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New radars for the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are being tested on the Isle of Wight, UK. With the recent completion of the ARTISAN 3D radar’s Customer Critical Design Review, BAE Systems and its partners are taking the £100 M program, which carries a 10-year support...

Alcatel-Lucent has announced it will increase the efficiency and reach of China Unicom’s 3G network in over ten provinces to meet the rapidly rising demand for mobile broadband coverage in China. This will ensure that high quality and widespread coverage are maintained for China Unicom’s customers as the number...

Texas Instruments Inc. expanded its line of high speed, ultra-low power consumption analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with eight dual-channel devices available in 12- and 14-bit resolutions at speeds from 65 to 250 MSPS. With these additions, the ADS42xx family provides the performance and bandwidth needed for 3G/LTE wireless base stations,...

AWR Corp. announced the availability of a Microwave Office™ model library for Mitsubishi Electric ’s nonlinear GaAs and GaN RF devices. The model library includes high power and low noise HEMT devices, which are commonly used in base station and DBS receivers and other radio communications equipment, given their...

Seikoh Giken USA , subsidiary of Seikoh Giken Co. Ltd., announced the release of what it calls the industry’s most accurate antenna pattern and parameter measurement solution. The Optical, Electric Field Sensor System (OEFS), provides antenna engineers with a means of obtaining precise antenna characteristics literally, with pinpoint, laser...

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced a new, two-stage broadband low noise amplifier, CHA3218-99F/00, designed by United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS). The GaAs MMIC is optimized for use in 2 to 18 GHz defense and space applications, and features 24 dB of gain while providing very low noise figure and high linearity....

Monthly Military Update: Expert Insights View in Web browser July 21, 2011 Acquire Agilent's latest application notes focused on your challenging radar and electronic warfare test applications For your high-speed digital I/O designs, signal-to-noise optimization, high-power amplifier development and wideband simulation requirements, these application notes will help you keep...

Microsemi Corp. , a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced it has acquired the millimeter-wave technology and related assets of privately held Brijot Imaging Systems Inc. Microsemi believes that its existing millimeter-wave technology, coupled with the technology just acquired, will enable Microsemi to...

Narda , an L-3 Communications company, introduced the SEM066 high performance SP6T electromechanical microwave switch that covers 2 to 18 GHz and is an excellent choice for defense applications that require broad operating bandwidth along with ruggedness and long-term reliability in the field. The Model SEM066 is a normally-open...

Microsemi Corp. , a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced that it has made a proposal to the board of directors of Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company for CAD $3.35 per share in cash. The...