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Electronic Assembly Manufacturing Inc. (EAM), an RF/microwave coaxial cable assembly supplier, announced the availability of LMR® cable assemblies featuring low VSWR. Measured performance for a 0.600" diameter, Type N assembly exhibits VSWR that remains below 1.15:1 for a frequency range through 6 GHz. EAM's LMR cable assemblies also offer...

Advances in military technology such as unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAV), real time video surveillance, networked communication systems, real time targeting and battlefield mapping are demanding much more capacity in satellite communications than is available today. A large amount of data needs to be transmitted in real time and via...

The Lockheed Martin team developing the US Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase, a major program milestone that allows the team to begin the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage. Lockheed Martin, Newtown, PA, along...

Harris Stratex Networks Inc., a specialist in backhaul solutions for mobility and broadband networks, announced EADS Defence and Security (DS), a systems solutions provider for armed forces and civil security worldwide, selected its end-to-end wire­-less broadband microwave transmission equipment and network service assurance solutions to support deployments of secured...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $13.5 M order to provide the US Air Force with both vehicular radios and the new Harris digital tactical intercom system. The equipment will be installed in high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles or humvees (HMMWV) in...

Like the advertisement that speaks to the value of a product, Northrop Grumman’s Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) communications capability is priceless for troops on the ground. That is the sentiment coming from the 116th Air Control Wing, which flies the US Air Force E-8C Joint STARS. The company completed delivery of...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has established a new Technical Committee (TC AERO), whose work will focus primarily on supporting European initiatives in the Air Traffic Management sector. This committee will deal with interoperability aspects of the European Air Traffic Management Network (EATMN) under the Single European Sky...

The Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking, a public-private partnership in air traffic management (ATM) research and development founded by the European Commission and EUROCONTROL, has signed 16 contracts, totalling €1.9 B for the creation of Europe’s future ATM system. These contracts mark the beginning of the...

A programme of shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP), which enable collaboration between business, third sector organisations and academia, has been launched by the Technology Strategy Board, the government body responsible for promoting business innovation in the UK. Building on shorter KTP schemes already being offered by Regional Development Agencies...

The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC) and the National Science Foundation of China have jointly awarded a team of researchers from the University of Surrey, UK, and two other institutions a grant of around £430,000 to develop ultra-small-scale silicon structures for ‘spintronic’ semiconductors. It is hoped...