Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

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...

German contractor Rohde & Schwarz (R & S) has announced that it has been awarded Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) system contracts by Russian crude oil supplier SIBNEF and the government of Austria. Taking these in the order given, SIBNEF is to be supplied with a turnkey R & S...

South Korea has selected BAE Systems North America's Threat Warning and Defensive Systems business unit (Yonkers, NY) to supply it with 42 AN/ALR-56C(V)1 radar warning receivers (RWR) for use on the country's F-15K combat aircraft. Specifically configured for the F-15K, the ALR-56C(V)1 deal is valued at approximately US$58 M...

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. Body-worn...

COMPONENTS SMT Compatible Multi-interface Connector Series This 1.0/2.3 multi-interface connector series features an SMT design that facilitates PCB assembly and also accommodates tight packaging density. These connectors are available with 2, 3 and 4 coaxial interface combinations in the same housing. Frequency coverage is from DC to 2 GHz...

INDUSTRY NEWS Spectrum Control Inc. has acquired all of the outstanding common stock of FSY Microwave Inc. The purchase of FSY will enable Spectrum Control to expand its existing SPECWAVE line of ceramic-based wireless products and custom engineered wireless solutions. Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification Systems announced the launch...

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. Product descriptions, features, applications, specifications, circuit applications, outline drawings and selection guides are provided. American Technical Ceramics, Jacksonville, FL (631) 622-4700. Circle No. 200...

Radio-based Infrastructure Solutions This new Web site highlights customer benefits and communicates the company's dedication to customer relations.The new customer-oriented Web site features product usability and promotes customer benefits, as well.The site is user-friendly and improves the company's on-line product information on the company's radio-based infrastructure solutions. Allgon System...

RF Technologies for Low Power Wireless Communications Tatsuo Itoh, George Haddad and James Harvey, Eds. John Wiley & Sons Inc. 468 pages; $84.95 ISBN: 0-471-38267-1 Several years ago a program in low power electronics initiated by the Army Research Office focused on addressing the issue of RF and microwave...

French-based contractor Thales Airborne Systems used the 22-28 July Farnborough International Air Show to showcase its latest airborne electronic warfare (EW) product, the Compact Airborne Threat Surveyor (CATS). Operating within the E- to K-band (2 to 40 GHz) frequency band, CATS is a combined radar warning, electronic support (ES)...