Industry News

New Products

The following booth numbers are complete as of April 8, 2011. 26.5 GHz SMPM Attenuator Aeroflex/Inmet introduced a 26.5 GHz fixed attenuator that incorporates the SMPM connector. The self-aligning push-on connector is a miniature version of its SMP attenuator and provides reliable high performance, excellent RF characteristics and mates...
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Alcatel-Lucent Opens Technology Center in Brazil

Alcatel-Lucent has opened a world-class technology showcase center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The center will highlight a range of advanced technologies and applications including 4G LTE that will help Brazilian fixed and mobile service providers respond to the challenges created by the mobile data explosion occurring across their networks....
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Cassidian and Frequentis Control and Reporting Center to German Luftwaffe

The KOFA – GIADS consortium ( Cassidian and Frequentis Nachrichtentechnik GmbH ) has delivered an ultramodern control and reporting center (CRC) to the German Air Force, represented by the Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Bundeswehr in Erndtebrück, Germany. Cassidian is supplying the battlefield command...
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EB Upgrades Wireless Environment Solution for LTE Applications

With network equipment manufacturers seeking shorter roll-out schedules, more effective test environments and minimized launch times for LTE products, EB, Elektrobit Corporation , has announced its EB Wireless Environment Solution (EB WES) upgrade. EB WES is a virtual drive test software application running on the EB Propsim F8 radio...
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Terma Radar Systems Contract for Danish Navy

The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization has signed a contract with Terma for the delivery of radar systems for the Danish Navy’s three new frigates of the IVER HUITFELDT class, which are expected to enter operational service in 2013. The radar is intended for surveillance and rescue assignments...
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Boeing Phantom Ray Completes 1st Flight

The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight April 27 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. The 17-minute flight took place following a series of high-speed taxi tests in March that validated ground guidance, navigation and control and...
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Compound Semiconductor Market Diversifying Portfolios

Even while the handset portion of the compound semiconductor market remains the largest revenue producer, Strategy Analytics sees that leading device suppliers are diversifying their portfolios by developing additional products for infrastructure, broadband and military applications. The recently published Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service (GaAs) viewpoint,...
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2011 IMS Exhibitors

The following list is complete as of April 8, 2011. Exhibitors in bold have an ad in this issue. 2COMU..........................1929 3G Metalworx Inc...........................4012 A-Alpha Waveguide Co...........................2510 A.J. Tuck Co...........................424 A.T. Wall Co...........................429 Accumet Engineering Corp...........................337 Acewavetech Co. Ltd...........................4405 Actipass Co. Ltd...........................1038 Active Spectrum Inc...........................347 Advanced Mobile Tecnology..........................4707 AdTech Ceramics..........................3713...
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