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Defense Electronics: News, products, and technology for the military sector
In the June 3, 2009 Issue:
 Rockwell Collins Adds DataPath
 Northrop Grumman Opens UK Support Center
 FMC/VITA Module Races At 1.5 GSamples/s
 Power Converters Deliver 5000 W
 RF Engines Explores Solution For First TOA
 US Army Selects Fidelity Technologies
 Rockwell Collins To Supply Video Displays
 PIN Switches Bear 100 W CW
 Signal Generator Breaks 1-W Barrier
 XMC Module Contains 10-GbE Connectivity

Defense News

Rockwell Collins Adds DataPath

June 3, 2009

Rockwell Collins completed their acquisition of DataPath, Inc., known for their work in satellite-based communication networks.

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Northrop Grumman Opens UK Support Center

June 3, 2009

Northrop Grumman Corp. has officially opened its United Kingdom technical support center to provide service, repair, and maintenance for the company’s inertial navigation systems (INS) used in Royal Navy ships and submarines.

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Technology

FMC/VITA Module Races At 1.5 GSamples/s

June 3, 2009

The quad-channel ADC513 field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) mezzanine card (FMC/VITA 57) module features a 1.5-GSamples/s analog-to-digital-converter (ADC) card with 8-b resolution for demanding RF downconversion, software-defined-radio (SDR), and signal-intelligence applications.

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Power Converters Deliver 5000 W

June 3, 2009

The C5100 series of 5000-W 3U and 5U plug-in DC/DC and AC/DC converter modules from Schaefer is available in three standard DC input voltage ranges from 320 to 800 VDC and 3 x 400 and 3 x 480 VAC configurations.

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Military/Aerospace Contracts

RF Engines Explores Solution For First TOA

June 3, 2009

RF Engines Ltd. has been contracted by SELEX Galileo to develop a new algorithm and the optimum architecture for determining the fine time of arrival (TOA) of certain classified signals.

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US Army Selects Fidelity Technologies

June 3, 2009

Fidelity Technologies Corp. has been listed as one of the companies selected for the second Simulation, Training and Instrumentations Omnibus contract (STOC II) by the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI).

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Rockwell Collins To Supply Video Displays

June 3, 2009

The US Army has selected Rockwell Collins as the prime contractor to provide an integrated video display system for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Mounted Soldier System (MSS) program, which initially includes M1-A2 SEP V2, M2-A3 Bradley, M3-A3 Bradley and M113 Medical Evacuation Variant vehicles.

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Product Update

PIN Switches Bear 100 W CW

June 3, 2009

The MSW2000 series of silicon PIN diode switches from Aeroflex/Metelics offers power-handling capabilities of 100 W CW over frequency bands of 20 to 700 MHz and 400 to 4000 MHz.

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Signal Generator Breaks 1-W Barrier

June 3, 2009

The model E8257D signal generator from Agilent Technologies now offers an option for more than 1 W (+30 dBm) output power from 250 MHz to 20 GHz (and usable down to 10 MHz).

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XMC Module Contains 10-GbE Connectivity

June 3, 2009

Model V1121 is a conduction-cooled 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) XMC module with dual front-panel optical interfaces.

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This issue brought
to you by:
• International Rectifier

• Texas Instrument

• Agilent


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