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Harris Corp. announced that it is one of three companies awarded three-year contracts by the US Air Force to develop and demonstrate a prototype radar payload for Space-based Radar (SBR), a critical national defense program. The initial value of the contract is $8.6 M, with options that could bring...

Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Boeing Co. will partner to provide the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with a solution for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) requirement. The two companies submitted jointly a proposal to the agency in March. Lockheed Martin will lead the team and Boeing will be the...

Raytheon Co. will work with Harris Corp. in a competition to develop the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Next Generation Communication System (NEXCOM) and share in a recently awarded $21 M Rapid Preliminary Development Effort (RPDE) Harris contract. Harris estimates that the follow-on NEXCOM full-scale development program could be worth...

The US Air Force has selected a team that includes Northrop Grumman Corp., Modern Technologies and ARINC Inc., to provide a new global tactical combat communications system. Northrop Grumman's Information Technology (IT) sector is the primary airborne system development lead and has been developing a system that will enable...

COMPONENTS Absorptive Switch The model MSN-10DT-05-DEC-M options NE, 100M18, 3SS, 45004, is an absorptive SP10T switch that operates from 100 MHz to 18 GHz (10 MHz to 18 GHz optional). Insertion loss is 95 dB at 100 MHz and > 60 dB at 18 GHz. Amplitude is ±0.5 dB...

INDUSTRY NEWS BAE SYSTEMS North America has reached a definitive agreement with Advanced Power Technologies Inc. (APTI) to purchase the corporation for $27 M in cash. APTI, a private company with headquarters in Washington, DC, focuses on intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance exploitation and information processing for defense, civil and commercial...

RF Component Analyzer Data Sheet This 16-page data sheet provides complete detail on the RF component analyzer, model R3860. Product photographs, descriptions, performance graphs, specifications and ordering information are also provided. Advantest Corp., Tokyo, Japan +81-3-3342-7500. Circle No. 200 Application Note This application note details the benefits of utilizing...

Workshops & Courses Space-based Radar Topics : Techniques and design of space-based radar (SBR) systems, including ground moving target indication, synthetic aperture radar techniques, target detection, requirements for SBR systems and the design of large aperture antenna systems. Site : Los Angeles, CA Dates : June 2-5, 2003 Contact...

News From Washington Raytheon Awarded Contract for Eight US Navy Reconnaissance Pods Raytheon Co. has been awarded a contract with a not-to-exceed value of $19.2 M by the US Navy to produce low rate initial production of Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) systems. Under this contract, Raytheon Technical Services Co....

International Report Research Cluster Comes Together in Finland Micronova, the new microelectronics and nanotechnology centre for Finland, has been inaugurated in Espoo. A joint project of the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) and the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) the centre houses three research areas of VTT Information...