Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

INDUSTRY NEWS Advanced Power Technology (APT) has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the product lines and certain assets of Microsemi RF Products Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsemi Corp. , for $12.2 M in cash. The acquisition is part of APT's ongoing strategy to expand its...

Product Catalog This RF and microwave custom filters catalog showcases new products with pictures and actual test data fact sheets for each filter type. A variety of packaging and performance levels are featured to represent the company's capabilities. Bree Engineering Corp., San Marcos, CA (760) 510-4950. Circle No. 200...

Inductor Products Catalog This 10-page catalog features the company's WL series of wire wound chip inductor products, designed to provide excellent performance at competitive prices. The series is ideal for all 800 MHz to 3.4 GHz wireless applications where cost and performance are major factors. Product descriptions, features, applications,...

Microstrip Filters for RF/Microwave Applications Jia-Sheng Hong and M.J. Lancaster John Wiley & Sons Inc. 471 pages; $125 ISBN: 0-471-38877-7 This book offers a unique and comprehensive treatment of RF and microwave filters based on microstrip structures. Many novel and sophisticated filters using computer-aided design are discussed. The book...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a cost plus award fee contract to be the system integrator for the DD (X), the US Navy's next-generation surface combatant ship. The contract is expected to total $1.36 B over the next three years. Raytheon is a partner on the industry "Gold Team"...

The US GPS Industry Council issued a statement in response to the release of the FCC's First Report and Order to allow for the introduction of Ultra-wideband Transmission Systems. The council is pleased the FCC responded to the desire for equipment compatibility and interoperability expressed by GPS users. In...

The US Air Force has successfully completed its first training missions over the Distributed Mission Training (DMT) network, an architecture developed by TRW Inc. that ties together high resolution flight simulators over a high speed fiber-optic network. Through this network, pilots and reconnaissance operators at Air Force bases hundreds...

Despite the demands of Operation Enduring Freedom, Northrop Grumman and its German partner the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space (EADS) Company Deutschland confidently expect to deploy a testbed Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Germany no later than April 2003. Forming part of the Euro Hawk pre-development programme,...

Canadian contractors DRS Flight Safety and CMC Electronics have filed protests with Canada's International Trade Tribunal over the recommendation that Thales Systems should be awarded a C$60 million contract for the procurement of a new communications management system for the countries CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft. While the precise...

The Chilean Air Force has selected US contractor ITT to supply it with its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) for installation aboard the F-16 Block 50 combat aircraft it has ordered. As such, AIDEWS will provide the new aircraft with an internally mounted, fully integrated radar warning...