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Andy Humen has been appointed VP for Electronics Capabilities of Cobham Sensor Systems. Since its formation, Cobham Sensor Systems has operated with two major capability areas: sensor and microwave electronics, and microwave components. Humen has accepted the position of Vice President of a reshaped Cobham Sensor Systems with responsibility...

KOR Electronics announced that it has received a prime contract from the government for $44.4 M dollars to supply advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers for the US Navy and Air Force. The contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity time-and-material award from the United States Navy. Kevin Carnino, KOR Electronics...

Cadence Design Systems GmbH has announced that three additional universities will take on active roles in its academic network in Europe. The network promotes the proliferation of leading-edge technologies and methodologies at universities renowned for their engineering and design excellence. The latest additions to the Cadence® Academic Network are...

EB (Elektrobit), a developer of cutting-edge embedded technology solutions for wireless and automotive industries, and ETS-Lindgren , a provider of electromagnetic measurement solutions, announced their partnership on MIMO Over-the-Air (OTA) testing. As such the companies now provide customers with a simple, unified solution for complex MIMO OTA testing. The...

Tatung InfoComm Co. Ltd. has launched commercial WiMAX services in Taiwan utilizing a WiMAX system deployed by the NEC Corp. These new commercial services were launched in Taiwan's southern prefecture of Pingdong and the eastern coastal prefecture of Hualian, and population coverage (outdoors) is above 80 percent. In addition...

Alcatel-Lucent has announced the opening of an R&D center in Istanbul dedicated to the development of network technologies. Approved by Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, the center was also supported by the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT). The center will directly contribute to the enhancement...

Thales has launched its most powerful Ka-band Traveling Wave Tube. The TH 4092 is able to deliver 500 W peak and 350 W CW, and is intended for large earth-station uplinks for Broadcast and Internet Direct to Home applications. Developed by the company’s microwave and imaging sub-systems R&D teams,...

EMS Technologies Inc. announced that Orbital Sciences Corp. has named EMS as supplier of the Redundant Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Assembly for the HYLAS 2 Ka-band satellite. The contract value over its 16-month term is $5.4 M, and places EMS Defense & Space (D&S) as one of the few...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. has introduced a family of ultra-wideband fixed attenuator pads with a unique through-die via and split ground configuration that provide improved high frequency return loss, attenuation tolerance, flatness and power handling performance. Attenuation pad values from 0 to 30 dB, and operation to 40 GHz, make...

The ZigBee® Alliance and the Wi-Fi Alliance® announced an agreement to collaborate on wireless home area networks (HAN) for Smart Grid applications. The initial focus of the collaboration will be ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0, which is the next-generation energy management protocol for Smart Grid-enabled homes based on today’s successful...