MILITARY & DEFENSE CASE STUDIES AND WHITE PAPERS
MILITARY & DEFENSE PRODUCTS
The U8176LF is the world’s smallest ASIC based OCXO (Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator) designed to meet the most stringent requirements for 5G Remote Radio Head (RRH), small cell, optical network, and microwave transmission system applications.
Bliley Technologies offers the HYAS GPS disciplined Master Reference Oscillator (MRO) designed to provide precision timing and reference frequencies for small satellite platforms in many applications including tracking, communication, and earth observation.
D-TA offers the open-architecture MFEL-5000 as the most advanced and most cost effective ELINT solution in the market. The MFEL5000 uses dual antennas (OMNI & Spinner DF), dual receivers, and a large data storage server for multi-core software processing, recording, and analysis of signals of interests (SOIs).
Empower RF Systems offers the SKU 2225 long duty cycle pulsed amplifier operating from 5.2 to 5.9 GHz for EW, radar, directed energy and satcom applications where tens and hundreds of kilowatts of CW and Pulse power are required. With new modern architecture, this SSPA offers scalability for affordable upgrade paths to future power needs by adding hardware to an existing system.
Comtech’s latest development continues to expand on its innovative integrated RF GaN Power Amplifier designs by further increasing the bandwidth and power density. Comtech proudly introduces the Model BME49189-50, the latest in GaN-based 4 – 18 GHz RF amplifiers.
Gain control over your backup storage environment. Proliferating backups and management tools can make life complicated for storage professionals. Bocada brings it all together to make your life easier. Clear and simple storage reporting, storage utilization alerting, and predictive storage analytics makes it easy to stay on top of backup storage trends, eliminate fire drills, and minimize budget overruns.
The new Manta cameras are designed with a modular and versatile concept for easy integration into machine vision systems. The Manta G-158 and G-040 provide excellent image quality, offer an extended feature set, and are equipped with the Sony IMX273 and IMX287 CMOS sensors.
Allied Vision’s Bonito PRO CoaXPress camera series is equipped with 4 x CXP-6 ports enabling bit rates of 25 Gbit/s over four coaxial cables with a maximum communication distance of 68 meters. The two Bonito PRO series models, the Bonito PRO X-2620 and X-1250, support the latest high-resolution ON Semi PYTHON CMOS sensors with 26.2 Megapixel and 12.5 Megapixel resolutions.
MILITARY & DEFENSE NEWS
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — Defense Prime CEOs Sanctioned By China, DARPA To Give Small Biz 'Classified' Access")
Bright Ideas — Defense Prime CEOs Sanctioned By China, DARPA To Give Small Biz 'Classified' AccessBright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, China sanctioned two defense prime contractors' CEOs, DARPA opens a new program to give small businesses access to classified endeavors, and SPIE Startup Challenge is now accepting applications.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — HELIOS Headed to Navy, \"Sun Glint\" Reveals Offshore Methane Emissions")
Bright Ideas — HELIOS Headed to Navy, "Sun Glint" Reveals Offshore Methane EmissionsBright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, "sun glint" offers more precise look at offshore methane emissions, Lockheed Martin prepares to deliver its HELIOS laser weapon to the U.S. Navy, and scientists pursue replacement for LEDs.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — SDA Seeks Demo For Space-To-Aircraft Laser Communications, Cats & Coffee Latest Benefactors Of Laser Innovation")
Bright Ideas — SDA Seeks Demo For Space-To-Aircraft Laser Communications, Cats & Coffee Latest Benefactors Of Laser InnovationBright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, the Space Development Agency (SDA) is again looking for a vendor to demo laser crosslinks between orbiting satellites and moving aircraft, France is trying out a new anti-drone laser weapon ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, and Trumpf is taking the shipping crises into its own hands.
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![GettyImages-1149029402-look-money-search]( "WANTED: Industry Innovators To Nurture Defense, National Security Advances")
WANTED: Industry Innovators To Nurture Defense, National Security AdvancesThe U.S. government relies heavily on its relationship with industry and academia and their combined ability to provide nutritive technologies and solutions in military and defense, national security, space exploration, medical advances, and more. And the opportunities are plenty.
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![bright-ideas]( "Bright Ideas — Laser Systems Needed To Refuel UAS, Everlasting Laser Built With BEC")
Bright Ideas — Laser Systems Needed To Refuel UAS, Everlasting Laser Built With BECBright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in photonics. This week, DARPA is asking industry to help outfit refueling aircraft with lasers to recharge UAS, an everlasting laser is built with Bose-Einstein Condensate, and nanoscale flying robots with light-up wings are explored as light-based communicators.
MILITARY & DEFENSE VIDEOS
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![Hyperspectral Camera For Systems Integration]( "Hyperspectral Camera For Systems Integration")
Telops has responded to the request of their customers for a smaller version of their Hyper-Cam hyperspectral camera and has miniaturized it enough so that it can be integrated into smaller systems and packages.
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![Diverse Catalog Of Aerospace And Defense Solutions]( "Diverse Catalog Of Aerospace And Defense Solutions")
Craig Taylor with Qioptiq, an Excelitas Technologies Company spent some time with us on day two of the DSS exhibition to give us an overview of some of his division’s work in optical modules and systems used in the aerospace and defense markets. He then turns it over to Eric Desfonds with Excelitas so he could catch us up on some of their more recent product developments, including their newly launched N-type quadrant detectors.
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![dss14-sui_450x300.jpg]( "SWIR Camera For Military And Industrial Imaging")
Technology involving military and industrial imaging applications is prevalent at DSS this year, and Sensors Unlimited's was no exception. Check out the video to hear Bob Jones talk about two newer SWIR cameras for these two market segments, and what makes them a fit for each.
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![pw14-precision-optics.jpg]( "Very Small Optics And Assemblies For Defense And Medical Applications")
In this video, Precision Optics Corp president Joe Forkey gives us a brief overview of his company and then gives us a closer look at some of the things they featured at their Photonics West booth.
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![pw14-l3.jpg]( "Military Precision For Commercial Solutions")
In this video, Jim Hooker, from L-3 Applied Optics Center, gives us an overview of his company and their capabilities.
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![dss13-telops-thumb]( "Hyperspectral And Infrared Imaging Solutions For The Defense Market")
Vincent Farley with Telops gives us an overview of the Hyper-Cam Hyperspectral Imaging System and its role in defense and security related applications such as standoff chemical detection and identification, characterization of rockets, missiles, and flares, and more.
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![dss13-excelitas-thumb.png]( "Mission Critical Solutions for Aerospace and Defense")
Eric Desfonds with Excelitas runs us through their offerings displayed at SPIE DSS 2013.
