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HRL Laboratories LLC announced it has received Phase 2 funding to continue developing the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System, or CT2WS. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the goal of the CT2WS program is to improve warfighter situational awareness in a variety of operations, including reconnaissance,...

Agilent Technologies introduced a VME/VXS module that simultaneously provides wide input signal bandwidth and dynamic range. The SVM3500 is a quad-channel 12-bit digitizer allowing channel interleaving to provide sampling up to 2 GS/s. With more than 2 GHz analog bandwidth, the module is ideal for applications in radar, Electronic...

Freescale Semiconductor introduces two final-stage LDMOS RF power transistors giving designers a choice between discrete and integrated circuit (IC) solutions. This choice, along with two accompanying reference designs, offers designers greater flexibility and speeds time to market. The new transistors are optimized for use in power amplifiers based on...

HRL Laboratories LLC announced that it has partnered with the National Secure Manufacturing Center at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City Plant (KCP) to provide multiple-project wafer services to the Department of Defense (DoD) Trusted Foundry Program. The National Secure Manufacturing Center provides the national security community secure...

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a leader in high performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and leading provider of amplifier technology, introduced a compact, 36 V precision JFET-input (junction field-effect transistor input) operational amplifier (op amp) with low noise and distortion over a wide temperature range. The 19 MHz ADA4627 JFET-input...

ENS Microwave LLC announces that it has opened business as a small, woman-owned manufacturer of high performance flexible and semi-flexible microwave cable assemblies. Kristen Schretzenmayer, formerly VP of Operations at IW, Microwave Products Division, has assembled a staff with over 50 years experience in the interconnect industry. ENS offers...

The High Performance Foams (HPF) Division of Rogers Corp. has announced the global introduction of a new acoustic sound barrier material for demanding aircraft applications. The new BISCO® A2 Sound Barrier has been designed to meet challenging aircraft standards for flammability, smoke density and toxicity, and is already approved...

In February 2009, ABI Research found that dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handset shipments were set to double between 2008 and 2010. With the latter date fast approaching, ABI Research analysts have confirmed that a similar pattern will hold true – or even accelerate – for the period 2009-2011. This year is...

The German Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Bundeswehr (IT-AmtBw) has awarded Defence Electronics, an integrated activity of EADS Defence & Security (DS), a contract for the development of the broadband module of a new generation of radio terminals. This order forms part of the...

Motorola Inc. will help develop and implement KDDI’s LTE network, including RAN/base stations, in Japan, and thus enable KDDI to offer high-speed mobile broadband services, such as video and social networking, to its customers across the country. The two companies have been building networks together in Japan for 20...