Aeroflex Incorporated’s APM-424(V)5 IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) portable test set has received an Approved for Test notification from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) AIMS International Program Office. This approval authorizes IFF end users and customers to utilize the APM-424(V)5 in their platform integration and validation efforts. The APM-424(V)5 is the first … [Read more...]
Military
Patent for Technology Enhancements to Battlefield Communications Systems
Sentel Corp. has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a technology that is designed to enhance communications reliability in the “fog” of the battlefield by significantly limiting signal interference. The technology employs cryogenics to improve filter performance, which allows the reception of more RF signals in less required spectrum. Learn more … [Read more...]
Researcher Awarded Navy Grant to Fund Fiber-Optic Microphone Study
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor of electrical engineering has received $100,000 from the U.S. Department of the Navy to fund his work on developing a fiber-optic microphone. Ming Han says that fiber-optic microphones are attractive for applications in military settings because they are robust and immune to electromagnetic interference.Learn more from UNL. … [Read more...]
Aircraft Faces Tests in Anechoic Chamber
As part of a continuing program of testing electromagnetic environmental effects on the E-2D advanced Hawkeye AA-5, the aircraft spent time suspended in the anechoic chamber. AA-5 is the first full production E-2D, and will be put to use by the warfighter when testing is completed later this spring. Using electromagnetic energy, the team simulates navigation, GPS, LINK 16, IFF, … [Read more...]
EMC Business Bulletin – April 20, 2011 – Volume 11
EMV Show Review, Europe Market Study Offer Promising Signs There are two key indicators that the European EMC market is showing signs of steady growth this year. 1. The 2011 EMV Show At the EMV show, which took place in Stuttgart last month, the number of workshop attendees increased 15% over the last time this event was held in 2009, up from 923 people to 1082. … [Read more...]
Defense System Undergoes EMI Testing
In a combined effort between Air Mobility Command, Air National Guard, the KC-135 Stratotanker System Program Office, Northrop-Grumman officials and other agencies, a KC-135 Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures-based pod defensive system is becoming a reality for the first time. The pod, called the Guardian System by maker Northrop-Grumman, is a laser-based countermeasures … [Read more...]
Shielded Cabinets Meet MIL-STD-461D for EMC
Optima EPS offers shielded cabinets that have been fully tested to MIL-STD-461D specifications for EMC. The shielded cabinets feature a rugged steel or aluminum frame. EMC features include shielded door handles, wrap-foam gasketing around the door with conductive adhesives, EMI filters, copper gasket fingers, and steel-mesh gasket strips. It also features reinforced corner … [Read more...]
South Korea behind North in Electronic Warfare
North Korea’s recent jamming of communications signals in South Korea is drawing keen public attention to its electronic warfare capabilities and raising questions over whether the South is making due efforts to enhance its own capabilities. Seoul officials believe the jamming signals are intended to disrupt the ongoing annual South Korea-US Key Resolve/ Foal Eagle exercises, … [Read more...]
EMI Gasket Materials for Critical Military Systems
Nickel-plated graphite-filled EPDM elastomer EMI gasket materials from Parker Chomerics are material formulations developed for military systems requiring decontamination with Super Tropical Bleach (STB) after exposure to nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) environments. CHO-SEAL® 6452 gasket materials feature a low compression set of 30% and low moisture permeability, … [Read more...]
Spectrum Use and EMI
"Spectrum Use and EMI: The Ugly Truth" illustrates, by using real examples of how Electromagnetic Interference or EMI, radiation hazards or RADHAZ, lightning, precipitation-static, or P-static, and disregarding spectrum management procedures can adversely impact military and commercial systems. Watch the video. … [Read more...]
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