Articles by Richard Mumford, Microwave Journal International Editor

This is a full-day Forum, focusing on Space and Defence issues, incorporating the EuRAD Opening Session and featuring the EuMW Defence and Security Executive Forum. Attendance is FREE and open to all EuMW 2012 conference delegates, exhibitors and visitors.

The global RF and microwave community is clearing its collective diary to make Space for Microwaves from Sunday 28^thof October to Friday 2^ndof November as the 15^thEuropean Microwave Week returns to the Amsterdam RAI Conference Centre. There will be space to accommodate a broad range of subjects, from semiconductors and nanotechnology through to wireless and radar systems. Also, taking advantage of the local proximity of ESA/ESTEC, the Week will also focus on Microwaves for Space, with special emphasis being given to space applications.

When this annual report was published a year ago, the reality of a global economic downturn had just begun to loom large. The banking and financial services sectors were the first to take a hit, but all industries, including the RF and microwave sector, were bracing themselves for the...

Part I of this report last month focused on individual countries and their contributions and achievements related to the microwave industry. But the continent as a whole plays a key role in all sectors including industrial, biomedical, military, aerospace and emerging wireless technologies. Since there is such a broad...