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INDUSTRY NEWS Smiths Group announced that it has acquired the business and assets of Lorch Microwave LLC , adding microwave filter technology to its electronic components and subsystems Interconnect business. Smiths Group has acquired the business for $25 M from undisclosed private vendors, including $1 M payable after July...

Demand for higher data rates and greater mobility in satellite communications is driving the need for smaller, lighter, more efficient and less costly power amplifiers. Using its patented spatial power combining, Wavestream has introduced a 25 W P1dB Ku-band power amplifier that draws under 200 W DC and fits...

Following their recent contract win for development of the WiMAX Forum's 802.16e protocol conformance test solution, Aeroflex and Cetecom Spain have now outlined the roadmap for the product's planned development and introduction. Initial discussions with prospective technology partners are underway, all of whom will benefit from early access to...

United States military forces stationed in Iraq will soon utilize surveillance technology and methods adapted from those used by police departments to track and investigate gang activity. Lockheed Martin, in conjunction with Chicago and Los Angeles police departments, is employing counter-insurgency (COIN) surveillance technology to support urban operations conducted...

Two military communication leaders, Raytheon Co. and ITT, are collaborating on two new, highly affordable software communication systems, the Microlight-3G and the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Advanced Improvement Program-enhanced (SINCGARS ASIP-E). The new products share common modules, waveform capabilities and operating environments. Pre-production units for user evaluation...

As part of the Advanced Radar Targeting System (ARTS) programme, the UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to QinetiQ to demonstrate the advanced targeting capability offered by Electronically Scanned (E-Scan) radar technology. The company has teamed with SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems and BAE Systems Customer Solutions...

The EADS Defence and Security Systems (DS) Division has been reorganised in order to further promote integration and increase efficiency, with the aim being for the Division to focus more intensively on its national customers and markets. In the new structure, there will be a balance between national tasks...

In a development that claims to bring UWB closer to mainstream use, NEC Corp. has announced that it has succeeded in developing the world’s first reliable signal creation and processing technology in the wireless 3 to 9 GHz wide bandwidth range, enabling high speed wireless transmission of data from...

The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) survey — 3G/WCDMA-HSDPA Devices Variety and Availability — confirms that the number of 3G/WCDMA devices announced in the market has reached 315, an increase of 129 products over the previous half-year period. The rapidly increasing variety, competitiveness and availability of user devices are...

Cadence Design Systems Inc. and the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET) have successfully completed a three-year joint curriculum development project to provide engineering students with the skills and knowledge to work for international technology companies in Russia. However, its benefits will continue to be reaped, as the two-year...