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North Korea's new leader
Commercial satellite photo reminds us that China is a future global aircraft carrier power
How did that get there? How Iran may have obtained their new UAV
Let's hope anti-tamper technology is real, as one of the most advanced UAVs falls into Iranian hands
A Naval Academy class ring gives mute testimony to disaster at Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today
Quadruped robot nearing release
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Drone, UAV, UAS ... what do we call that unmanned flyin' thing, anyway?
Customizable communication
Federal spending cuts: can't anybody here play this game?
Video Games as Military Education
Great Reason To Get To Munich This Spring: Avionics Europe to Explore New Frontier of Air Traffic Management
Airbus prevails over Boeing in Dubai Air Show passenger jetliner sweepstakes, but no Paris-like blowout
The role of the smartphone on the digital battlefield
An update on the Avionics Europe conference and expo March 21 and 22 in Munich
The best defense is...
The politics and interpretation of DOD's Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) guidelines
Space geeks rejoice: NASA news abounds
Knowledge is Power
Is orange juice key to preserving last intact German Do-17 light bomber downed in Battle of Britain?
Boeing: A giant awakens
10
Guns, guns, guns
Business aviation: a boon to corporate 'fat cats' or job creator for the local community?
No power, no content: the October snowstorm from Hell
Is it time for widely recognized industry standards for anti-tamper?
An exclusive look into the editorial mission of Military & Aerospace Electronics (and a renewal reminder)
NBAA 2011, Social, Mobile and the Year of the iPad
Notable NASA news dominates desktop
An open letter to GPGPU-based embedded computing providers
Imagine that: COTS component lifecycle support that sees integrators through design and production
New to NBAA
Aerospace and defense electronics industry consolidation proceeding at a rapid pace
Drones don't kill people, people kill people
Help Wanted: NASA seeks astronauts
It's time for clear explanations of why software is important in aerospace and defense systems
09
One phone to rule them all - robust data isolation for two personas on a single mobile device
When real life user interfaces begin to emulate video games
Beer and Nazi politics: retracing some of history's paths
At sea in an ocean of military equipment, vehicles and components
Some of the unsung events of 9/11 that didn't make it onto the front page
The economy and what it means for the defense industry
08
Let Skylab be a reminder of what happens to a neglected space station
Launch of 737 MAX restores competitive balance between Boeing and Airbus for narrow-body jetliner market
More meaningless posturing over "automatic" cuts in the defense budget
07
Smoke, mirrors, and other hocus-pocus take center stage at U.S. deficit-reduction talks
06
Must an entire sector of U.S. civil aviation be demonized in the interests of Obama re-election campaign?
Today's laser weapons buzz may mean military deployment will be sooner than we think
Smart money today isn't betting on the success of space exploration
05
Congress, once again, flips the bird to the Pentagon over plans to cut wasteful spending
Wire news feeds a big hit on Military & Aerospace Electronics, Avionics Intelligence Websites
NVIDIA acquires Icera, so what's this got to do with military embedded computing?
BittWare Anemone processor could make FPGAs as popular as general-purpose processors in embedded computing
04
Are we on the verge of a new era of technological innovation?
Army set to kick off M3TD chemical-detection program with RFP due in May
Army officials sing praises of UH-72A Lakota at Army Aviation show this week in Nashville
AMC/AEEC attendance up as avionics engineers are bullish on market
Firing on Fort Sumter, which sparked the American Civil War, happened 150 years ago today
What if we considered selling counterfeit electronic parts like we do selling stolen property?
03
Are low-profile, quick-turnaround military contracts replacing the traditional procurement process?
Maybe aviation market is turning around
Pilot training taking backseat to new avionics, says Avionics Europe keynote
Tsunami and Earthquake in Japan, bully confrontation video, point to the virtues of self-reliance
Counterfeit parts: problem with military electronics designs finally getting attention on Capitol Hill
CompactPCI Serial could do for PCI what VPX did for VME
02
Convoy combat training
Rockwell Collins says Army committed to networking the warfighter despite smaller DOD budget request
JTRS is poorly named, it's more of a computer network than a radio
Chinook C47F pilots loving their glass cockpit
Chinook CH-47F pilots loving their glass cockpit
Redesigned Military & Aerospace Electronics Website helps you see more, and see it fast: www.militaryaerospace.com
Video first look: how General Dynamics proposes to create an air-deployable WIN-T tactical communications node
DOD budget request for 2012 is out; procurement and UAVs are up, RDT&E is down, overseas military ops see drastic cuts
Sylmar Earthquake 40th anniversary: the day is still seared in memory
Even the most rugged electronics can come in small packages
IED blow up your vehicle? No problem with the Thales MSCCS communications system
01
Defense primes gives suppliers marching orders to lobby Congress to preserve aerospace and defense jobs
The Army likes contractors who are on time and on budget
Managing thermals in Army helicopter cockpits
Army still exploring synthetic vision technology
Commandos attack, and pirates die; South Korean navy show the world how to do anti-piracy
Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is a loose cannon who needs to be secured in Pima County, Arizona
Projected cuts in military spending: DOD budget enters the land of make-believe
Second-generation Intel Core processor announcement triggers an avalanche of new embedded computing products
If Michelle Obama is pregnant, what might that mean for the defense budget?
2010
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DARPA makes Lockheed Martin sit for three months on one of 2010's most important military technology stories
Security holes are everywhere even in secure virtualization systems, says Green Hills Software CEO
Revealing the flight plan of Santa; what else are we giving potential terrorists?
11
Thank you to all that serve
FACE consortium tries to succeed where others have failed in crafting open-systems avionics computers
10
Counter-MANPADS for commercial aircraft, where'd it go?
U.S. defense officials may be getting serious about crafting defenses against EMP attack
Miniaturization of electronics, theme at AUSA
Could we someday see a rugged iPad?
AUSA annual meeting, fun and crowded as usual
Neil Armstrong on being there
Maritime nuisance: unmanned surface vessels designed to harass enemy submarines
Owning my own jet vs. flying commercial
Fiber laser technology is common critical enabler in precision-engagement projects at Lockheed Martin
09
Battlefield tours: a new twist on the golf game to build business relationships
Freescale may be rethinking its commitment to AltiVec technology in its latest QorIQ family of processors
Ada is not nearly as dead a language as Latin
Archie Bunker, counter-terror expert
September 17: It's still known as America's bloodiest day
Executive layoffs at Boeing, Lockheed Martin signal tough times ahead
08
Is your embedded system supplier "board agnostic?"
I wanna go to UAV school
Robot convoy
AUVSI traffic in Denver steady, but it lacks DC excitement
Thermal management name change good move for Parker, Spraycool
Manned or unmanned aircraft ... is there a choice?
UAV ground control systems follow-up
Most serious DOD information warfare attack may have happened two years ago in the Middle East
Ghosts of embedded computing past: it's about time Curtiss-Wright pulled up stakes and found new digs
07
Despite good news out of Farnborough, avionics suppliers still expect slow recovery
Democrats in Congress move to get their pound of flesh from the military while they still have time
Working the Farnborough air show, backwards and in high heels
Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern: I think I have an idea what he's talking about
Is there anyone out there who isn't a world leader?
Soldier systems focus on infantry technology to achieve the mission and get the fighters home alive
F-15 Silent Eagle stealth fighter could be considered as alternative to F-35 joint strike fighter amid tight budgets
DARPA wants electronic warfare systems that learn from their mistakes to keep pace with the latest communications technology
Embedded computing information for aerospace and military embedded systems all in one place
Aviation safety story questioning Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashworthiness takes unfair jabs at Boeing, FAA
The junkyard space satellite
Iranian early warning radar in Syria: is this a real threat, or just more posturing from Iran?
06
Flying car fantasy looks like it could become reality
For the love of God, transition is not a verb!
Unpiloted, automated passenger aircraft: coming to an airport near you
Oil spill: could modified sonar help detect concentrations of undersea oil threatening wildlife and tourism in Gulf of Mexico?
Oil spill in the Gulf: you mean the studies are just beginning now?
The Dork's guide to pragmatism, epistemology, and removing that blasted heat from electronic systems
With the T-50, Russian jet fighters are back ... and it's none too soon
Redesigning an established Website turns out to be a cornucopia of frustration
What's backup plan if satellites go down on NextGen air traffic management system?
05
Decades later, Lakehurst, N.J., is still blimp central for the U.S. Navy
Electronics cooling and thermal management: these are the crucial issues that will make network-centric warfare and the digital battlefield a reality
NextGen in the mid-term
The next favorite infantry weapon: a flying gun for remote controlled UAVs that takes out snipers
Going back in time on the USS Cassin Young
With big upgrades, the enhanced Military & Aerospace Electronics Website just keeps getting better
04
Parts obsolescence: it's the problem with COTS that just won't go away
03
Aer Lingus vs. US Airways
DSP performance of the Intel Core i7 microprocessor: the hits just keep on coming
Conformity with military airborne systems crucial for SESAR integration
Market outlook positive among Avionics Europe attendees
Arms embargo against the only reliable U.S. ally in the Middle East
02
Does the Green Lantern superhero read Military & Aerospace Electronics?
The 2011 DOD budget is out, and the news is good
Ridge and Franks: Celebrate Presidents' Day, donate to Flight 93 memorial
01
Another kind of Oscar race
Intel i7 microprocessor set to produce a tectonic shift in military embedded computer industry
E-networking revolution highlighted 2009
2009
12
E-networking revolution highlighted 2009
Tiger Woods: please, just make it all go away
Vengeful American fighter pilots get their pound of flesh at Pearl Harbor
IITSEC not as busy this year but the technology is as cool as ever
11
Guest blog: Navy demonstrates value of military cloud computing during recent naval exercise
Heat is buckling the flight decks of Navy ships; this looks like a job for the thermal management experts
Trends: another embedded software supplier snapped up by a computer hardware company
COTS, COTS, COTS, COTS
10
COTS, COTS, COTS, COTS
We're not playin' around: E-networking means business, not socializing
DOD contracting: it's quiet out there; too quiet
David Jensen joins Avionics Intelligence
OpenVPX interoperability standard hands off to VITA in another step toward ratification
Editor at large
DVT: Not just in M-ATVs
It's official: Nobel Peace Prize now has no value whatsoever
The #milaero online community and the stream of Twitterness -- it's all about you
Very cool helicopter avionics technology showcased at AUSA
09
Russian T-95 main battle tank: could this combat vehicle be more formidable than we thought?
Can commercial software-defined radio replace JTRS? One reader points out why not
Electronic flight bag -- a taboo phrase?
Test and measurement systems designers leave rugged computers to the experts
Remembering the lessons of 9/11
Attendees at London defense show have positive attitude
Kudos to Kamen, kids, and contractors
08
Business lessons from an MIT professor
GE and Fanuc call it quits
UAVs sharing civilian airspace
Unmanned systems show was buzzing
Unmanned systems show is buzzing
07
F-22 demise premature?
Future Combat Systems: too big to fail, or too juicy a target to succeed?
Paris exhibitors credit military market for stability
06
Making up for lost time
Are they watching us?
Paris exhibitors credit military market for stability
Last day no-shows in Paris
Aeronautics not just space
Avionics display trends in Paris
Commercial aircraft market holding steady
Raining in Paris
Cold fusion, hot topic
Suppliers training primes
Talking next-generation avionics and ATM technology in San Diego
05
North Korea's nuclear test and missile defense
Take time...and perhaps see Terminator
NASA 2010 budget request shows increase over 2009
Good timing for human space flight
Finally, a 2010 DOD budget; now Congress can get to work
Thank you conference advisory board members
What the web tells us
04
Military electro-optics business appears steady
Aviation industry downturn may have a silver lining for jetliner avionics manufacturers
Aerospace and defense technology market gets a vote of confidence
Win some, lose some
Hacking into the Joint Strike Fighter program
VME embedded computer industry buries the hatchet over VITA 46 VPX standard ... for now
Potential F-22 cancellation may hurt military avionics suppliers
Rest in peace Harry Kalas
When you're considered an 'industry expert'
Bye bye F-22
03
Networking in Minneapolis
If you want your baggage fly Northwest, not Delta
Where's the DOD budget request?
Optimism in tough times
Needing reform
Troubles dividing the VME board industry could have been avoided
Editor at large, locally
Not a bad time to travel
Hijacked by hackers
Military market a bright spot for avionics suppliers
Loving the digital age
02
Blogging on avionics
Another helicopter program with cost overruns
In support of illegal aliens (sigh)
Flight delays and respect
Happy birthday, President Lincoln
Newcomers to defense biz will face ITAR headache
Hey Kid! Mean Joe is still the best
Laser companies prove to be attractive acquisition targets of prime defense contractors
01
Superbowl excitement
Kaching!!!
The flub heard 'round the world
How much will President Obama spend on defense technology?
A different kind of economic growth
Impressive tour, depressing tale
Hail to the geek
Putting NASA in bed with the Pentagon
Obama's pick of Leon Panetta for CIA chief not such a surprise
Obama actions, rhetoric, give defense electronics industry a sigh of relief
Pledge for positivism
2008
12
Waiting for Philadelphia
Ah yes, now I remember...
Fighting over journalists
Living like a pioneer in the wake of Northeast ice storm
Quick turnaround in wartime
Times are tough, pants are tight
IITSEC, fun show
11
Giving thanks where it is due
Love covering space
Bright spots in bleak economy
Will democratic administration be good for defense electronics funding?
The past is present as U.S., allies gird for battle with Somalia pirates on the high seas
Outlook for U.S. military combat aircraft through the next decade
Freedom isn't free, but the free market economy should be
Thank you to those who serve
Distractions done, camaraderie and change to come
Election night
10
Super Tuesday treats (this blog entry is not about politics)
Troops trending toward McCain
Mil-aero side effects
Recommending "Jawbreaker"
A time to remember, hopefully fondly
Phillies up 3 games to 1!
A few thoughts from AUSA
Taxpayers unwittingly fund excess
Business as usual
09
Get it done already
Bailouts and pirates and bombs! Oh, My!
Get out of your comfort zone
Financial meltdown and bailout: how much is left for defense spending?
Bitter about the bailouts
Beating the airlines
A market view of media bias over vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin
Boeing machinists strike: cons, and pros?
9/11: more a day of infamy than Pearl Harbor
More on media bias
Not another Web browser! Think again, Chrome is worth a try
Navy confrontation on the Black Sea not as serious as it looks
FEMA follies and aid antics
Government response to Gustav appears better than Katrina
08
What McCain's choice of Sarah Palin could mean for defense spending
Loving Labor Day
Looks like Curtiss-Wright is ready to grow again; set to acquire VMETRO
Network with an industry knowledge base
Some days I wish my Nissan could fly
Fly me to the moon: manned vs. unmanned space missions
Radical Islam is one step closer to acquiring nuclear weapons
Achieving immortality in space?
Some truce: Russia continues invasion of Georgia
Russian invasion of South Ossetia: an excuse for conquest in Georgia
Fibre Channel going strong in storage applications
Russia invades Georgia: an Archduke Ferdinand moment?
To join or not to join? That is the (silly) question.
07
Long or short?
Strut your stuff
Middle-age microprocessing
Funding for laser weapons research growing
Space market strong for ICs
Are unmanned passenger vehicles the future?
Red Sox shut out the Twins
100+ channels
History revisited
Privacy and technology
06
Technology firms tap military knowledge, experience
Today's military simulation displays more compact and cost effective
Are you radioactive?
Open invite
New power semiconductor technology may be living up to its initial promise
Audience participation encouraged
Wordtrack?
USAF shake-up
Remember when...
05
Sayonara, USS Kitty Hawk
Memorial Day weekend
In life, and COTS supplies, there are no guarantees
PennWell buys Avionics conference and exhibition
Watch this space
Shop online for counterfeit parts
Aircraft market strong, globally anyway
PA Semi acquisition main buzz at Critical Embedded Systems Media Fest
Send us your industry videos
04
Homeland security market steady
Internet video adoption
Still addicted to a crazy game
Deeply embedded in mil-aero
Strengthening the mission of putting buyers and sellers together
Xpantivirus attacks
Parallel courses and the value of renewing old friendships
On my way to San Jose
Resetting the bar on power semiconductors
Fire your own NLOS cannon
Musings on the schizophrenic defense market
M&AE: Investing in & building community
Touchy subjects
03
West coast editor stretches legs, reach
Another view: time to consider the human dimension of using robots in warfare
Laser links: the foundation of future broadband tactical networking
Think you have an ITAR issue? Protect yourself, experts say
Military radio communications designers need to build a better mouse trap
Now it's not just talk: VPX embedded computing starts racking up design wins
Chinese company doesn't operate the Panama Canal ... just both ends of it
Java, anyone?
Find me a safe harbor from 'forward-looking statements' ... please!
Back to the jungle: would U.S. intervene if war comes to South America?
02
Sorry, Boeing; European airframe to be new Air Force refueling tanker
Destroyer diplomacy: USS Cole brings symbolic punch to tense Middle East
Autonomous arms race: gentlemen, start your robots
Rule-based expert system may help forecast terrorist behavior and attacks
New materials may yield safer, more power-efficient battery power
Could analog architectures be the next Big Thing in electronics design?
Who knew that a satellite shootdown could cause such hand-wringing?
Indian Ocean becoming a hotbed of sophisticated submarine activity
Experiment demonstrates beam orders of magnitude more powerful than the Airborne Laser
Market outlook positive among exhibitors at Components for Military and Space Electronics conference
2009 DOD budget: a safe plan in the president's last year
Real heroes: take a moment today to remember Abraham Lincoln
Real intelligence, or artificial intelligence; you be the judge
Infrared-obscuring smoke: let the electro-optical wars begin
Power-efficient chips and body heat may combine to make some battery applications obsolete
The future of network-centric surveillance
Laser-pitting technology may yield more opportunities for advanced camouflage
01
Military tactic of the 21st century: make the enemy believe he's at peace
Brrr ... Bring on the Spring!
Electromagnetic railguns and high-power electronics: you ain't seen nothin' yet
Defense spending: the economic beacon of hope?
Sick of the COTS acronyms yet?
The elusive laser target designator spot; are filters the answer?
Thanks, Raytheon: radar technology applied to enhanced oil recovery
Open systems and industry standards: the Navy starts to get it
Fight or flight? Military research may tip the balance
To use, or to utilize, that is the question
Will human sight be the worst casualty of future optical warfare?
In praise of the armored combat earth mover
Defense technology never really goes out of style
Defending against swarms of small, fast attack boats; now I know what they mean
Signal processing expert: the day when imagination, not technology, is our chief limitation
Radar technology to jump from microwave ovens to home heating systems?
What do the early election returns mean for military and aerospace technology?
The poker-faced traveler; is there such a thing?
New Russian battle tank: it's beginning to look a lot like the '80s
2007
12
Pentagon's 'Internet in space' appears headed for trouble
It's a dangerous world, even for Santa Claus
Could the Navy and Coast Guard use the same ship? Who knew?
I'm learning something about you; yeah, I'm talking about you
Military eyes MEMS weapons detonators that could be fabbed on IC lines
Army organization to harvest the best videogame graphics for computer simulation
AWACS and Hawkeye flight crews soon may disappear into the pages of history
The weekend blog: worldwide electronics sales show serious signs of cooling off
Dousing political fires with armored combat vehicles
Taking care of constituents, and bringing home the bacon
Stealth-detecting bistatic radar is back in the news
The weekend blog: Is aerospace industry optimism on solid ground?
The touch of history: remembering the USS Arizona
Heat-exchanger cooling at the chip and board level
Spintronics: a new kind of electrical current?
Nukes, or no nukes?
Too early to declare Iran a regional submarine threat
11
Not a game: the next World War to play out on the Internet
He said, she said?
Gives new meaning to 'Letter to the Editor'
2012
01
Saber rattling in the Persian Gulf drives home importance of shipboard missile defense
The battle for Internet security
Latest Pentagon guidance may bode well for military technology development and research
Revamped M&AE and Avionics Websites offer topic centers to get readers exactly what they want
The Terminology of Military Technology
Security for Android hand-held devices is top priority for real-time software companies
02
Prosthetic Limbs
Two years later, Navy is on track for big upgrades to shipboard networking and C4ISR
Vying for air refueling tanker work
Railgun technology getting closer to reality
Your best insight into the DOD budget implications for the military and aerospace electronics market
Iranian Nuclear Program Under Attack (again)
AUSA Winter 2012
Top ten technologies the U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force is looking for
Effects of 2013 DOD budget cuts already being felt with program cancellations
03
What's up with all the anti-tamper technology?
The defense industry may be adjusting to a new age of financial austerity
Boeing and Airbus both claim victory in WTO Appeal? That can't be right...
FAA's impending rule on small UAVs may usher in a new era of civil aerial warfare
Securing the military network
We can thank a self-absorbed Congress for hurting national defense if deep automatic defense cuts happen
Conference combo
04
The future of UAV technology aims high
Historic obsession about the Titanic sinking 100 years ago wipes Bread and Roses strike from popular memory
Is the U.S. getting ready for conflict?
High-performance computing for rugged mobile military applications is becoming a hot design issue
Iran under attack once again
The $114 million mistake
Will Intel 3rd Generation Intel Core processor make a big splash in embedded computing applications?
Air Force competes in National Collegiate Cyber Defense competition
05
Lockheed Martin experimental stealth surface vessel to be scrapped after yielding valuable technology
Continuing the conversation
Did I say $114 million mistake? I meant $351 million.
High-performance embedded computing (HPEC) gaining market traction, but its definition remains elusive
