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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) solves complex research, engineering, and analytical problems that present critical challenges to our nation. The expertise we bring includes highly qualified and technically diverse teams with hands-on operational knowledge of the military and security environments.

Argon ST is a leading developer of command, control, communications, computers, combat, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems that support operational commanders by producing and delivering information in time to impact critical decisions.

• Design Win Program Participation: U.S. Navy Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) - Increment F
  • Awarded to ArgonST subsidiary of Boeing Defense, Space & Security
  • February 2012 award for $53 Million for second lot of eight full-rate production systems over 19 months.
  • SSEE Inc F systems acquire, identify, locate and analyze signals
  • Mandated Use of GOTS (government off the shelf), COTS and NDI (non-developmental items)
    • Take Advantage of Latest FPGA Technology Embedded Processing and Network Servers
    • Speeds Development Time
    • Reduces Acquisition and Maintenance Costs
    • Allows for New Technology Insertion
  • Pentek Cobalt Virtex-6 Software Radio Modules Were Selected
    • Provides FPGA, A/D, D/A and PCIe Resources

Argonne National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Department of Energy's oldest and largest national laboratories for science and engineering research. Argonne's mission is to apply a unique mix of world-class science, engineering and user facilities to deliver innovative research and technologies. We create new knowledge that addresses the most important scientific and societal needs of our nation.

Starting with the aim of creating a self-sufficient industry primarily for defence requirements of Turkish Armed Forces, ASELSAN, with tremendous success in the last 30 years in expanding systematically into the local and global markets, today, has become a high technology, multi-product defence electronics company by introducing state-of-the-art equipment and systems solutions for both military and professional applications.

AT&T Labs Research is one of the world's premier research institutions, dedicated to advancing the science and technology of communications and information and to creating innovative services founded on these advancements.

• Vol. 10, No. 1 - Spring 2001: AT& T-Research Designs a Broadband Radio Link for Internet Access, Dual Digital Upconverter and D/A
• Vol. 10, No. 2 - Summer 2001: Smart Antenna Experiments for 3G & 4G Cellular Systems, 16-Channel Digital Receiver
• Vol. 08, No. 1 - Spring 1999: Pentek Helps AT&T Labs Improve Cellular Communications, Your Pentek, RACEway and FPDP VIMs
• Vol. 08, No. 2 - Summer 1999: AT&T Labs-Research Conducts More Studies in Cellular Communications, Wideband Digital Receiver and Parallel Digital I/O VIM Modules

BAE Systems is a global defense and security company employing around 100,000 people worldwide. Our wide-ranging products and services cover air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology, and support services.

• Vol. 09, No. 3 - Fall 2000: BAE Systems Develops Zero-Visability Landing Guidance System, 8-Channel A/D VIM-2

Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.

The people of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) take pride in serving the men and women who defend America. We take our contribution to national defense seriously. We work hard to fulfill the important fiscal responsibilities entrusted to us by the American taxpayers. We ensure the resources they provide are accounted for properly.

ELETTRA is a multidisciplinary Synchrotron Light Laboratory in AREA Science Park, open to researchers in diverse basic and applied fields. The laboratory is equipped with ultra-bright light sources in the spectral range from UV to X-rays and offers a stimulating and competitive environment to researchers from all over the world.

• Vol. 10, No. 3 - Fall 2001: Pentek's DSPs Keep the ELETTRA Photon Beam Stable and Bright, Configurable Logic FPGA

ELTA Systems Ltd., a group and subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, is one of Israel's leading defense electronics companies and a global leader in its area of expertise. ELTA operates as a Defense Systems House, focused on electromagnetic sensors (Radar, Electronic Warfare and Communication) and integrated solutions. ELTA Systems' products are designed for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR), Early Warning and Control, Homeland Security (HLS), Self-Protection and Self-Defense, and Fire Control applications.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe's gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

• Vol. 15, No. 3 - Fall 2006: Taking another Look at Gravitational Waves
  Product Focus: Model 7142 PMC/XMC Multichannel Transceiver Boosts FPGA, Memory and A/D Resources
  Product Focus: System RTS 2504 Real Time Multiband Transceiver System Handles Recording & Playback

General Dynamics is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technology. The company is organized into four business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Information Systems and Technology and Marine Systems. General Dynamics is a leader of innovation and creativity in the marine, aerospace, defense, communications and electronics industries.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. The university is a national and international leader in scientific and technological research and education.

• Vol. 13, No. 2 - Summer 2004: Georgia Tech Develops a Software Radio Platform for Wireless Communications
• Vol. 14, No. 1 - Spring 2005: Georgia Tech Develops an Adaptive System for Satellite Communications

The Ministry of Defense of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats. Its political head is the Defense Minister of Israel, and its offices are located in HaKirya, Tel Aviv. The Ministry of Defense oversees most of the Israeli security forces, including the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), IMI, the Israel Military Industries, IAI, Israel Aircraft Industries.

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Harris is one of the only companies focused exclusively on developing the most trusted voice, data and video networks - networks that touch millions of lives every day. Harris solutions are taking network reliability and security to an entirely new level and are solving the toughest technology challenges faced by businesses and governments around the world.

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 132,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything we make and do.

ITT is a diversified leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for growing industrial end-markets in energy infrastructure, electronics, aerospace and transportation. Building on its heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.

For the first time in our storied existence, we are a standalone company solely focused on meeting the fast-evolving needs of military, government and commercial customers around the world. We accomplished extraordinary things as ITT Defense, part of ITT Corporation, and earned a reputation as a valued, premier provider of mission-critical solutions. That will always be part of our DNA, but it is definitely a new day.

Trailblazing has been the business of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) since it was established by the California Institute of Technology in the 1930s. America's first satellite, Explorer 1 which launched in 1958, was created at JPL. In the decades that followed, we sent the first robotic craft to the moon and out across the solar system, reconnoitering all of the planets. Pushing the outer edge of exploration, in fact, is the reason JPL exists as a NASA laboratory.

• Vol. 08, No. 3 - Fall 1999: Pentek Helps JPL Improve the Deep Space Network,
  SwiftNet, ReadyFlow BSPs

Throughout history, humans have mainly relied on different forms of light to observe the universe. Today, we are on the edge of a new frontier in astronomy: gravitational wave astronomy. Gravitational waves carry information on the motions of objects in the universe. Today, with the United States' gravitational wave detector (LIGO) and its international partners, we are preparing to see the universe with a new set of eyes that do not depend on light.

• Vol. 11, No. 2 - Summer 2002: Looking at Gravitational Events of Cosmic Origin,
  Wideband Receiver with FFT-preprogrammed FPGAs

Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 123,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Loma Linda University (LLU) is a Seventh-day Adventist educational health-sciences institution with more than 4,000 students located in Southern California. Eight schools comprise the University organization. More than 55 programs are offered by the schools of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Religion and Behavioral Health. Curricula offered range from certificates of completion and associate in science degrees to doctor of philosophy and professional doctoral degrees. Students from more than 80 countries around the world and virtually every state in the nation are represented in Loma Linda University's student body.

Meeting the unique technology, operations and engineering needs of the Warfighter, MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) knows that the technology and training our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines rely on means the difference between mission success and failure. Superior technology also significantly enhances their safety and success on today's complex and ultra-fast battlefield.

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is a private, national, freestanding institution. MCW's mission is to be a national leader in the education and development of the next generation of physicians and scientists; to discover and translate new knowledge in the biomedical sciences; to provide cutting-edge, interdiscipli-nary and compassionate clinical care of the highest quality; to improve the health of the communities we serve.

• Vol. 21, No. 1 - Spring 2012: Cobalt Board Helps Researchers Improve Brain Connectivity Studies
  Product Focus: 4-Channel 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D with Virtex-7 FPGA - XMC
  Product Focus: 4-Channel 1.25 GHz D/A with DUC and Virtex-6 FPGA - x8 PCIe
  Product Focus: 2-Channel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Rack-mount Recorder
  Product Focus: 4-Channel RF/IF 200 MS/sec Rugged Portable Recorder
  Product Focus: 8-Channel RF/IF 200 MS/sec Rugged Rack-mount Recorder
  Product Focus: 2-Channel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Rugged Rack-mount Recorder

As a Department of Defense Research and Development Laboratory, MIT Lincoln Laboratory conducts research and development aimed at solutions to problems critical to national security. The areas that constitute the core of the work performed at Lincoln Laboratory are sensors, information extraction (signal processing and embedded computing), communications, and integrated sensing and decision support, all supported by a broad research base in advanced electronics.

The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization chartered to work in the public interest. As a national resource, we apply our expertise in systems engineering, information technology, operational concepts, and enterprise modernization to address our sponsors' critical needs.

• Vol. 12, No. 1 - Spring 2003: MITRE Designs an Adaptive Spectrum Radio,
  Online Evaluation of IP Cores, 32-Channel A/D Converter with FPDP

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a United States government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space. The agency was created to oversee U.S. space exploration and aeronautics research.

• Vol. 15, No. 3 - Fall 2006: Taking another Look at Gravitational Waves
  Product Focus: Model 7142 PMC/XMC Multichannel Transceiver Boosts FPGA, Memory and A/D Resources
  Product Focus: System RTS 2504 Real Time Multiband Transceiver System Handles Recording & Playback

Founded in 1901 and now part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is one of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories. Today, NIST measurements support the smallest of technologies-nanoscale devices so tiny that tens of thousands can fit on the end of a single human hair-to the largest and most complex of human-made creations, from earthquake-resistant skyscrapers to wide-body jetliners to global communication networks.

• Vol. 08, No. 4 - Winter 1999: NIST Develops Precision Phasemeter System with Pentek Boards, YourTech Online Seminars

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is home to America's codemakers and codebreakers. The National Security Agency has provided timely information to U.S. decision makers and military leaders for more than half a century. The Central Security Service was established in 1972 to promote a full partnership between NSA and the cryptologic elements of the armed forces.

Located at Patuxent River, Maryland; Lakehurst, New Jersey; and Orlando, Florida; these facilities support research, development, test, evaluation, engineering and fleet support of Navy and Marine Corps air vehicle systems and trainers. The NAWCAD is the steward of the ranges, test facilities, laboratories, and aircraft necessary to support the Fleet's acquisition requirements. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division provides a variety of services to the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies as well as non-Federal customers.

United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. NRL has served the Navy and the nation for over 85 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.

• Vol. 09, No. 1 - Spring 2000: NRL Designs a COTS Radar Data Collection and Analysis System, Quad C6000 Board features both PMC and VIM

The largest of the Navy's five systems commands, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) engineers build and support America's Fleet of ships and combat systems. Accounting for nearly one-fifth of the Navy's budget, NAVSEA manages more than 150 acquisition programs and has more than 53,000 civilian and military employees at 33 activities in 16 states.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Our core competencies are aligned with the current and future needs of our customers and address emerging global security challenges in key areas, such as unmanned systems, cybersecurity, C4ISR, and logistics that are critical to the defense of the nation and its allies.

OrbiSat da Amazonia S.A. is a technology based company, specialized in remote sensing, electronic equipments and radars for aerial and ground surveillance. A Brazilian company, with industrial facilities in Manaus (Amazonas state), and with technological and commercial centers in the cities of Campinas (SP) and São José dos Campos (SP). OrbiSat develops superior innovative solutions to meet their customers' needs.

Pennsylvania State University (PSU) is a multicampus public research university that educates students from Pennsylvania, the nation and the world, and improves the well being and health of individuals and communities through integrated programs of teaching, research, and service. Penn State research, scholarship, and creative activity promote human and economic development, global understanding, and progress in professional practice through the expansion of knowledge and its applications.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Founded in Hartford, Conn., in 1925 by Frederick Rentschler, Pratt & Whitney's first aircraft engine was the 410-horsepower, air­cooled Wasp, which delivered unprecedented performance and reliability for the time and transformed the aviation industry. Pratt & Whitney has been leading change ever since.

• Vol. 09, No. 4 - Winter 2000: DSPCon Develops a Machinery Analysis System for Pratt & Whitney, Quad PowerPC G4 Processor

ProSensing is a systems engineering firm specializing in custom-built radar and radiometer systems for a wide range of environmental remote sensing applications. ProSensing has a highly qualified technical staff, with expertise in electromagnetic scattering and propagation, microwave systems, antenna design, radiometric techniques, radar oceanography, radar meteorology, high speed data acquisition, and digital signal processing.

Raytheon is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 90 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services.

The ROK Army makes up the core of Korea's national defense. Its mission in peace time is to deter war with the help of the Navy and the Air Force; its wartime mission is to bring all ground combat to victory. Organized into the ROK Army Headquarters, three Field Army Commands, the Aviation Operations Command, the Special Warfare Command, and units to support these commands.

We solve our customers' mission-critical problems with innovative applications of technology and expertise. In medical labs researching cancer cures, in the desert testing next-generation robotics, in the ocean deploying tsunami warning systems, in crime labs investigating new evidence, helping protect and support our men and women in uniform, SAIC people and technologies are there.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is an independent, nonprofit applied research and development organization. The staff of nearly 3,000 specializes in the creation and transfer of technology in engineering and the physical sciences. Eleven technical divisions offer a wide range of technical expertise and services in such areas as engine design and development, emissions certification testing, fuels and lubricants evaluation, chemistry, space science, nondestructive evaluation, automation, mechanical engineering, electronics, and more.

Tampa Microwave (TM) was organized as an engineering consulting firm in 1983. As the business grew, the company began designing and manufacturing Radio Frequency components for the communications market. We offer our customers a broad range of hardware in four product categories: manportable and VSAT satellite terminals, specialized communications test equipment, microwave modules / components and custom communication system design services.

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility's (Jefferson Lab) primary mission is to conduct basic research of the atom's nucleus using the lab's unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF). Jefferson Lab also conducts a variety of research using its Free-Electron Laser, which is based on the same electron-accelerating technology used in CEBAF.

• Vol. 15, No. 1 - Spring 2006: Jefferson Lab Advances the State of Science in Nuclear Physics
  Product Focus: Model 6826 GHz A/D Converter
  Product Focus: System RTS 2503 Wideband Development Platform

Thorlabs is a leading designer and manufacturer of photonics equipment for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications. Founded in 1989, Thorlabs is headquartered in Newton, New Jersey with over 500 employees at manufacturing and sales offices throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan, and China.

Toyon Research Corporation is a nationally recognized small business performing both technology development and defense systems analysis. Since 1980, we have supported more than 50 government and commercial customers on over 500 contracts. Our staff possesses a unique combination of technical expertise, objectivity, and creativity, allowing us to provide responsive solutions to our customers' most difficult problems.

The Department of Defense (DOD) is America's oldest and largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the Department of Defense has grown and evolved with our nation. Today, the Department is not only in charge of the military, but it also employs a civilian force of thousands. With over 1.4 million men and women on active duty, and 718,000 civilian personnel, we are the nation's largest employer.

The Department of the Air Force is headquartered in the Pentagon, Washington D.C. The service is organized in nine major commands throughout the world which provide combat aircraft, airlift, refueling, reconnaissance and other support to the Unified Combatant Commands.

The Army, as one of the three military departments (Army, Navy and Air Force) reporting to the Department of Defense, is composed of two distinct and equally important components: the active component and the reserve components. The reserve components are the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard.

The U.S. Department of the Navy has three principal components: The Navy Department, consisting of executive offices mostly in Washington, D.C.; the operating forces, including the Marine Corps, the reserve components, and, in time of war, the U.S. Coast Guard (in peace, a component of the Department of Homeland Security); and the shore establishment.

• Design Win Program Participation: U.S. Navy Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) - Increment F
  • Awarded to ArgonST subsidiary of Boeing Defense, Space & Security
  • February 2012 award for $53 Million for second lot of eight full-rate production systems over 19 months.
  • SSEE Inc F systems acquire, identify, locate and analyze signals
  • Mandated Use of GOTS (government off the shelf), COTS and NDI (non-developmental items)
    • Take Advantage of Latest FPGA Technology Embedded Processing and Network Servers
    • Speeds Development Time
    • Reduces Acquisition and Maintenance Costs
    • Allows for New Technology Insertion
  • Pentek Cobalt Virtex-6 Software Radio Modules Were Selected
    • Provides FPGA, A/D, D/A and PCIe Resources

The University of Florida (UF) is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The state's oldest and most comprehensive university, UF is among the nation's most academically diverse public universities. With more than 50,000 students, UF is now one of the largest universities in the nation.

• Vol. 15, No. 3 - Fall 2006: Taking another Look at Gravitational Waves
  Product Focus: Model 7142 PMC/XMC Multichannel Transceiver Boosts FPGA, Memory and A/D Resources
  Product Focus: System RTS 2504 Real Time Multiband Transceiver System Handles Recording & Playback

The University of Washington (UW), founded in 1861, has received more than $1 billion in sponsored research funds, a tribute to the exceptional quality of our diverse and innovative faculty, students and staff, and the power of the UW intellectual community. The UW receives more federal research funding than any other American public university, a ranking held since 1974.

• Vol. 12, No. 3 - Fall 2003: Signal Processing and Control System for Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy, eCos Real-Time OS for PowerPC, RTS 2501 Signal Processing and Recording Developement Platform