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As the automobile industry bounces back from the great recession, manufacturers are designing their next generation of cars with an eye on fuel economy and telematics (information and communication technologies). Increasingly, the cars being designed today represent the latest frontier in the wireless revolution. While luxury cars have been...

The term electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) often conjures up images of FCC test labs, computing and/or wireless devices. However, in the automotive industry, the unintentional creation and reception of electromagnetic fields, a definition of electromagnetic interference (EMI), is becoming an ever greater concern. As automobiles become mobile hotspots and as...

A key challenge in automotive product design is the compliance to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and interference (EMI) requirements in a cost-driven project environment. Traditionally, EMC and EMI issues are solved in the EMC lab, often without getting a full understanding of the underlying effects. The adoption of 3D field...

Electronic components are increasingly critical in the safety and functional features of automotive vehicles. Moreover, the world is also increasingly connected through electromagnetic communications. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of various electronic parts internal to automobiles as well as compatibility to the environment that they operate in are becoming more challenging...

Anritsu Co. has developed the ME7838A broadband vector network analyzer (VNA) system that provides single-sweep coverage from 70 kHz to 110 GHz with operation from 40 kHz to 125 GHz, and utilizes an advanced design that eliminates the need for large, heavy millimeter-wave (mmWave) modules and coax combiners. The...

The ever-increasing demand for high capacity data communication, in particular last mile communication, is asking serious questions of operators and the technology they employ. Radio bands allocated for data communication have restrictions and are, with few exceptions, subject to a national license. These licenses are in high demand, expensive...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has received authorization and funding to proceed on a Department of Defense weather satellite system projected for launch in 2018. The Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) will leverage the accomplishments and momentum of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. The company announced it...

Lockheed Martin announced it submitted a proposal in response to the government’s Request for Proposal for the next phases of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program. “Lockheed Martin’s JAGM builds on HELLFIRE, LONGBOW and Javelin, three of the most trusted precision-guided weapons on the battlefield today,” said Frank St....

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. , a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, announced that James L. Klein has joined the company as Vice President and General Manager of its Defense and Aerospace business. Klein will be based in TriQuint’s Texas facility and report to President and CEO Ralph Quinsey....

AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation has upgraded its line of laser-powered star probes with a new electric field probe, that replaces the previous model FL7018. The new model, FL7218, is a smart, fast, extremely accurate electric field probe that contains an internal microprocessor to provide linearization, temperature compensation, control, and communication...