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Boeing Successfully Flight-Tested Sniper XP Targeting Pod for the B-1 Bomber

The Boeing Company today announced it has successfully flight-tested an electro-optical/infrared targeting pod system designed for the B-1 bomber. A B-1 equipped with a Sniper XR electro-optical/infrared targeting pod completed a series of flights from the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

10 Jun 2008

ScanEagle Helps Warfighters Adapt to Conditions with Poor Visibility

The Boeing Company, in partnership with ImSAR and Insitu Inc., achieved a major milestone in May with the real-time processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data aboard a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA) equipped with a standard inertially stabilized electro-optical (EO) camera.

10 Jun 2008

The Importance of Near Infrared Chemical Imaging to the Pharnaceuticals Industry Demonstrated by Malvern

In an interview recorded at IFPAC 2008, Dr Neil Lewis, Chief Technology Officer for Malvern Instruments, and a pioneer in the field of chemical imaging, highlights the value of Near Infrared Chemical Imaging (NIR-CI) for the pharmaceutical industry.

10 Jun 2008

BL2348 SoC Enables Comtrend to Meet Requirements of Service Providers

BroadLight, the leading supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, today announced that Comtrend Corporation has selected its BL2348 System-on Chip (SoC) for a GPON residential gateway (RG) that connects the home network directly to the access network. This new generation of GPON equipment enables global leaders such as Comtrend to deliver the cost and performance targets needed to deploy triple play services in volume.

10 Jun 2008

IXYS Corporation Introduces High Power Pulsed Laser Diode Driver

IXYS Corporation, a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced today the introduction of the PCX-7450 by its Colorado division. The PCX-7450 is an air-cooled, high power pulsed current source designed to drive diode lasers, bars and arrays.

10 Jun 2008

A Valuable Tool for Pilots and Aviation Users

Searidge Technologies, a provider of mission critical technology solutions and services to the Air Traffic Control and Airport Operations industry, today announced that NAV CANADA has selected the IntelliDAR(TM) imaging platform and associated services, from Searidge Technologies, to build a system capable of weather monitoring in remote locations. The system will be deployed in up to 130 sites across Canada.

10 Jun 2008

Primary Mirror Blank Assembly Delivered to ITT for GeoEye-2

GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced that the glass mirror blank for its advanced, next-generation Earth imaging satellite has been delivered to ITT Corporation.

10 Jun 2008

TXP Corp Introduces RF Return Capable Optical Network Terminals

TXP Corporation, an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) for the telecommunications industry, has introduced the first of its standards-compliant RF return capable Optical Network Terminals (ONT), giving service providers a practical solution for delivering video and television services to residential customers over GPON while maintaining backward compatibility with existing set-top boxes (STB).

10 Jun 2008

Agreement Will Give a Strong Boost to the Construction Materials Market

HeidelbergCement and Italcementi signed a licensing agreement for joint use of a series of cement and photocatalytic binders developed by Italcementi and the TX Active photoactive cement brand.

10 Jun 2008

Video Correction LSI Significantly Improves Video Quality Under Low Light

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. today announced it has developed "ML87V21072," a video correction LSI for monitoring cameras with a noise reduction function and a FIFO frame memory.

10 Jun 2008

New Software Makes it Easy for Inexperienced Staff to Run Day-to-Day Analysis

SEMICON West 2008, San Francisco, July 15-17, will see the debut of a new release of PANalytical's proven software for thickness and composition of thin films by X-ray fluorescence (XRF).

From PANalytical 9 Jun 2008

New Telecentric UV Scanning Lenses to Accommodate Large Input Beam Diameters

Special Optics, a Navitar company and manufacturer of high precision F-Theta scan lenses introduces four new telecentric UV scanning lenses to accommodate large input beam diameters of up to 17mm and wavelengths of 266 or 355nm. Lens focal lengths include 34mm, 50mm and two at 100mm with scan fields of 9mm, 20mm, 45mm, and 55mm, respectively.

9 Jun 2008

Free Form Technology to be Showcased at Display Taiwan 2008

AU Optronics Corp. today unveiled the world's thinnest* 13.3-inch TFT-LCD, the world's lightest* 46-inch TFT-LCD with CCFL backlight, and the world's most power-saving 10.2-inch TFT-LCD. These new, leading-edge green technologies are designed to meet the growing worldwide demand for energy-saving 3C products.

9 Jun 2008

The Most Cutting-Edge Technology Available for Indoor Display Systems

Mitsubishi Electric has been chosen by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) to supply and install a new 17-screen scoreboard featuring a cutting-edge Diamond Vision(TM) high-definition display system at the Air Canada Centre, home of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA's Toronto Raptors.

9 Jun 2008

Revolutionizing the Worlds of Computing and Communications

The exciting progress was made in the important field of quantum optics and discussed recently at a high level conference organised by the European Science Foundation in collaboration with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) and the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (LFUI).

5 Jun 2008