Articles by MWJ Staff

In the past year, two forces have emerged to radically change the definition of “mobile video,” reports In-Stat. First, Internet delivery of user-generated and professionally produced content is moving viewers from their living rooms to their computers, the high-tech market research firm says. Second, high-quality mobile devices that use...

Consumer electronics products no longer exist in a vacuum: increasingly they are linked to each other via a number of short-range radio technologies. CE vendors, faced with a series of overlapping use-cases, network areas, standards and technologies, need to understand the applications best suited to each, and how they...

In-Stat reports that cellular infrastructure is usually not one of the most exciting topics to discuss in wireless, but that has started to change. As wireless operators have begun to deploy 3G and other wireless broadband technology, they have discovered that the grid of cell towers that worked fine...

More than 50 representatives of the US Navy and industry attended a live, “over-the-ocean” demonstration of Harris Corp.’s new SeaLancet™ RT-1944/U tactical radio— designed to provide network-centric communications to both ground- and air-based networks. During the three-day series of demonstrations, Harris successfully showcased the radio’s high-throughput, long-range network-centric IP...

The Northrop Grumman Corp. Global Positioning System Next Generation Ground Segment (GPS OCX) team recently completed the Standard Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) software assessment, passing another significant milestone for the multi-billion dollar program and continuing Northrop Grumman’s enterprise-wide audit successes. GPS OCX...

Lockheed Martin Integrated Common Electronics Warfare System (ICEWS)—a single enterprise solution designed to scale across all ship classes in the US Navy’s surface fleet—performed successfully during a series of just-completed demonstrations conducted by the Navy. The at-sea demonstration of ICEWS, held beginning in June, followed recent land-based testing and...

Raytheon Co.’s Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) successfully completed system field integration testing at White Sands Missile Range, NM, demonstrating interoperability with both Patriot an Avenger weapon systems. “Successful integration testing will help put this much-needed air defense capability into our warfighter’s hand,” said Pete Franklin, vice...

STMicroelectronics (headquartered in Switzerland), STATS ChipPAC (Singapore) and Infineon Technologies AG (Germany) have signed an agreement to jointly develop the next-generation of embedded Wafer-Level Ball Grid Array (eWLB) technology, based on Infineon’s first-generation technology, for use in manufacturing future-generation semiconductor packages. ST and Infineon, two of the world’s leading...

The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has earmarked £236.5 M for investment to develop large-scale research facilities and projects in its science portfolio. The investment, which was announced by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), is being made available through the UK Government’s Large Facilities...

EADS Defence & Security (DS) will modernize the identification systems of the German Armed Forces and of NATO’s early warning aircraft in order to meet the latest air traffic control standards and to increase safety in air traffic. Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded...