Defense Electronics

The Canadian Army’s C4ISR system supplies extended environmental data to help decision making in critical situations.

The DoD’s new National Defense Industrial Strategy was unveiled at the Pentagon by Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, and Ms....

The CAES TORNADO RF direct-to-digital converter enables processing as many as eight EW or radar transmit and receive channels from a compact 3U board platform.

The GhostEye medium-range radar sensor works with defensive command-and-control systems to identify airborne threats and provides details on appropriate responses.

The helmet-mounted SBNVG system enhances night vision and warfighter situational awareness.

M777 155-mm howitzer weapons have been donated by several nations to Ukraine in its war against Russia, and BAE Systems will continue to produce key titanium structures for the...

Lockheed Martin and Verizon recently teamed on real-time video streaming to multiple users and geolocations to enhance the connected battlefield.

These compact devices and modules become final additions for RF radios handling voice, data, and video over a wide range of frequencies and bandwidths.

Temperature-compensated, radiation-hardened crystal oscillators bring frequency stability, low phase noise, and small packages to LEO spacecraft electronics.

Though challenges persist in the defense, automotive, and IoT sectors, the microwave and RF industry continues to proliferate and is forecast to maintain that pace into the foreseeable...

The steady proliferation of space debris has led to concerns for the long-term health and well-being of active communications satellites.

F-16 fighter aircraft used in Ukraine require a steady supply of spare parts, which are being provided by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Laboratory demonstrations and testing are evaluating the readiness of a gNodeB 5G satellite base station for setting in orbit a part of a 5G.MIL military 5G wireless-communications...

Northrop Grumman’s Space Park foundry processes 4-in. high-density semiconductor wafers with III-V technology followed by extensive in-house testing.

This damaged drone on display at the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus in Bryan, Texas was scorched at a distance by an HEL system.

The Army’s newest combat vehicle, the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, is designed with lightweight components and the modular flexibility to adapt to changing, evolving electronic...

This encryption module provides JDAR-level protection in a housing weighing only 0.9 lb. and consuming less than 7 W of power.

A hypersonic interceptor is a weapon designed to destroy a hypersonic missile in mid-flight before it reaches a target.

SOSA ramps up heat dissipation with the latest OpenVPX chassis. This article looks at the latest trends in backplanes and chassis cooling.

The SPY-6 radar system integrates S- and X-band radar systems to protect six classes of naval vessels.

The miniature Boson thermal camera imaging module from Teledyne is being modified by NASA for takeoffs from Earth and measurements in the void of deep space.

An MQ-20 Avenger UAS was operated under autonomous control by software capable of coordinating unmanned fleet activities.

The GLIMR probe will perform imaging of oceanic and other water bodies from space to track the biological health of the oceans and rivers.

The DoD views additive manufacturing as an enabling resource for many advanced technologies, including hypersonics and microelectronics.

The HUGIN 304DF EW/SIGINT system developed by Novator can provide as many as 64 channels of coverage with direction-finding capabilities from the back of a vehicle.

The inclusion of the RFeye receiver in the Drone Dome counter-drone system provides advanced RF detection, geolocation, and data-filtering/streaming capabilities.

The StreamCaster Lite 4200 portable radio is an example of the integrated radio technology developed for battlefield use by Silvus Technologies.

Rohde & Schwarz will deliver the Heimdall comprehensive electronic warfare system to the Norwegian army to improve their scope of surveillance.

The SCi blocks family consists of RF SiPs, RF sticks, and open modules to meet the requirements of next-generation defense and aerospace systems.

Adding RF/mmWave communications capabilities to overall system designs has become much easier and cost-effective with modular functional blocks in SiPs, SoCs, and SoMs.

Radar systems are increasingly important in many industries. However, as they carry out complex techniques, they need transceivers that can meet their needs. Software-defined ...

Find out about the challenges associated with mmWave and high-frequency systems within defense aircraft and what system architects and engineers should be concerned with when ...

Mercury Systems' Ken Hermanny and Rodger Hosking discuss the company's deployment of Direct RF technology in its signal-processing products for defense and aerospace applications...

High-performance software-defined-radio platforms deliver MIMO functionality and enhanced effectiveness at accelerated rates to meet advanced communication network needs.

Dual-band tracking antennas enable switching between two different frequency bands to select the range that overcomes the presence of jammers and interference.

Specifying RF connectors, cables, and cable assemblies for military UAVs, especially as they increase their use of mmWave frequencies, requires an intelligent balance of many ...

Novator Solutions’s updated HUGIN 2000 receivers deliver improved signal quality, more flexibility/usability, and greater up-time for COMINT applications.

Advances in electronic-warfare systems are packing more performance into smaller packages in attempts to keep a step ahead of the adversary.

Software-defined radios can monitor the integrity of satellites and ground stations and ensure the functionality of GPS tracking, autonomous driving, automation, and financial...

What are the solutions and services that can help buyers and engineers mitigate and navigate the current semiconductor market shortage?

At the boundary of the digital and analog domains is the ADC and DAC, both of which have numerous architectures. The article discusses the types of performance characteristics...

Public-safety and intelligence agencies must monitor the spectrum environment, identify suspicious signals of interest, and mitigate interference sources in real-time.

The SDR is destined to become the receiver architecture of choice in most systems and the ADC, with its continually increasing sampling rates and instantaneous bandwidth, will...

Large airports rely on wireless signals on a wide range of frequencies, managing thousands of takeoffs and landings each day. Any disruption caused by RF interference can end ...

The latest in portable test and evaluation equipment puts a lot of free-range functionality into the hands of engineers and technicians.

For institutions, organizations and individuals operating applications using RF, it can be very important to know who and what is making use of the spectrum.

Learn about a tool that can be used to detect and locate cell phones and other contraband devices, helping to keep prison populations, staff, and the public safer. This is the...

The host and radios must be matched for optimum performance in a software-defined-radio environment.

One of the fastest-growing segments of military electronics is the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in guided weapons, which lets them do some of the thinking...

VITA Executive Director Jerry Gipper provides insights about what’s on tap and what’s coming in rugged hardware design.

Microwaves & RF chats with Rick Gentile about the changing technological landscape in the military and aerospace industries, and the systems, tools, and techniques used to help...

Signal switching is critical in many RF applications, so it’s important for users to select the correct type of switch for their high-power apps.

The trends in growing markets such as communications, automotive, and defense are creating challenges for the test and measurement industry.

The U. S. Army is exploring the use of directed-energy weapons including those based on lasers and microwave energy to counter low-cost enemy weapons.

Software-defined radio is a flexible radio communication and signal-processing system that performs at very high levels for applications across radar, MRI, GNSS, low-latency links...

The U.S. Government’s auction of flight-test telemetry bands has resulted in crowded frequencies in the remaining spectrum. But the transition to the C-band has been slow. Here...

Will directed-energy weapons be the solution, bringing some sort of answer to the “humane” part of the question that has lingered on since the turn of the last century?

Directed-energy weapons—with either EM waves or high-power laser beams—are coming to nondestructively stop enemy threats.

Raytheon Missiles & Space is a major part of the new Raytheon Technologies Corp., formed by the stock merger of Raytheon Co. and United Technologies.

A market forecast projects some of the technologies that will be needed by the U.S. Armed Forces for the development of new weapons systems.

Take a tour through the various means of cooling rugged computer systems designed for military programs and harsh operating environments.

Weapons systems compatibility among the different armed service branches is, no doubt, vital, and the SOSA standard is being looked upon as the solution.

SOSA, an open C4ISR standard based on OpenVPX, is expected to be critical for modularity and compatibility among future U.S. military weapons systems.

SOSA, the Sensor Open Standard Architecture, is new and there are plenty of myths emerging that need to be addressed.

Embedded military systems that implement Power over Ethernet (PoE) devices, which mix Ethernet data and electric power over a single cable, can reap significant SWaP benefits....

Real-time monitoring during test flights demands FTI equipment that provides highly accurate, comprehensive data, which means that engineers adhere to specific design parameters...

The FCC keeps changing things, so consider utilizing tri-band transmitters to help facilitate the move to C-band technology.

Accreditation and manual implementation of system security has slowed the government’s ability to upgrade IT. However, new STIG automation tools are shaving months off these processes...

The successful demonstration of integrated battle systems and networks shows that multiple simultaneous ballistic missiles can be detected, tracked, and destroyed.

Human forces are relying more on UGVs, UAVs, and other robotic systems to perform critical and dangerous tasks plus serve as intelligent machine partners.

Trends in smaller and lighter frequency synthesizers for defense and aerospace applications translate to fitting more performance at higher frequencies into modular formats.

Transmitting RF over fiber allows for greater bandwidth and speed for mission-critical data processing.

Future 5G implementations will require many development platforms for experimentation. Using a COTS system as a starting point will accelerate time to market.

Radar technology, which has been used for many years, remains a crucial tactical linchpin for today’s military service. Need to brush on the technology’s fundamentals? This article...

FACE, HOST, SOSA, CMOSS… sounds like military alphabet soup. However, this taste of standards is a good one.

VPX standards have helped standardize many high-speed serial backplane designs, but support for arbitrary interfaces still demanded custom backplanes—until now.

The DoD’s Hardware/Software Convergence Initiative, an effort to develop a common modular hardware architecture across defense systems using OpenVPX as its basis, is now under...

Employing strategies such as GPUDirect, PCIe Device Lending, and implementing SISCI API can help system integrators optimize ISR solutions.

When it comes to securing IT systems, NIST and other security frameworks often point to either of two public configuration standards: STIGs and the CIS Benchmarks.

With this model-based design platform, engineers are equipped with the tools to design and analyze systems that meet satellite-communication mission requirements.

For a function that once required a tube amplifier, semiconductor amplifiers are raising pulsed power levels for radars and other applications at higher frequencies.

The influx of military-themed video games like "Call of Duty" is helping recruit and train tomorrow's soldiers. But does it start to blur the line between virtual reality and ...

Cables and connectors are vital to military electronics systems, where real-time performance takes on greater meaning, and recent advances are now taking them to higher frequencies...

Though jamming interruption and signal interception loom as potential problems, 5G could change the defense landscape with instantaneous transmission and reception of enormous...

This year, expect to see the RF/microwave industry produce solutions that push technological boundaries to meet new and emerging requirements.