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The last in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites built by Lockheed Martin has been declared operational by the US Air Force for military and civilian navigation users around the globe. The satellite, known as GPS IIR-21(M), was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral...

TS2 Satellite Technologies is introducing new satellite link products to the international market. These types of telecommunication products are mainly used by the companies that execute contracts in the Middle East and Asia, as well as by soldiers that are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Purchased bands give us...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a contract modification from the US Department of Defense to further demonstrate a revolutionary advance in inertial navigation. The demonstration project makes use of traditional electro-optic (EO) cameras, atomic clocks, and advanced vision processing technologies to provide inertial navigation system (INS) updates to aircraft,...

The GSMA, the body representing the worldwide mobile communications industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to secure the deployment of a single, in-vehicle emergency call service, known as eCall, across Europe. eCall is an emergency call generated either manually by vehicle occupants or automatically via in-vehicle sensors...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has announced the creation of the ETSI Industry Specification Group for ‘Identity and access management for Networks and Services’ (ISG INS) to develop a common industry view on Identity Management (IdM) protocols and architectures, relating mainly to networks and services for the Internet...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Inmarsat and Vizada SAS have reached an agreement to improve emergency communications for disaster preparedness and to coordinate relief activities in the aftermath of a disaster. Inmarsat and Vizada provide satellite-based solutions that are critical in supporting activities aimed at helping countries better respond...

C-MAC MicroTechnology and Linear Technology Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to provide the European, Canadian and Asian space markets with space qualified radiation hardened (rad-hard) monolithic devices and hybrid modules. This key partnership forms part of C-MAC’s strategy for growth within the space market following its accreditation to...

A centre of excellence for printed intelligence is to be built in the Navarre region in Spain and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is delivering a roadmap study on printed intelligence to the Asociación de la Industria Navarra for this purpose. The study outlines what kind of...

Although the spending on RF power semiconductors in wireless infrastructure markets has continued to stagnate, other markets—notably the military—are seeing increased activity. Also, according to a new study from ABI Research, gallium nitride—long seen as a promising new “material of choice” for RF power semiconductors—is finally starting to gain...

Adoption of 802.11n MIMO with multiple transmit streams will help boost the market for Wi-Fi power amplifier modules to twice its 2008 size despite continued pricing pressure. “As prices for single-stream 802.11n (1x1) chips dropped to match 802.11g, OEMs have quickly begun to switch from 802.11g to 802.11n in...