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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...

Harris Corp. announced that it is the first company to successfully uplink to a Milstar satellite using an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal prototype system. This milestone follows the company’s announcement last month that it was the first to acquire and track low- and medium-data-rate waveforms...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Low labor costs and a fast-growing domestic market will spur China’s consumer electronics manufacturing industry to more than double by 2010, reports In-Stat. The industry will grow from $71.5 B in 2006 to $167 B by 2010, the high-tech market research firm says. China’s mature supply chain, a skilled...

Wi-Fi and active radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies are locked in a long battle to capture the burgeoning market in healthcare asset tracking, according to a new study by ABI Research. With less than five percent of North American healthcare facilities currently equipped with asset-management systems, this market, says...

Survey data collected from US customers in the past year reveals how the growth potential of global wireless markets is being seriously underestimated. Aside from the US, markets with a high percentage of prepaid services also contribute to this misjudgment. The term that has caused the most confusion is...