Articles by MWJ Staff

In the June issue of Microwave Journal this column reported that NXP and STMicroelectronics had announced the formation of a joint venture created from the mobile and wireless businesses of both companies. It has since been revealed that the joint venture will be named ST-NXP Wireless and that its...

The US Army has selected Northrop Grumman and its partner DHS Systems to provide mobile tactical operations centers that can be rapidly deployed for command, control and communications on the battlefield. Under the Army’s Standardized Integrated Command Post Systems (SICPS) family of Trailer Mounted Support System (TMSS) contract, Northrop...

Harris Corp. has received a potential five-year, $77 M, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the US Navy for development and production of multiband satellite communications terminals that will provide high-speed communications for military personnel serving onboard cruisers and destroyers. Under the IDIQ contract, the company received an initial...

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar, built by Raytheon Co., performed successfully in the latest integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency and THAAD prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. The test marked a significant ‘first’ for the THAAD...

Lockheed Martin announced that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company’s Sunnyvale, CA, facilities. The US Air Force’s AEHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the US Department of...

Ceralta Technologies Inc. was formed by the investment group that originally owned TRU Corp. by merging TRU into Ceralta and subsequently acquiring Sage Laboratories Inc. Both TRU and Sage are now wholly-owned subsidiaries of Ceralta. Ceralta’s mission is to creatively apply RF, microwave and digital technologies to enhance the...