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Raytheon Awarded U.S. Navy Contract to Provide AN/AQS-20A Minehunting Sonar Systems

Raytheon Company has been awarded $35.5 million to provide the U.S. Navy with AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar systems and equipment. The system leverages advanced sonar technologies to support the Navy's critical minehunting missions, ensuring safe access and passage for military and civilian vessels on the world's oceans and waterways.

From Raytheon Company 4 Mar 2014

Malaspina’s VoiceBoost Phonetic Speech Enhancement Technologies Now Available for NXP CoolFlux DSP Cores

NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Malaspina Labs are pleased to announce the availability of Malaspina’s VoiceBoost™ suite of phonetic speech enhancement technologies for NXP licensable Ultra Low Power (ULP) CoolFlux™ DSP (digital signal processing) cores.

25 Feb 2014

Microbattery Slightly Larger Than a Grain of Rice with Twice the Energy

Scientists have created a microbattery that packs twice the energy compared to current microbatteries used to monitor the movements of salmon through rivers in the Pacific Northwest and around the world.

19 Feb 2014

Researchers Build Novel Circulator for Sound

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering has built the first-ever circulator for sound. The team's experiments successfully prove that the fundamental symmetry with which acoustic waves travel through air between two points in space ("if you can hear, you can also be heard") can be broken by a compact and simple device.

3 Feb 2014

Oticon Medical Gets FDA Approval for Marketing Ponto Plus Bone Anchored Sound Processors

Oticon Medical has obtained 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Ponto Plus, the company’s newest family of bone anchored sound processors. New Ponto Plus is available in regular and power versions and is designed for use with Oticon Medical’s proprietary OptiFit™/OptiGrip™ implant design concepts that have also been cleared by the FDA for use in tissue-preserving surgery.

20 Dec 2013

Global Semiconductor Alliance Honors InvenSense with Prestigious Awards

InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MotionTracking™ and Sound sensor system on chip (SoC) devices, received two prestigious awards at the 2013 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Awards Dinner Celebration. InvenSense was granted the 2013 most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award with $100 Million to $250 Million in Annual Sales.

From InvenSense Inc. 16 Dec 2013

Innovative Remote Acoustic Detection System Can Differentiate Low-Yield and High-Yield Explosives

A remote acoustic detection system designed to identify homemade bombs can determine the difference between those that contain low-yield and high-yield explosives.

24 Oct 2013

U.S. Navy Receives Latest Sonar Dome Rubber Window from UTC Aerospace Systems

UTC Aerospace Systems has delivered its latest sonar dome rubber window produced at its facility in Jacksonville, Fla. to the U.S. Navy, bringing the total to more than 150 delivered. The company's Engineered Polymer Products (EPP) team has been the exclusive supplier of sonar domes for FFG-7, DDG-51 and CG-47 class ships to the U.S. Navy and allied navies for more than 40 years.

19 Oct 2013

UltraHaptics System That Provides Multi-Point Haptic Feedback in the Air to be Unveiled at UIST 2013

A system that allows users to experience multi-point haptic feedback above an interactive surface without having to touch or hold any device will be unveiled this week [Friday 11 October] at one of the world’s most important conferences for innovations in human-computer interfaces.

9 Oct 2013

Det-Tronics’ Non-Contact Acoustic Gas Leak Detector Recognizes Ultrasound Fingerprints

Detector Electronics Corporation (“Det-Tronics”), the global leader in fire and gas safety systems, introduced its revolutionary FlexSonic™ Acoustic Gas Leak Detector today. Det-Tronics is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

From Det-Tronics 18 Jul 2013

Acoustic and Ultrasonic Sensor News

Raytheon Awarded U.S. Navy Contract to Provide AN/AQS-20A Minehunting Sonar Systems

Malaspina’s VoiceBoost Phonetic Speech Enhancement Technologies Now Available for NXP CoolFlux DSP Cores

Microbattery Slightly Larger Than a Grain of Rice with Twice the Energy

Researchers Build Novel Circulator for Sound

Oticon Medical Gets FDA Approval for Marketing Ponto Plus Bone Anchored Sound Processors

Global Semiconductor Alliance Honors InvenSense with Prestigious Awards

Innovative Remote Acoustic Detection System Can Differentiate Low-Yield and High-Yield Explosives

U.S. Navy Receives Latest Sonar Dome Rubber Window from UTC Aerospace Systems

UltraHaptics System That Provides Multi-Point Haptic Feedback in the Air to be Unveiled at UIST 2013

Det-Tronics’ Non-Contact Acoustic Gas Leak Detector Recognizes Ultrasound Fingerprints

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