Articles by Dan Massé, Associate Technical Editor

The cellular M2M embedded module market experienced a more difficult than expected year in 2010, according to ABI Research. Although total unit volumes continued to rise, reaching nearly 34 million units shipped in 2010, total industry revenue fell from roughly $996 M in 2009 to about $841 M in...

Strategy Analytics has just published a new report examining the state of the base station component market, Radio Access Network RF Power Device Trends & Forecast: 2011 – 2015. This latest Strategy Analytics report provides an in-depth view of the current market for RF components in BTS, the most...

The world economy may be teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession, but business is booming for wireless infrastructure vendors. According to Jake Saunders, Vice President of Forecasting for ABI Research, "Base station installations in 2011 will total at least 10 percent more than anyone expected just one...

A pioneering new broadband wireless technology is now on display in Baltimore, providing 50+ Mbps downstream capability. Go Long Wireless has launched the Baltimore MVDDS pilot to demonstrate how this new "wireless FTTH" broadband option can bring both a next generation triple play bundle to consumers and robust mission-critical...

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate and Lockheed Martin have signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to assess the viability of its cooled tri-mode seeker for integration onto Air Force weapon platforms. "We will work closely with Lockheed Martin to leverage their mature...

A series of laboratory tests on the Raytheon Co. Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)II tri-mode seeker demonstrated that it exceeds anticipated performance parameters. SDB II's seeker fuses millimeter-wave radar, uncooled imaging infrared (IIR) and semiactive laser sensors on a single gimbal. The result is a powerful, integrated seeker that seamlessly...

Harris Corp. has introduced the RF-7800S-LR Leader Radio, the world's first soldier "smart radio" – with embedded GPS, encryption and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The RF-7800S-LR provides unit leaders with combat-proven tactical communication and computing capabilities in a single, lightweight device for enhanced mission flexibility. The Harris RF-7800S-LR...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $32.2 M US Navy contract for the Global Positioning System-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Service program for Navy surface and subsurface platforms. GPNTS, designed to replace the current Navigation Sensor System Interface, supports mission-critical real-time positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) data services, including...

Engalco has released a new industry and markets report covering the following categories of connectorized microwave and millimeter-wave modules: broadband amplifiers, limiting amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, low phase-noise amplifiers, medium-power amplifiers, power amplifiers, CW-immune DLVAs, SDLVAs, "Other" DLVAs, frequency converters, frequency synthesizers and transceivers. "Amplifiers and Integrated Microwave Assemblies"...

Cambridge Consultants has released a report discussing the foremost business opportunities in wireless technologies enabled by White Space frequencies, predicting the development of the first White Space consumer devices in the next five years. The report, entitled "White Space Radio: High Street Hit or Left In the Lab?" is...