Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

INDUSTRY NEWS Delta RF Technology Inc. purchased high power RF amplifier manufacturer Silicon Valley Power Amplifier Corp. (SVPA) The purchase will allow Delta RF to offer a broader array of products and gain a step of vertical integration in the commercial FM radio market. Unitek Miyachi International Ltd. acquired...

"Myths" Brochures This range of brochures is based on "Wireless Myths" and is aimed at those involved with the selection, purchase or design of wireless systems for use in a wide range of OEM applications. The four literature pieces include valuable advice concerning equipment selection, standards, interoperability and approvals....

High Power Antennas This 24-page catalog features the company's wide range of rugged, high power antennas and accessories. Product photographs, descriptions, performance graphs and specifications are included. A glossary of terms and an information request card are also provided. Amplifier Research, Souderton, PA (215) 723-8181. Circle No. 310 Product...

Theory and Design of Microwave Filters Ian C. Hunter The Institution of Electrical Engineers 353 pages; $89 ISBN: 0-85296-777-2 Microwave filters are important components used in many RF and microwave systems, such as cellular radios, satellite communications and radar. The classic treatise on microwave filters and couplers by Matthaei,...

Harris Corp. announced that it anticipates the award of a major subcontract from Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Gaithersburg, MD, for the design and test of the wireless transmission system architecture as part of the three-year competitive down-select for Phase One of the US Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program....

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Information Technology (IT) sector, a leading provider of advanced IT solutions, engineering and business services for government and commercial customers, and Flarion Technologies, the architect of a mobile broadband network technology for personal computing for data and voice using the industry standard Internet Protocol (IP), announced...

Teledyne Technologies Inc. announced that Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. has received a five-year, $22 M contract from the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Command, to continue the development of Teledyne's Missile Defense Systems Exerciser (MDSE). The contract contains provisions for five one-year award-term options, which, if exercised, would...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded an $11.4 M contract by the US Army's Communications and Electronics Command for the production of the Light Thermal Weapon Sight (LTWS). Deliveries are set to begin in the second quarter of 2003, to be completed within one year. The LTWS is designed and...

New starts for America's Fiscal Year 2003 Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) programme highlight a range of rest-of-the-world electronics, the key elements of which are as follows: • Anti-jam Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna A US Navy effort to evaluate a Raytheon Systems Ltd. (UK) developed shipboard anti-jam GPS antenna....

Successfully launched aboard the European Space Agency/European Meteorological Satellite's (EUMETSAT) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)-1 satellite on 28 August 2002, the Astrium-sourced Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager (SEVIRI) payload is set to radically upgrade the accuracy of nowcasting short-term weather forecasting for Europe, Africa and the Atlantic and Indian...