Articles by Microwave Journal

Lockheed Martin has been selected to develop the Joint Common Missile (JCM) system, the next generation air-to-ground missile that will be carried on the US Armed Forces rotary- and fixed-wing platforms. The contract is worth approximately $5 B over the life of the program. Lockheed Martin received an initial...

Remec Inc. announced it has received an initial $8.9 M production contract from Raytheon Missile Systems for the Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile second-generation upgrade program. This contract is a result of Raytheon’s recent demonstrated success to prove feasibility to add expanded capability to the TOW weapon system. With...

Northrop Grumman Corp. will integrate a new, more capable weather radar system on US Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft under a recent award from the Air Force’s Electronic Systems Center. The new radar will give pilots more accurate information about weather conditions...

The UWB Forum announced that following a successful launch in late February 2004, it has signed up 30 members and is in talks with several major corporate supporters to join the growing coalition. The group’s rapid growth has been fueled by interest in an ultra-wideband (UWB) solution that is...

The first IEC/IEEE International Standard, which relates to instrument buses, has been published under a joint cooperation agreement. The publication of this standard under the joint agreement indicates how industry worldwide can benefit from a rational approach to international standardization that makes optimum use of existing, market-relevant technical standards....

The IEEE has approved the start of work on four projects concerning IEEE 802.15™ wireless personal area network (WPAN) standards. These projects involve a wireless mesh topology standard for WPAN devices and alterations to the high rate WPAN standard so it supports new wireless multimedia uses more effectively. Two...

World Wide Wi-Fi Technological Trends and Business Strategies Teik-Kheong (TK) Tan and Benny Bing Wiley-Interscience 217 pages; $62.95 ISBN: 0-471-46356-6 IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (LAN) are becoming ubiquitous and increasingly relied upon. The demand for wireless access to a LAN is fueled by the growth of mobile...

Drop-in Replacements This drop-in replacement product family is designed for 50 V MRF150/151 and 28 V MRF141 type VDMOS general-purpose RF products. Demand for these products remains high while the number of suppliers has been reduced by recent industry consolidations. These products are ruggedized to enhance overall performance under...

Ultra-precision Service This company’s Web site offers a complete ultra-precision service for grinding, lapping, polishing, diamond sawing, laser machining and sizing a wide variety of metals (ferrous and non-ferrous). The company also offers carbide, ceramic, sapphire and other materials for industrial and scientific applications in the telecommunications, semiconductor, communications,...

Rockwell Collins, a leader in the development of extremely high frequency communication terminals, has teamed with Raytheon Co. on a US Navy Contract for the first of a two-phase process to develop the Advance Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multi-band Terminal (NMT), the Navy’s most advanced satellite communication (SATCOM)...