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A Raytheon Co. team, which includes Boeing, General Dynamics and AT&T Government Solutions, has been competitively selected by the US Air Force’s MILSATCOM Joint Program Office (MJPO) for a requirement definition contract. Worth up to $9 M including options, the contract is an initial step toward transforming military communications....

Rockwell Collins, a leader in military Global Positioning System (GPS) solutions, has been selected by the GPS Joint Program Office for full-rate production and delivery of Defense Advanced GPS Receivers (DAGR) over the next eight years, commencing in November 2004. This contract is expected to yield approximately $238 to...

Northrop Grumman has been selected by the US Air Force to develop an infrastructure supporting the exchange of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) information in a highly mobile, secure operating environment. The Information For Mobile Warrior (IFMW) program will result in an infrastructure that provides the Air...

A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) was successfully launched from a B-1B bomber October 30, 2003, over China Lake, CA, making it the first conventional guided missile launch from a B-1B. The separation test vehicle demonstrated successful operation of JASSM during captive carry, launch from the B-1B’s...

A major multi-year contract has been awarded to Alcatel by TELUS Mobility to provide the national wireless carrier with a cross-Canada communications backbone infrastructure. The turnkey solution includes microwave products, network design and installation services that will enable the company to dramatically reduce its operational expenses, increase backbone capacity,...

Telecommunication regulators from more than 80 countries delivered a powerful message to world leaders convening in Geneva for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) at the end of 2003. They identified a series of steps nations can take to bridge the digital divide and called upon countries...

Under an agreement worth A$75 M BAE Systems Australia has been awarded a contract to provide strategically important elements of the Advanced Satellite Communications Terrestrial Infrastructure System (ASTIS) within the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF’s) Military Satellite Communications Programme JP2008. The company, working in conjunction with partners Astrium, Sinclair Knight...

Economic downturn and inventory building have produced manufacturers in the highly competitive discrete power semiconductor market who are severely restrained by low prices and will continue to face difficulty in generating sustainable profits. A new analysis from Frost and Sullivan, “World Discrete Power Semiconductor Markets,” reveals that revenues in...

A breakthrough in Ka-band SSPA power is available for commercial and military applications. The Sophia Wireless model MPC4-2531 solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) provides 27 W of saturated power at 30 GHz and wideband coverage of 24 to 27 W at P3dB over 25 to 31 GHz. Linear performance is...

Communications services such as mobile phone and wireless LAN have increased the use of multi-bands while the terminals are becoming smaller. These trends have led to the widespread use of RF modules combining multiple functions. Along with this trend is the ability to make increasingly complex measurements more efficient....