TOP 100 MILITARY SITES
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| 12/21/2007: Face of Defense: Airman Reflects on Saving Team Leaders' Life As he sat eating breakfast Dec. 7, Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Eberhard had no idea that he was just hours away from a struggle to save the life of the airman sitting next to him. defenselink.mil |
Optics repairers in tritium room seeing fewer radioactive sources Anniston Army Depot, Ala.--Six employees in the depot's optics and final repair branch are rarely seen working. That's because they work with radioactive sources that must be kept in a locked room, away from co-workers and passersby. army.mil |
02/27/2008: Superb Performance Reflects Force Quality, Personnel Chief Says The U.S. military's insistence on quality has visibly paid off through servicemembers' superb performance during the war on global terrorism, a senior U.S. defense official told members of a House panel here yesterday. defenselink.mil |
DDC Announces New Software Development Kits for use with Multi-I/O Avionics PMC Data Device Corporation introduces newly enhanced Software Development Kits (SDK) for MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 data bus applications. The SDKs allow users to develop 'C' source code to simulate, monitor, or troubleshoot 1553 and/or 429 data buses simultaneously or independently with support for the latest operating system versions including VxWorks® 6, Linux® 2.6, and Windows® 2000/XP.These SDKs enable users to quickly integrate DDC's multi-protocol avionics PMC (BU-65590F/M) into their 'C' code applications. A common SDK exists across all operating systems allowing the programmer portability across multiple platforms. The easy-to-use high-level functions abstract all low-level hardware accesses and memory allocation such that specific hardware knowledge is not required.The BU-65590F/M is a multi-protocol PMC card that provides up to four dual redundant MIL-STD-1553 channels, sixteen ARINC 429 receive channels, six ARINC 429 transmit channels, six user programmable Digital Discrete I/Os, two RS-232 Serial I/O channels, two RS-422/485 Serial I/O channels, and an IRIG-B time synchronization input.Each 1553 channel supports new standard features such as 1 MB RAM with parity per channel, 48-bit/1ìs or 100ns time tag, and built-in self-test. An intelligent hardware offload engine provides extremely low PCI bus and host CPU utilization while storing 1553 Monitor data in a convenient IRIG-106 Chapter 10 format. The industry standard IRIG-106 Chapter 10 format is commonly used for digital flight data recorders. The card can be ordered with either rear or front panel I/O and is available for convection or conduction cooled applications. "The combination of multiple protocols on one board saves valuable PMC slots for applications that use a combination of 1553, 429, and serial data buses," said Mike Hegarty, DDC's MIL-STD-1553 Marketing Manager. army-technology.com |
05/02/2008: With Troops' Freedom to Choose Beneficiaries Comes Greater Responsibility Starting in July, servicemembers can choose to whom a $100,000 death gratuity will be disbursed if they're killed in action. defenselink.mil |