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The article announces the 2024 Military & Aerospace Technology Innovators Awards, recognizing top companies like AirBorn Inc., Getac, Psiber Data Systems, and DroneShield for advancements in aerospace, defense, and avionics technologies.

The article focuses on the 2023 Military & Aerospace Technology Innovators Awards, recognizing companies offering innovative solutions for military, aerospace, and avionics design. Topics covered include platinum, gold, and silver award-winning technologies such as secure mesh command posts, Artificial intelligence (AI) systems for drones, precise timing frequency references, maintenance, repair, and overhaul optimization tools.

The article discusses the collaboration between Honeywell Aerospace, a leader in avionics, and Merlin Labs, a developer of autonomous flight technology. Topics include integrating Merlin Pilot with Honeywell Anthem avionics to reduce pilot workload, retrofitting military aircraft for single-pilot operations, and enhancing flight efficiency and safety in both commercial and military aviation.

The article takes a look at test system technology developments for aerospace and defense applications. It discusses the challenge for test and measurement equipment involving precision-guided munitions of the U.S. military. Test equipment include the 5560 3U VPX Xilinx Versal HBM adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) processor from Mercury Systems, Tectronix 2 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO), Marvin Test Solutions MTS-3060A SmartCan and AnritsuSignal Quality Analyzer-R MO1900A.

The article focuses on American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. receiving the first FAA waiver for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) commercial drone operations. Topics include the use of Iridium's L-Band satellite connectivity for BVLOS surveillance of critical infrastructure and the integration of Blue Sky Network's SkyLink 7100 terminal for continuous tracking and control capabilities on the AiRanger drone.

The article offers that the Military and Aerospace Electronics announced the 2022 Technology Innovators Awards to recognize companies which includes 2Mb Rad Hard SRI F- RAM space supmemory from Infineon Technologies in Neubiberg, Germany received a platinum honorees, BedrockAutomation,BEDROCK OSA received a golden honorees, and Interface Concept IC-INT-VPX3k a silver honorees.

The article reports that Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace have announced their 2021 Technology Innovators Awards to recognize companies offering substantial military and avionics design solutions. Topics discussed include the MESP-100-2 from the Curtiss-Wright Corp. Defense Solutions division in Ashburn, Va., is a size, weight, and power (SWaP) optimized solution for encrypting telemetry streams; and it provides a PCM encoder interface, Advanced Range Telemetry.

The article offers information on SIU36 configurable 3U OpenVPX COTS system from North Atlantic Industries (NAI).

The article presents the discussion on Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace recognizing companies offering 2021 Technology Innouators Awards. Topics include artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and featuring a patented system architecture for guaranteeing fanless operations; and machine learning capabilities with centralized sensor ingest and data fusion support.

The article announces the 2019 Military & Aerospace Technology Innovators Awards for aerospace and defense achievement including platinum award to Renesas Electronics America Inc.; gold award to ZMicro and silver award for The Angelus Corp.

The article discusses use of rugged computers with latest data storage and processing technologies for mobile missions by deployed forces in their aerospace and defense applications. Topics discussed include facilitation of in-theater communications on the battlefield from small wearable tablets and personal computers (PCs) connected to satellite communications (SATCOM), and use of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-based solutions by aerospace applications.

The article describes the electronic evolution in aerospace and defense systems brought about by engineers and systems integrators' adoption of advanced and intelligent motor controls in land, sea, air and space vehicles. Topics covered include the critical parts that are being relied on by current and future vehicles, the applications of smart motor controls and the impact of the growth of industrial automation on motor control centers (MCC).

The article focuses on cloud computing and its use in the military. Topics discussed include the concern about cloud computing's privacy or security to intelligence agencies and military gathering, the improvement in cloud computing as it becomes a standard part of the aerospace and military operations, and the concerns about networking. Moreover, Jay Mork of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc. states that defense industry is implementing commercial technology to lower the cost.

The article focuses on simulation-based training and mission-rehearsal systems and solutions and its significance and use in the military. It discusses the requirements for simulation training, the issue of networking and interoperability, and of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) training. Gene Colabatistto of CAE Inc.'s Defense & Security Group says that the increased and more efficient use of simulation is part of the solution to lower defense costs without sacrificing readiness and capability.

The article discusses the advances in electronics in the aerospace and defense industry. The author talks about the success of industry engineers to meet the demands through commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and custom aerospace and defense technologies. Also tackled are a broad range of power electronics products by industry vendors to help engineers optimize system designs within budget constraints.

The article reports on the move of aerospace technology companies to introduce avionics technology innovations for the benefit of defense and civil projects. Steven Lien, Honeywell Aerospace's marketing vice president, says that they focus on common product roadmaps and technology solutions which will serve and help customers be safer and efficient. Liens adds that global positioning system (GPS) innovations have driven back into the military.

The article discusses the requirements needed for a more functional display of aerospace and defense applications. According to Simon Collins, GE Intelligent Platforms product manager, the screens on a military vehicle must be rugged than other components since displays are always at the center and front. It also mentions readability, as well as size, weight, and power (SWaP).

The article offers information on the power and thermal management technologies including the PCM-DC-AT power supplies from WinSystems Inc., the NCP1851 programmable lithium-ion switching battery charger from ON Semiconductor Corp., and Alpha IV Series output voltage models from ITT Exelis.

The article focuses on how operation of electronics in aerospace and defense applications can survive in space. It notes that systems architects and integrators rely on radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant innovations to achieve uninterrupted and extended operation of technology in space. Moreover, it mentions that aerospace, defense, and commercial applications depends on space-based systems such as communications satellites.

The article presents the discussion on US.Air Force researchers asking two defense companies in developing and demonstrating cybersecurity tools. Topics include prototype and demonstrating cyber security technologies protecting the avionics in Air Force weapon systems; and including assessment and testing tools, vulnerability mitigation, and cyber-hardening technologies.

The author of the article focuses on Innovators awards which reveal a list of the military electronics industry's true innovators. Topics discussed include the awards are going to organizations that demonstrate excellence in the use of a product or systems; and Designers, integrators, and users of military and aerospace electronic systems may nominate their own projects or applications, or integrators or distributors that supply products.

The article announces 2020 Military & Aerospace Technology Innovators Awards.

The article presents the author's insights on the benefits of using commodity technology in the military and aerospace sector, and mentions its threat to innovation and capability. Topics discussed include the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) guidelines to prevent the potential drawbacks of the technology, the reduction in cost of system redesigns, and the value of commodity technology.

The article focuses on the trend of smaller and more modular backplanes and enclosures which are meeting performance and time-to-market demands. J. C. Ramirez, product manager at customizable, high-performance embedded solutions provider ADL Embedded Solutions, mentions that trend continues to be reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP). It also discusses unmanned aerial systems (UAS) which considered to be the most notable aerospace and defense application driven by SwaP.

The article lists several board products for military and aerospace applications including communications/network controllers from Falcon Electronics Inc., data-acquisition computer boards from Active Silicon Inc. and memory boards from ELMA Electronic Inc.

The article lists several communication/peripheral products for military and aerospace applications including communications equipment from Falcon Electronics Inc., data buses and networking from Aitech Defense Systems Inc. and data storage from KineticSystems Co. LLC.

The article discusses the release of several products for military and aerospace applications including Integrity 11 real-time operating system (RTOS) from Green Hills Software Inc., APD series transportation connectors from ITT Interconnect Solutions and BC1 rugged computer box from MEN Micro Inc.

The article offers the author's insights on the use of high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) system to enable bistatic radio detection and ranging (radar) and sound navigation and ranging (sonar) technology. Topics discussed include the system provides supercomputer power to deploy submarines and aircraft, the concepts of both radar and sonar in transmitting energy, and the problem associated with conventional radar and sonar systems.

The article offers the author's insights on the technology trends in the military and aerospace electronics industry in 2016. Topics discussed include the international tensions caused by the establishment of an air and naval base by China in the Spratley Islands in the South China Sea, the increased focus on military technologies, like cooperative sonar, anti-submarine warfare, and cyber warfare, and the importance of persistent surveillance in the war.

The article reports on the plan of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Virginia to revolutionize the design of high-end integrated circuit (IC) for aerospace and military use. It states that the sole-source contract was awarded to the University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute in Los Angeles, California for the Circuit Realization at Faster Timescales (CRAFT), a FinFET Foundry/Design Aggregation Services military chips program.

The article reports on the integration of the I-Master radar from electronics systems manufacturer Thales Group into the Scorpion light attack and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) jet aircraft of Textron AirLand, a joint venture between Textron and AirLand Enterprises. Topics covered include the capabilities of the ISR sensor suite, the features of the Thales I-Master radar and the aims of the design of Textron AirLand's Scorpion, a proposed U.S. light attack and ISR jet.

The article discusses the release of BU-67112 MIL-STD-1553 Express Mezzanine Card (XMC) from Data Device Corp. (DDC).

The article focuses on efforts to change Express Mezzanine Card (XMC) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) Mezzanine Card (FMC) mezzanine board standards which is driven by demand for digital signal processing (DSP) subsystems for aerospace and defense applications. Mercury Computer Systems Inc. adds various kinds of mezzanine boards. Steve Edwards of Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions says that there is a need for more serial connections for a FPGA-based associated mezzanine card.

An introduction is presented in which editor discusses the guide that the journal had provided containing aerospace and defense electronics and electro-optics product information for engineers, engineering managers, program managers, and company executives in the U.S.