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The HLX‐10000 from EM Research is a small integrated X‐band fixed-frequency synthesizer operating at 10 GHz with a 50 MHz reference. The unit features good phase noise ( The HLX Series frequency synthesizers are ideal for military applications requiring a robust surface-mount design with exceptional performance. Typical applications include...

The International Microwave Symposium (IMS), June 7-12 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, MA, will feature 430 technical presentations in over 90 sessions, representing the latest research in the field from around the world and organized in four technical tracks: Microwave Systems; Active Components; Passive Components;...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced a new GaAs HEMT MMIC low noise amplifier die, the HMC-ALH508, which will allow designers to address E-band applications from 71 to 86 GHz. The HMC-ALH508 LNA die is ideal for automotive...

The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation has awarded approximately €6 M to a wireless communications research project involving Aalborg University, Infineon Technologies and Agilent Technologies . The consortium will focus on high performance, easy test infrastructure, low power consumption, and lower cost mobile communication solutions. The intent is not...

Connecteo has deployed DragonWave ’s Horizon Compact packet microwave radio system to deliver high capacity broadband services to its enterprise customers in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The company uses the system to bypass traditional leased line infrastructure and provide cost efficient and scalable broadband IP services. Based in Dakar,...

Continuous Computing and picoChip have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate to produce a comprehensive Long Term Evolution femtocell and picocell reference implementation. The results of the joint work will enable Network Equipment Providers (NEP) to quickly get to market with a variety of small form...

Ever since Bell Lab physicists Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain invented the transistor, this little solid state device has been constantly evolving; leveraging the advantages of different semiconductor and process technologies and addressing an increasing number of applications once reserved for tubes. Sixty-plus years later — driven by a number...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a 10-year, $600 M contract for the US Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program. The next-generation military satellite communications terminals developed for the MET program will provide the worldwide backbone for high-priority military communications and missile...

Lockheed Martin officially rolled out the new Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System launcher and Fire Control and Communications unit in a ceremony at the company's THAAD Launcher Integration Complex in Camden, AR. The ceremony, attended by US Senator Mark Pryor and US Congressman Mark Ross, commemorated...

Another industry partner has joined the Raytheon Co.-led team for the US Army's Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) program. Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Space & ISR Systems Division facility in Boulder, CO, joins the other partners of Team IBCS including Raytheon, General Dynamics, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Davidson Technologies, IBM and...