Articles by Microwave Journal

Northrop Grumman Corp. announced it will install and flight test its commercial aircraft protection system on a Boeing 747 and MD-11 this year. The system, called Guardian, represents the successful transfer of proven military directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) technology to protect commercial aircraft from attack by ground-based, shoulder-fired missiles....

Raytheon Co.’s Affordable Ground Based Radar (AGBR) passed a critical milestone during a recent United States Marine Corps test in support of the goal to field future radar sensors configured in a tactical and highly mobile design for the Marine Expeditionary Forces worldwide. In line with the schedule laid...

Lockheed Martin conducted the fourth flight test of a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket at White Sands Missile Range, NM. Test objectives included demonstrating the GMLRS Unitary rocket in the delay mode, the improved guidance software, and the warhead and fuzing mechanism under cold weather conditions....

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently announced plans to increase the level of support for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), which grants shippers meeting security guidelines expedited processing at US ports. According to a new study by market intelligence firm ABI Research, continuing government programs will...

After two decades of development and despite increased competition from alternative technologies and from more companies developing lab-on-a-chip products, lab-on-a-chip technology finally appears to be making its mark within the MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) industry, according to In-Stat. Revenues of lab-on-a-chip devices are forecast to increase at a Compound Annual...

2005 will witness two major commercial telematics developments across multiple continents, according to ABI Research. United Parcel Service (UPS) will introduce the first of 70,000 new Delivery Information Acquisition Devices (DIADs) it intends to deploy over the next three years, starting with the US and Europe (DIADs are the...

RFID tags are poised to become the most far-reaching wireless technology since the cell phone, according to high tech market research firm In-Stat. Worldwide revenues from RFID tags will jump from $300 M in 2004 to $2.8 B in 2009. During this period, the technology will appear in many...

Smart Antennas Lal Chand Godara CRC Press 464 pages; $139.95, £85.00 ISBN: 0-8493-1206-X Smart antennas involve processing of signals induced on an array of sensors such as antennas, microphones and hydrophones. They have applications in the areas of radar, sonar, medical imaging and communications. The smart antenna field has...

High Frequency Circuit Simulator Nexxim™ is a circuit simulation tool that combined with Ansoft Designer™ targets the next generation of analog/mixed signal applications, including high performance RFCMOS, GaAs/SiGe RF ICs and gigabit computer and communication backplanes. With a multitude of algorithmic innovations in transient and harmonic-balance analyses, Nexxim achieves...

Industry News San-tron Inc. has been awarded a long-term contract by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems to be the primary supplier for the cable connectors used in the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) system. The connectors will be supplied to Boeing from the company’s Ipswich, MA facility, allowing for the...