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In support of the draft IEEE 802.15.4 standard being driven by the ZigBee Alliance - an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard - Motorola Inc. is delivering hardware and software samples to...

The Department of Defense's Advanced EHF satellite system, which will provide secure, high speed communications to the US and allied forces worldwide, is a step closer to reality, following EMS Technologies' successful demonstration and delivery of the engineering model of the beam-forming network (BFN) for the satellite's sophisticated antennas....

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Co. have formed Netfires LLC, a limited liability company to pursue missile and launcher development and production for the Non Line of Sight - Launch System (NLOS-LS), also known as Netfires. Products under development include a Loitering Attack Missile (LAM), a Precision Attack Missile (PAM)...

Northrop Grumman Corp., The Boeing Co. and Raytheon Co. officials agreed to work together in developing the US Air Force's E-10A Multi-sensor Command and Control Aircraft (MC2A). This innovative teaming agreement covers the Weapon System Integration (WSI) efforts for the E-10A, which provides an enhanced airborne ground surveillance and...

Harris Corp., a leading supplier of satellite communications systems for government and commercial applications worldwide, announced that it has been awarded a one-year, $2.3 M follow-on contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Special Projects Office, Washington, DC, and the US Air Force Research Lab's (AFRL) Sensors...

Two decades ago, RF/microwave system designers had to live with connectorized RF/microwave components (passive and active) from specialized component manufacturers, often ending up with a bulky and lossy system with lengthy interconnecting cables (flexible and semirigid). The interconnecting cables made the system unreliable over time. To compensate for the...

COMPONENTS Radial SP8T Switch The model MSR-8DR-STD options 50M105, 3SS, 45060, is a reflective SP8T switch, that is surface-mountable, miniature and slim in size. It works from 10 MHz to 5 GHz. Insertion loss is 90 dB at 10 MHz, > 75 dB at 2 GHz and > 65...

Industry News VXI Technology purchased the Mechanical Data Acquisition Business Segment from Agilent Technologies , announcing its initial entry into this market. This Lake Stevens DSA division has been providing data acquisition solutions since 1972 and has a large installed customer base worldwide. BAE SYSTEMS North America completed its...

Spectrum Analyzer Data Sheet This 17-page data sheet provides complete detail on the high frequency spectrum analyzers, models R3172/3182. Product photographs, descriptions, performance graphs, specifications, ordering information and a listing of offices are also provided. Advantest Corp., Tokyo, Japan +81-3-3342-7500. Circle No. 200 MMIC Design Brochure This four-page brochure...

Products, Solutions and Services This revised Web site provides visitors one-stop access to the entire range of the company's products, solutions and services. Notable improvements to the site include a product showcase, expanded contact information and one-click access to solutions such as systems and services. This is in addition...