Articles by MWJ Staff
February 1, 2009
The economic downturn will slow growth and innovation in many areas but will create attractive investment opportunities in the communications and media sectors in the New Year, according to M/C Venture Partners, which released its annual list of the Top-10 communications and media industry trends to watch in 2009....
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February 1, 2009
Industry News AWR , a leader in high-frequency design software, expanded its relationship with Rohde & Schwarz , a leading test equipment manufacturer, to provide expanded sales channels for AWR products such as Microwave Office® in China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. The expanded sales distribution partnership will boost AWR’s...
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February 1, 2009
Software for Compliant Testing AR’s SW1006 software is a standalone program that combines conducted immunity test software, radiated susceptibility test software and pre-compliance conducted and radiated emissions test software into one user-friendly package suitable for corporate to professional test lab users. The software automatically performs both calibration and immunity...
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February 1, 2009
New Waves: High Frequency Components, Boards and Systems Multi-position Switch The QK series of coaxial multi-position switches feature K type connectors that operate in a frequency range from DC to 40 GHz. Available actuator options include normally open and TTL circuitry with integrated indicator circuits. Terminated models are also...
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February 1, 2009
Integrated Interconnect Technologies for 3D Nanoelectronic Systems Muhannad S. Bakir and James D. Meindl, Eds. Make way for solutions to the challenges in chip reliability, power delivery, I/O signaling and heat removal now blocking the way to ultimate performance 3D gigascale SoC. This cutting-edge book on off-chip technologies puts...
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January 15, 2009
The US Air Force has awarded a risk reduction study contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Radar Modernization program. The study will be performed under Northrop Grumman’s existing Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Radar (MP-RTIP) program. The $5.8 M study...
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January 15, 2009
Raytheon Co. components played key roles in the destruction of a ballistic missile target during the latest flight test of the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. This was the eighth intercept for the GMD system. During the December 5 test, a Raytheon-built Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) intercepted...
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January 15, 2009
Lockheed Martin has teamed with ITT Corp., Morgan Hill, CA, to compete for the US Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 2 Upgrade (SEWIP BLK2). This program will lay the groundwork for the upcoming competition for the Navy’s next-generation electronic warfare system. In at-sea demonstrations this summer, the...
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January 15, 2009
Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, called for the adoption of software-defined, multiband, multimission radios as a principal solution for interoperable public safety communications among first responders. During a presentation titled “Enabling First-Responder Interoperability through Multiband, Software Defined Radios,” Kevin Kane, director of business development for...
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