Industry News

Attending the Conference

Basic information to help you get to and around Long Beach, as well as activities planned for the 2007 IEEE MTT-S Radio and Wireless Symposium & Exhibition
The 2007 IEEE MTT-S Radio and Wireless Symposium will be held in conjunction with the 7 th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic ICs, the IEEE Topical Symposium on Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications, and the Radio and Wireless Exhibition. All of the technical meetings and the exhibition will be...
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Northrop Grumman Awarded $357 M USCIS Contract

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $357 M, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to continue providing biometric capture services in support of US citizenship applications and green card renewals. The contract is...
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Raytheon to Demonstrate Aircraft Protection System

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $4.1 M contract by the Department of Homeland Security, to demonstrate the suitability of its Vigilant Eagle Airport Protection System to function in a civilian environment and protect aircraft from the threat of shoulder-fired missiles. Vigilant Eagle provides an invisible dome of protection...
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Biofuelling Wireless Networks in Africa

The GSM Association, Ericsson and multinational telecommunications group MTN have teamed up to establish biofuels as an alternative source of power for wireless networks in the developing world. The three organisations have set up a pioneering project in Nigeria to demonstrate the potential of biofuels to replace diesel as...
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Alcatel Accepts PRISMA Space Mission

Alcatel Alenia Space will develop and supply the S-Band Formation Flying Radio Frequency (FFRF) sensor for the Prototype Research Instruments and Space Mission technology Advancement (PRISMA) mission. PRISMA is an eight-month flight mission funded by the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB), with the Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) as prime...
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Vitelec and Midwest Merge

Vitelec Electronics Ltd., part of Emerson Connectivity Solutions, is combining its operation with Midwest Microwave International Ltd., a supplier of low loss RF cable assemblies and microwave components. The merger follows Emerson’s recent acquisition of Midwest Microwave Inc. of Saline, MI, US, and Midwest Microwave International Ltd, based in...
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European Satellite Interference Location Service

Responding to increased demand from commercial satellite operators and government organisations, QinetiQ is launching a European satellite interference geolocation service. This service will assist in the fight against malicious or accidental disruption to satellite communications services. Hosted in the UK and operating on a 24/7 basis the service will...
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Wireless Collaboration for ST and Nanotron

STMicroelectronics and Nanotron Technologies GmbH have announced a definitive, non-exclusive agreement under which the two companies will jointly develop complete solutions for the Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) market. These solutions offering robust communication, precision ranging and high accuracy positioning will operate on emerging low data rate (LDR) networks...
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