- In search of better gear: Army Research arm seeks to
enhance armor protection, reduce combat load.
The U.S. Army's research and development arm is reorganizing to better juggle immediate and far-term technology needs. On the short list are demands to reduce the weight of a soldier's combat load and to develop armor that protects exposed arms and legs from enemy fire. Requirements for new battlefield equipment ......
- SatCon Awarded ARL Contract for Hybrid
Systems.
SatCon Technology Corporation recently announced it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to assist in the development of power control and conversion systems for use in hybrid electric vehicles. According to SatCon, the contract, worth $2.8 million through 2007, also involves control and conversion ......
- Intersense awarded army Phase I SBIR contract for
miniature inertial-optical Cockpit Helmet Tracking
System.
InterSense, Inc., a market leader in precision motion tracking for simulation and training, was awarded a Phase I SBIR contract by the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) titled "Cockpit Helmet Tracking System Using Miniature Inertial Reference Sensors". The primary goal of the contract is to develop and ......
- CAE Electronics.
Frank J. Donohue, Director, International Products CAE marketed its first flight simulator to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1952. Since the late 1990's, CAE has worked with the U.S. Army on the Army Crew Station Research and Development Facility, which evaluates aircraft crew performance in a variety of combat ......
- TriQuint Lands DARPA Contract
TriQuint Semiconductor today reported it would develop high-power, wide-band amplifiers in gallium nitride under a multi-year contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) devices are meant to provide higher power density and efficiency in high power phased array radar, electronic warfare, ......
- ID Biomedical announces collaboration with US Army on
nasal vaccine.
ID Biomedical (Vancouver, Canada; 604-431-9314) announced a collaboration with the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)(Fort Detrick, MD) to develop a nasal vaccine against the plague, a potential bioterrorism threat. Specifically, the collaboration will focus on developing a nasal vaccine to prevent plague pneumonia, the most highly ......
- Alcoa Michigan facilities to benefit in military
castings from national defense spending bill.
Howmet Castings (Alcoa Inc.), Whitehall, Mich., and Alcoa Automotive Castings Inc., Fruitport, Mich., will share in $ 24 rail lion in advanced materials research through contracts that are expected to be coming from the U.S. Dept. of Defense, reports the Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Mich. U.S. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ......