MEECC 2006 Presentations: May 16-17, 2006
Main Session
Keynote
Dr. Robert F. Leheny, Deputy Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Principal
Dennis Carlson, President, Carlson Technologies, Inc. “Line Replaceable Units/Modules in Military and Avionics Programs” (no slides)
Embedded Electronics in the Military: Today’s Challenges / Tomorrow’s Opportunities
User Panel
Stephen Cecil, Sr. Electronics Eng., NSWC Crane
Larry Jenkins, Technical Expert, USAF Aero. Sys. Center (no slides)
Industry Advocates Panel
Robert McKee, PM, Platforms and Operational Units, MITRE Corporation
Glen Logan, Sr., Systems Engineer, Open Systems Joint Task Force
Keith W. Jones, Capabilities Engineer and Scientist, ASC/XRS
Supplier Panel
Joe Baddeley, VP Product Development, ISR Inc.
Doug Patterson, VP WW Sales & Marketing, Aitech Defense Systems, Inc.
John Wemekamp, CTO, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Systems
CoolCON
“New Developments in Cooling”, Ivan Straznicky, Sr. Staff Mechanical Engineer, Curtiss-Wright Controls and Embedded Computing
“ASHRAE Update”, Kathryn Whitenack, Director of Marketing, Lytron
Mil & Avionic Programs Update
“Future Combat Systems”, Jeff Child, Group Editorial Director, COTS Journal, RTC Group
“Joint STARS”, John Carr, Engineering Manager, Joint STARS Development Programs, Northrup Grumman (no slides)
“C-17”, Stephen Trimble, Bureau Chief, Jane’s Defence Weekly (no slides)
“WIN-T”, Henry Kenyon, Editor, SIGNAL (no slides)
RoHS – How To . . .
“DoD Efforts to Address Lead-Free Impacts”, Kevin Rankin, Chief, Microelectronics Systems, DMEA
New products introduced at MEECC 2006
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. — Gigabit Ethernet-capable, Single-Slot, Multi-Function, VME Card Now Available
DRS Technologies, Inc. — Most Advanced High-performance Embedded Computer Available In Defense Market Today
General Micro Systems — Full Featured, High-Performance PC for Military Manpack Applications
Parker Hannifin Corp. — New Liquid Flow-through (Lft) Electronics Chassis LFT Chassis Supports VPX REDI VITA 48 Implementations
Aitech Defense Systems — SBC Maximizes Functionality And Power With Independent Dual Processors, Distributed Architecture
Mercury Computer Systems — RapidIO-Based VXS Starter Kit; First in COTS Starter Kit Series
Pentek — Real-Time Multiband Recording and Playback Transceiver Development Platform Boasts Improved Performance and System Density
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems — New NEXUS™ Quattro VME Multiprocessor Board Designed to Meet Embedded Advanced Signal and Image Processing Applications
Nallatech — New V-4 Offerings Reinforce FPGA Leadership