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Cost is a major factor driving the component choices for today’s communication systems. Low cost without sacrificing performance is key. One of the major device cost drivers has traditionally been component packaging. To help alleviate this expense, Mimix Broadband is introducing a Ku-band gallium arsenide (GaAs) power amplifier module...

Micro Lambda Wireless Inc. has just released a new line of microwave oscillators that has set a new standard for phase noise performance. Utilizing new SiGe transistor technology, oscillators are now available with unparalleled phase noise performance at 20 GHz. New production transistors have been integrated into wide band...

Product Brochure This brochure features the company’s WAVE~X products that provide flexible, low profile EMI absorption that is readily conformable and easy to install in the area to be shielded. The WAVE~X family offers a frequency range from 10 MHz to 40 GHz, good near-field attenuation and mode suppression,...

WCDMA Design Handbook Andrew Richardson Cambridge University Press • 590 pages; $100 This book addresses the subject of wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) as defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and provides a detailed review of the architecture and the operation of the system. The focus...

Lockheed Martin successfully conducted four separate flight tests of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket at White Sands Missile Range, NM, concluding the first phase of the production qualification testing requirement series for the contract. The test objectives included demonstrating the capability of the GMLRS Unitary...

Raytheon Co. Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Beale Air Force Base, CA, performed successfully in a flight test of the Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The test was conducted by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The UEWR, developed by Raytheon...

Securing the future of Northrop Grumman Corp. operations in San Bernardino, CA, the company opened its newly constructed Missile Engineering Center. Northrop Grumman’s presence in San Bernardino spans more than 43 years of critical support to the nation’s defense. With more than 230 scientists, engineers and other professionals in...

Harris Corp. announced that the US Marine Corps has awarded the company orders totaling approximately $140 M for Falcon® II AN/PRC-150(C) high frequency (HF) radios and AN/PRC-117F(C) multiband, multimission radios (MBMMR). The orders have been awarded under two previously announced contracts. Harris will supply its AN/PRC-150(C) manpack and AN/VRC-104(V)...

The ZigBee™ Alliance, the industry association promoting the growth of a global, open standard for wireless control of devices, has admitted Siemens at the highest level of membership — Promoter level. As a result the company joins BM Group, Ember Corp., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Honeywell, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola, Philips,...

BAE Systems has signed a partnership agreement with Hellenic Aerospace Industry SA (HAI) of Greece, under which the two companies will examine potential areas of co-operation in both the Greek domestic and export markets. The new agreement commits the two companies to establishing a joint working group to examine...