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OpenVPX 1.0 for military systems webcast happening on Wednesday 10 Feb.
 
NASHUA, 8 Feb. 2010. Engineers from Boeing, GE Intelligent Platforms, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Solutions, Mercury Computer Systems, and SIE Computing Solutions discuss the impact of OpenVPX 1.0 in military systems this Wednesday, 10 Feb. at 3pm Est.

  Team K-MAX demonstrates unmanned helicopter cargo re-supply to U.S. Marine Corps
 
DUGWAY, Utah, 8 Feb. 2010. Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) and Kaman Aerospace Corp., a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq: KAMN) demonstrated to the U.S. Marine Corps the capability of the Unmanned K-MAX® helicopter to resupply troops by unmanned helicopter at forward operating bases in Afghanistan.

Boeing connects 1st F-22 Mission Training Center to Air Force network
 
ST. LOUIS, 6 Feb. 2010. Boeing [NYSE: BA] connected the F-22 Mission Training Center (MTC) at Langley Air Force Base, Va., to the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) in November, allowing F-22 pilots at the base to train virtually with pilots in other aircraft platforms for the first time. The MTC at Langley is the first of four F-22 training centers ...

  Rockwell Collins to provide long-term avionics support to Air China
 
SINGAPORE 5 Feb. 2010 Air China signed a 10-year maintenance agreement with Collins Aviation Maintenance Services Shanghai Limited (CAMSS), a Rockwell Collins joint venture, to provide service and support for Rockwell Collins avionics equipment on the entire Air China fleet.

Navy surveys radio makers for potential future avionics data link radio procurement
 
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 5 Feb. 2010. U.S. Navy officials are surveying industry for manufacturers of a potential future multifunction avionics data link radio buy. Details are in a request for information (RFI) issued Thursday by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.

 
COTS computers run Fire Scout UAS avionics
 
RANCHO BERNARDO, Calif., 4 Feb. 2010. The rotary wing Fire Scout unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., uses commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) avionics for its flight control system.


ThreadX RTOS used in flight control system
 
SAN DIEGO, Calif., 4 Feb. 2010 Express Logic's ThreadX real-time operating system (RTOS) is driving Avidyne Corp.'s new DFC90 attitude-based Digital Flight Control System.

 
EA-18G Growler avionics similar to F/A-18 F Super Hornet
 
PHOENIX, 4 Feb. 2010. Engineers at Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix provide multiple avionics equipment to every variant of the F/A-18 program including the latest electronic warfare version of the F/A-18F Super Hornet – the EA-18G.

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Features & Analysis

U.S. navy avionics systems embrace open architectures
 
Designers of avionics equipment for U.S. Navy aircraft see obsolescence as their biggest obstacle in meeting the steady demand for upgrades and retrofits of existing aircraft. Their main weapon in this fight is to design each system with an open architecture.

 
Avionics connector users in commercial and defense applications demanding more capability, smaller size, more EMI protection
 
Here's the good news for commercial and military avionics connector suppliers: there's a growing need for your products. Here's the bad news: systems integrators want more capability, higher bandwidth, increased ruggedness, more resistance to lightning and electro-magnetic pulse, less risk from materials, yet want connectors that are smaller and lighter than ever before.

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E-networking revolution highlighted 2009

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At Avionics Intelligence and Military & Aerospace Electronics in 2009 we dived right into social networking or as we like to call it e-networking. We have a fan page on Facebook, a group on Linkedin called the PennWell Aerospace and Defense Media Group, and gather our news content on Twitter Avionics Intelligence under #avintel and for Military & Aerospace Electronics at #milaero.

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Products
Kontron releases microETXexpress-XL computer-on-module for electronic flight bag (EFB) applications
 
ECHING, Germany, 30 Jan. 2010 Kontron engineers released the new Kontron microETXexpress -XL featuring the Intel Atom processor Z520PT and Intel System Controller Hub US15WPT for electronic flight bag (EFB), mobile warfighter, and industrial applications.

  DO-178B safety-critical software for Curtiss-Wright Power Architecture CPU boards offered by Wind River
 
ALAMEDA, Calif., 20 Jan. 2010. Software engineers at Wind River Systems Inc. in Alameda, Calif., are introducing upgraded DO-178B safety-critical software tools for single-board computers from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in Leesburg, Va., that are based on the Freescale Power Architecture processors.


New rugged connector for avionics released by ITT
 
SANTA ANA, Calif., 13 Jan. 2010. ITT Interconnect Solutions developed a 19-way commercial Pogo pin connector and cable assembly that meet electrical and mechanical specifications for aircraft electronics, medical test and diagnostic imaging equipment, and instrumentation and industrial equipment.

  ALT Software releases high-performance X server for embedded systems
 
TORONTO, Ontario, 5 Jan. 2010. ALT Software announced the release of an embedded X11 server that provide support for X11 client applications deployed on embedded real-time operating systems (RTOSs).

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