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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007	National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Selects BAE Systems' Radiation-Hardened Computers for Worldview-1 Satellite The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency required a rugged computing system for its NextView program designed to gain high-resolution images of Earth via a new generation of imaging satellites.
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson	Out-of-Synch Satellite and Terminal Programs Cost Pentagon Millions It is an example of a longtime problem in the U.S. military: a lack of coordination between those who build and launch satellites, and those who develop the devices that connect the billion-dollar spacecraft with soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Military Looks to Small Satellites as Costs for Large Spacecraft Grow After some 50 years of launching large, complex, multi-million dollar spacecraft, the military and industry are rethinking the way satellites are built and acquired.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John Keller	Chip manufacturers expand their options for radiation-hardened solid-state memory Use of radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant solid-state memory chips is on the rise with applications in manned and unmanned space vehicles, military electronics, and even in high-altitude aircraft avionics.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 John McHale	Rad-hard IC market remains solid Designers of radiation-hardened integrated circuits for space applications see the military market as remaining steady. Meanwhile, the hardening-by-design concept provides a less expensive alternative to designers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John McHale	Making it rad-hard takes time Designers of radiation-hardened military and aerospace electronics and electro-optics systems are continually looking for ways to keep power down, cut the long development cycles, and still maintain performance.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010	Rad-Hard Semiconductors That Resist Space Radiation in Space Electronics Offered by Rochester Rochester Electronics is expanding its inventory and manufacturing capabilities for space-qualified semiconductors that resist the effects of space radiation.
National Defense June 2004 Peter Teets	Space Programs Reflect War-Fighting Priorities Space systems increasingly have become integrated into national intelligence and war-fighting operations.
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 September 2007	Aeroflex Offers Radiation-Hardened Voltage Regulators Aeroflex Plainview is offering its RadHard Voltage Regulator family to Standard Military Drawing number 5962-05219 from the Defense Supply Center Columbus.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John McHale	Rad-hard company designs non-volatile memory for megarad environments The C-RAM hard drive is for applications requiring large amounts of radiation-hardened, non-volatile memory.
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson	Murky Picture of What's Happening in Space Worries Air Force Officials There is a deterrent value to space situational awareness that doesn't grab the attention it should.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006	BAE Systems leadership sees growth in C4ISR funding BAE Systems North America's corporate leadership on the defense electronics industry discusses market outlook for next 5-10 years, best way to get products and designs in front of decision makers, and more.
Parameters Summer 2005 Cebrowski & Raymond	Operationally Responsive Space: A New Defense Business Model As the major defense power in the world, the United States military must dare to compete with itself to ensure sustained advantage. We must set our own standards. Space has long been an arena of American dominance. That must continue.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	Nuclear Event Detector From C-MAC Helps with Design of Rad-Hard Electronics C-MAC is introducing a low-power nuclear event detector (NED) that detects a pulse from an ionizing radiation event, such as from space radiation.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2009 John McHale	Flexibility, Low Power Drive Mixed-Signal ICs, Whether an FPGA or Custom ASIC Industry experts still debate the field programmable gate array (FPGA) vs. custom application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) argument, but designers of both devices agree that flexibility and power efficiency drive current mixed-signal designs.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Israel Pushes New Satellite as Solution to U.S. Space Radar Needs Israel Aerospace Industries has joined with Northrop Grumman in hopes that they can sell time on a radar imaging satellite to U.S. government agencies.
National Defense July 2007 Stew Magnuson	Pentagon Pushes for Smaller Satellites, Faster Launches The Roadrunner satellite helps break down barriers impeding the flow of information between commanders on the ground and spacecraft, and quickly replaces assets damaged in orbit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Military microprocessor technology expands, but requires less silicon space The rapidly advancing pace of technology shows few signs of slowing. In fact, microprocessor and microcontroller suppliers continue to expand product portfolios with their latest innovations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John McHale	Balancing Power with Performance in Rad-Hard Processors The methods for making processors and integrated circuits (ICs) radiation hardened (rad-hard) have not changed much, but the chips themselves are getting smaller, faster, and generating more heat than ever before.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2008	In Brief Contract news from Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems and NASA Polar satellite ends service after 12 years
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	Quarter-Micron Rad-Hard ASICs for Satellites Aeroflex Inc.'s radiation-hardened application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in 0.25-micron technology for satellite applications.
National Defense September 2015 Graham Kilmer	Defense Leaders Make Renewed Push For Operationally Responsive Space The Defense Department is eyeing small satellites and new launch systems as potential ways to maintain U.S. space resilience.
National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson	New Satellites to Keep Watch Over Space-Based Systems Two new satellites may be launched later this year that will help the U.S. defense community better understand what is happening to the multi-million dollar spacecraft it depends on.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007	Radiation-hardened mixed-signal ASICs These application-specific integrated circuits combine high-performance analog with digital logic to specialize in precision-data-conversion products.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	New Generation of Commercial Satellites to Benefit Military Commercial satellite communications providers are in the process of launching a new generation of high-capacity spacecraft that will be a boon for their military customers.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Researchers Develop Tow Truck for Space Scientists want to launch a robot into space that would remove functioning parts from retired satellites and transport them to a different orbit for continued use.
National Defense July 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	New Chinese Threats to U.S. Space Systems Worry Officials If China continues to make strides and develops weapons that reach farther, it could one day threaten key satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006	Radiation-Hardened High-Speed PWM Controller Aeroflex Plainview is offering a radiation-hardened pulse-width-modulation controller for military and commercial satellites..
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	New Products May Enhance Processing Power in Space The massive amount of data being collected on modern space missions is creating a need for higher performance computing on board satellites.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005	BAE Systems Uses MathWorks Tool to Design Antenna Stabilizer Soldiers in the U.S. Army's Future Combat System vehicles will use these antennas to get mobile and dependable communications from their Joint Tactical Radio System radios and Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), even as their Humvees travel over rough ground.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	Rad-Hard, Single-Board Computer for Space Avionics Introduced by Aitech The 3U CompactPCI 1 GHz rad-hard embedded computer is an enhanced version of the Aitech space-flown S950 single-board computer with increased processing power and data throughput.
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson	Military Space Communications Lacks Direction, Critics Say The Defense Department is at a standstill when it comes to figuring out what it will require to maintain its future military space communications architecture, both industry and government officials said at a recent industry conference -- and nobody seems to be in charge.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009	Infrared Sensor for Armored Vehicle Night Vision is Aim of BAE Contract BAE Systems will produce a system of infrared sensors and related vetronics that provide 24-hour, all-weather visibility to operators of U.S. Army and Marine Corps armored vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John Keller	Rad-hard chip houses speed research on nonvolatile memory Two of the nation's most prominent manufacturers of radiation-hardened semiconductors are putting the finishing touches on technologies they believe will lead to the next generation of solid-state nonvolatile memory devices.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	New member of radiation-hardened clock family for space applications The Aeroflex UT54ALVC2525 RadHard clock driver is a low-voltage, minimum-skew, one-to-eight clock driver that distributes a single clock to eight, high-drive, outputs with low skew across all eight outputs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Radiation-Hardened High-Speed PWM Controller Aeroflex Plainview's new radiation-hardened PWM5032 high-speed, low-power controller, developed in partnership with Johns Hopkins University and the Mars Technology program, is for military and commercial satellites.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Demand for Military Satellites Shows No Sign of Slowing Down The use of space systems in military operations has surged during the past decade and this growth shows no signs of slowing down, according to an industry study.
Popular Mechanics February 2009 Roxana Tiron	As Satellite Program Fails, New Plans Arise to Take its Place The Pentagon needs quick ways to get small satellites into space to fill a shortfall in battlefield communication.
Wired February 2006 Patrick Radden Keefe	I Spy Amateur satellite spotters can track everything government spymasters blast into orbit. Except the stealth bird codenamed Misty.
T.H.E. Journal August 1999 Stephen M. Portz - Space Coast Middle School	Satellite Technologies in the Classroom ...Though the data is often not in real time, the ease of accessibility, the range and quantity of images, and the archival capabilities of the Internet make the use of satellite imagery a great educational activity...
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Peter Sandborn	Trapped on Technology's Trailing Edge We're paying too much to deal with obsolete electronic parts.