Electronic Military & Defense
Annual Resource, 3rd Edition
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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4 Key Factors Driving
Military Electronics Development
NAVAIR And Industry Partner
To Create Multi-Jammer
Characterization System
Enabling Larger Phased-Array
Radars With JESD204B
8 FEATURE
Additive Manufacturing
And Its Implications
For Military And Defense
3D printing will soon enable on-demand
fabrication of weapons, electronics, and
other critical military parts — but will the
technology be a double-edged sword?
24 TECHNOLOGY
Biothreat Detection
Using Intrinsic Autofluorescence
The Role Of COTS
Hyperspectral Sensors
On Tactical UAVs
A "Smoke And Mirrors"
Approach To Remote
Explosives Detection
Commercial off-the-shelf sensors
offer key size, weight, power, and
cost benefits for high-volume, lowaltitude tactical platforms.
Directed Energy Weapons
Development
Challenges And Solutions For
Testing AESA Radar T/R Modules
Solving The Repair-Or-Replace
Dilemma
Budget Constraints Drive
Adoption Of Advanced
Interconnects
36 TECHNIQUES
Reducing Size And Power
In Phased-Array Radar Systems
The combination of technology,
system, and circuit analysis is driving
the development of new MMIC
technologies to address the SWaP-C
concerns of phased-array systems.
Product Spotlight
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See 24 electronic military and
defense product and company
listings.
40 TUTORIAL
Practical Electro-Optical
Situational Awareness
For Armored Vehicles
Choosing the appropriate situational
awareness system means
navigating complexities such as
sensor types, mounting locations,
video distribution, and more.
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