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The first pair of satellites for Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system have been lofted into orbit by the first Russian Soyuz vehicle launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The Soyuz VS01 flight, operated by Arianespace, released the Galileo satellites into their target orbit at 23 222 km...

Cassidian has developed what the company claims to be the world’s most powerful radar for battlefield surveillance for use by the German Armed Forces. Owing to a combination of the latest technologies, this ground surveillance radar under the German Army designation “Bodenüberwachungsradar” (BÜR) can track movements on the ground,...

The joint venture between WORK Microwave and IFEN GmbH has produced a new model for the NavX®-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) test solution product family. The new NavX®-NCS Essential, defines the new RF multi-GNSS signal generator technology for volume testing in single frequency multi-GNSS applications. With its flexible licensing...

AMETEK , Inc. has acquired the parent company of EM Test (Switzerland) GmbH , a privately held manufacturer of electronic test and measurement equipment headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, for $93 M. EM Test joins AMETEK as part of the Programmable Power division of its Electronic Instruments Group (EIG), a...

Anderson Power Products® has expanded its SBS®75x connector family by introducing a new right angle printed circuit board connector. The SBS75x connector family was created to provide a touch-safe and high power connector with two primary and four auxiliary power positions in a compact and ergonomic design. The addition...

For the cover of the Mobile Communications supplement, we found artistic inspiration from one-time Barcelona resident Pablo Picasso in our tribute to the city's other famous resident – GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC). This annual event combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and gathering of...

Consumers are demanding more from their mobile devices – including increased bandwidth. They have become accustomed to the near universal data connectivity of smartphones, and are voracious for the applications that continually demand higher and higher data rates. Tablet computers also are becoming more popular, and their demands for...

Ron Williamson Aeroflex Test Solutions, Plainview, NY The future of Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) test strategy is a provocative topic these days. This is especially true for the consumer RF and connectivity integrated circuit (IC) markets, where ramping volumes and surging competition are shifting the market's mindset. Driven...

As one of the potential sources of alternative energy, wind turbines are considered an emerging industry and have been erected in many locations in the US, as well as around the world. Wind turbines work on the principle of conversion of the kinetic energy from wind into mechanical energy,...

Providing capacity to keep pace with the explosive growth in wireless data services is a highly complex task due to the time variant and geographically inhomogeneous nature of offered traffic. To ensure a consistent, high quality user experience, both site and carrier density must be tailored to match the...