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The European Defence Agency (EDA) has selected an Astrium and EADS Defence & Security (DS) consortium to lead a six-month study to demonstrate that by using satellite communications it is feasible to integrate UAVs into civil airspace. DS has more than 30 years of expertise in UAVs, and Astrium,...

SUSS MicroTec has sold its Test Systems Division, located in Sacka near Dresden, Germany, together with other related assets to Cascade Microtech Inc. , a leader in the precise electrical measurement and test of integrated circuits. The purchase price for the SUSS MicroTec Test Systems GmbH, which is subject...

Anritsu Corp. has announced its ME7873L LTE RF Conformance Test System as the first in the world to achieve European Radio equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) approval for its test functions for next-generation LTE devices. The R&TTE directive is an ETSI standard assuring that the radio transmitter and...

Roke Manor Research Ltd. has launched its LTE MAC Scheduler for base stations, enabling vendors developing LTE equipment to integrate the company's smart technology to optimize network performance, enhance user experience and reduce service delivery costs for mobile network operators. The company has developed mobile communication technology for Siemens...

ANADIGICS Inc. announced the latest version of its highly successful dual-band CDMA power amplifiers (PA) – the AWC6323 – designed for today’s most advanced CDMA handsets and data cards for the world’s leading wireless providers. For the first time, high performance directional couplers have been integrated into a dual-band...

A joint US Air Force/Lockheed Martin-led team announced that it has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, one of the most significant program milestones that validates spacecraft performance in a simulated space environment. The US Air Force’s SBIRS program...

Raytheon Co. has received Foreign Military Sales contract awards totaling $1.1 B to fund new production of the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for Taiwan. The awards include ground-system hardware through an initial contract valued at $965.6 M and an initial spares contract valued at $134.4 M....

The nation’s fleet of B-2 stealth bombers will all receive a new Northrop Grumman Corp.-developed radar system following the US Air Force’s decision to authorize full-rate production of the units by the company’s Radar Modernization Program (RMP). The decision, made by the assistant Secretary of the Air Force for...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has received a $228 M order from the US Marine Corps to provide Falcon II AN/VRC-104 high-frequency radio systems for use in US Department of Defense (DoD) MRAP-All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV). The contract was awarded by the US Marine Corps–Systems...