Articles by MWJ Staff

Northrop Grumman Corp. has completed integrating all electronics units of the payload module for the third Advanced Extremely High frequency (EHF) military communications satellite. The company is under contract to provide three communications payloads to advanced EHF prime contractor Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA. The Advanced EHF system will provide...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, introduced the first tactical satellite terminals with the capability of transmission/reception of TOP SECRET global wideband data communications. These new terminals are designed to military standards for operation in harsh environments. The new Harris RF-7800B Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)...

UK-based fabless semiconductor company Lime Microsystems has joined the Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide. The Forum promotes the adoption of femtocell technologies through open standards, market education and ecosystem development. The working groups’ mission is to ensure the rapid and effective...

The GSMA has launched the Green Power for Mobile programme with the goal of helping the mobile industry use renewable energy sources to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012. Achieving that target would save up to 2.5 billion litres of diesel per...

The UK Ministry of Defence has sold the remainder of its shares in international aerospace and defence group QinetiQ. Over 124 million shares were sold at a price of £2.06 each, completing the final stage of the company’s privatisation, raising £257.3 M for the UK taxpayer. In February 2006,...

At a meeting of the fifth Space Council, ministers in charge of space activities within the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Union Member States welcomed the progress made in the implementation of the European Space Policy and identified further priority areas for its implementation. In particular, the Space...

Saab and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) have signed a Letter of Intent to create an aviation technology design and development centre in India. The Aeronautical Design and Development Centre (ADDC) will be aimed at the global aviation market and will create design and development opportunities in India for...

The global market for RF power semiconductors used in broadcasting is much larger than years of “conventional wisdom” have suggested, according to a new study from ABI Research. Its growth is being driven by the current explosion in digital broadcasting, both television and radio. This market is expected to...

In 2008, the road to 4G has cleared a bit, with Ultra-mobile Broadband (UMB) left publicly by the roadside. However, the two remaining “4G” technologies, LTE and WiMAX, still present much speculation and confusion, InStat reported. Generally, “4G” technologies are considered those which are expected to meet the ITU’s...

The fledging market for ultra-mobile devices (UMD)—a catch-all term that includes ultra-mobile PCs (UMPC), netbooks and mobile Internet devices (MID)—is already complex and will become more complicated as it grows. A few salient forecast numbers may serve to guide vendors and investors as they negotiate this tricky landscape. According...