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From Kriegspiel to DARWARS, the goals of military simulation have remained constant – predict battle outcomes and build warfighter skills. Today’s advanced battlefield simulations deliver experiential realism in force positioning, troop movement, supply routing, enemy force detection and engagement, and damage calculation. For warfighters depending on next generation network-centric...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Agilent Technologies Inc. to sell substantially all of its RF product line to Agilent. “Because we have placed a high emphasis on profitability in fiscal 2010 and...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced the HMC-C070 MicroSynth™ product, which is a fully integrated broadband synthesizer module. Operating from 5.5 to 10.5 GHz, the HMC-C070 MicroSynth delivers excellent phase noise performance, and is ideal for military radar,...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp. , received $2.4 M in orders for satellite modems and redundancy switches. The equipment will be employed by the United States government to support an ongoing military communications program. The order includes the DMD2050 Universal Satellite...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that its Herley-CTI subsidiary located in Whippany, NJ, has received an award for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract valued at approximately $8.5 M from a major US prime contractor to manufacture fast switching synthesizers for a radar system application. This six-year agreement is a follow-on to...

The GSMA, in collaboration with The Climate Group, launched a Green Manifesto for the Mobile Industry, which sets out how the industry plans to lower its greenhouse gas emissions per connection, and demonstrates the key role that mobile communications can play in lowering emissions in other sectors and industries....

NICTA , Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with femtocells. The test configuration used a universal radio communication tester from Rohde & Schwarz as one of the 3G devices connected to...

Alcatel-Lucent successfully completed the worldwide first LTE data call on the 800 MHz European Digital Dividend (EDD) spectrum band in a live network. The call, which was completed at the company’s 4G/LTE end-to-end solutions center in Stuttgart, Germany, involved transmitting high-definition video streaming over the air using its commercial...

The UK’s Cranfield University’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) office has secured over £100,000 to offer expertise in the development of cost-effective microwave products found in radars, radios and specialist medical and test equipment. The two-year project will see the University’s Manufacturing Department within the School of Applied Sciences, and...

TowerJazz , a specialty foundry leader, and Tanner EDA , a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, announced a joint initiative to develop Process Design Kits (PDK) for analog/mixed-signal (A/MS) designers using Tanner EDA’s HiPer Silicon™ software. This collaboration gives Tanner EDA customers access to TowerJazz’s innovative 0.18-...