Modern military technology gets a commercial look

Article Abstract:

The US military has become heavily-reliant on the commercial-electronics industry for its military-equipment requirements as a result of smaller armed forces and a vastly-cut defense budget. The development marks a reversal from the technology flow during the Cold War era, when the US military developed technologies like infrared sensing and the Global Positioning System that eventually found commercial applications. Other government agencies and the Pentagon established different partnership programs, such as the 1982 Small Business Innovation Research Program of the US Small Business Administration, to capitalize on the manufacturing and development capabilities of the private sector and to satisfy the military's requirements for new technology.

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Commercial-electronics ind has the military becoming heavily-reliant for equip needs due to smaller armed forces & budget cuts

Market information - general, Electronics, International politics, National Security, Defense Procurement, Military procurement, Article

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Site proffers design nomographs

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Electronic manufacturers' representative Allis Associates of Miltipas, CA, provides information about its suppliers and their products at its Web site, www.allis.com. The company represents 28 manufacturers such as Advanced Microwave, Custom Power Systems, EM Research Inc, Millitech Inc and Noise-Com Inc. The site provides automatic link to the individual websites of these manufacturers. The Web site also offers a collection of 11 quick-reference engineering nomographs for circuit- and system-level high-frequency designers.

Marketing procedures, Electronic Components, Allis Associates

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Surface-mount packages extend diodes past 5.8 GHz

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L3 Communucations' Narda Microwave-East Semiconductor Operation of Lowell, MA, has introduced a true surface-mount package for tape-and-reel assembly which is capable of operation beyond 5.8 GHz. The MicroPak PIN family of diodes combines the MilliPak diode housing technology with conventional diode designs. Among its applications are high-speed switching, high-power switching, amplifier protection circuitry and magnetic resonance imaging circuitry.

Product introduction, Surface-Mounted Components, L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., Surface mount devices

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