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RF front-end designers have always been in need of passive devices that serve in many functional blocks in their radio designs. These devices include 90 degree hybrids, power dividers and directional couplers, to state a few. There are many others that can also be considered. Key challenges for the...

The Lockheed Martin team developing the US Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System has turned on initial power to the program's pathfinder spacecraft, known as the GPS III Non Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST). The milestone gives the team high confidence in meeting the scheduled launch of the first...

Northrop Grumman Corp. successfully demonstrated the Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR), which is a derivative of the Defense Department's Ground Based Fighter Radar (GBFR), a multi-mission ground tactical radar designed to provide the US Army with counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) as well as air defense capabilities while "on-the-move."...

Thales-Raytheon Systems announced that the US Army will procure 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 Radars. Thales-Raytheon Systems has already delivered more than 220 radars to customers worldwide. The company is working with several allied nations to leverage the current production to meet their sensing requirements. The AN/MPQ-64...

The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced the formation of £50 M Global Research and Technology Hub that will connect UK researchers and businesses working to commercialise the Nobel Prize winning super strong material graphene. The UK's Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts said, "One year...

Those who attended the Opening Session at European Microwave Week 2011 in October witnessed first-hand Professor Konstantin S. Novoselov FRS, Nobel Laureate 2010, deliver a presentation titled, Graphene: Materials in the Flatland. He outlined the material's discovery and the properties that make it a promising candidate for future electronic...

Interference prevention and mitigation are to be addressed in the Asia-Pacific region through closer collaboration between national, regional and global satellite industry groups. The quality-assurance plans were announced during an Interference-Prevention Summit co-organised by the Interference Reduction Group (IRG), Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and Indonesian Satellite Industry Association (ASSI)...

A public–private partnership (PPP) contract signed with Astrium means that the European Space Agency (ESA) is moving ahead with an independent, European satellite system that will speed up the transmission of large quantities of data beginning in 2014. The PPP for the European Data Relay System (EDRS) demonstrates ESA's...

The ZigBee® Alliance and Energy@home will cooperate on the creation of an integrated residential energy services platform for Europe by leveraging four ZigBee standards. Under a liaison agreement, the groups will focus on blending the strengths of ZigBee Home Automation™, ZigBee Smart Energy™, ZigBee Telecom Services™ and ZigBee Gateway™...

The cellular M2M embedded module market experienced a more difficult than expected year in 2010, according to ABI Research. Although total unit volumes continued to rise, reaching nearly 34 million units shipped in 2010, total industry revenue fell from roughly $996 M in 2009 to about $841 M in...