined-radio technology is being used on various U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines, as well as fixed land sites, to replace several legacy radios with one system. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 J.R. Wilson |
Avionics Enter the 5th Generation Advanced military aircraft such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-22 air-superiority jet fighter and the E-2D Hawkeye carrier-based maritime patrol and radar surveillance aircraft, will have powerful avionics systems like never seen before. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 |
Thales Uses Objective Interface Middleware in JTRS Engineers at Thales Communications needed software middleware to certify their Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) software-defined radio (SDR) for Software Communications Architecture (SCA) compliance. They found a solution with ORBexpress communications middleware from Objective Interface Systems Inc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004 |
Product Applications Army picks Vista board for Bradley Fighting Vehicle... F-35 Joint Strike Fighter uses Actel FPGA for engine electronics... Lockheed Martin engineers streamline design cycle with Agile PLM... Aurora patrol plane uses multicomputer from Mercury... etc. |
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy Upbeat About Communications Spacecraft, Despite Radio Troubles The Navy is building a dazzling satellite constellation that promises frontline troops and sailors at sea access to a multimedia wonderland. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John McHale |
RF and Microwave Technology Enable Networking on the Move Designers of RF and microwave technology say low power and small size remain the trend in product designs. Meanwhile, integrators adapt and combine RF and microwave technologies to enable networking on the move. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 |
In Brief SI International Wins Contract with Army's Defense Ammunition Center... Harris Delivers Sierra to JTRS Cluster 1 Cryptographic Subsystem Team... Elbit, Honeywell to Supply HUD Systems to Commercial Air-Transport Market... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 |
In Brief Northrop Grumman wins Navy emergency-response systems contract... Kozio to support Freescale's communications-processor family... FAA, Lockheed Martin complete rollout of radar data-communications gateway... etc. |
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. |