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The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $153 M contract to continue full rate production of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Guidance Replacement Program (GRP). This program is a key modernization effort that will upgrade the guidance-system electronics in the Minuteman III ICBM to extend the...

Lockheed Martin has received a US Air Force contract totaling more than $112 M for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), the world’s first stealthy cruise missile. The first lot of full rate production, Lot 4, is for 288 missiles. Lockheed Martin was approved for Milestone...

Lockheed Martin has been invited to compete for the next phase of the Integrated Wireless Network (IWN). IWN will provide secure, interoperable nationwide wireless communications for federal agents and officers and allow multi-agency operations between the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and Treasury. The final contract is potentially worth...

Filtronic plc, a global designer and manufacturer of customised microwave electronic subsystems and components for the wireless telecommunications and defence industries, and RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), have signed a supply agreement for the manufacture of high volume pHEMT GaAs products on the Filtronic 6 inch processing facility based...

The Crolles2 Alliance partners, Freescale Semiconductor, Philips and STMicroelectronics, have extended the scope of their joint semiconductor research and development activities to include R&D related to wafer testing and packaging, in addition to the original development of sub 100 nm CMOS process technologies. This agreement reflects the special needs...

Chipcon Group ASA has acquired Figure 8 Wireless Inc., in an all stock transaction. The merger between Chipcon AS, the provider of low power, low data rate RFICs, and Figure 8 Wireless, a provider of ZigBee ready software and firmware, will provide a comprehensive end-to-end ZigBee platform. It will...

Intercellular Nigeria Ltd., a private telecommunications operator in Nigeria, has selected Harris Corp. to provide microwave radio links for a multi-million dollar network expansion. Taking advantage of the rapid and easy deployment of the company's family of digital PDH microwave radios, the Harris line of radio systems will enable...

Scandinavian train operator, SJ, has awarded Icomera the €11 million contract to equip its fleet with the company’s Wireless Onboard Internet Service. Under the terms of the contract Icomera will deliver its Intercity Edition for the current X2000 train type and Commuter Edition for the new X40 fleet. Significantly...

Three factors will conspire to put progress in RFID implementation on ice for the immediate future, according to ABI Research. Erik Michielsen, director of RFID and Ubiquitous Wireless at the technology analyst firm, says that “by themselves, none of the three situations is a deal-breaker, but their cumulative effect...

The ZigBee standard has arrived. Just as ABI Research forecast earlier this year, the ZigBee standard was ratified recently. ABI Research has based its ZigBee shipments and ASP forecasts on the assumption that the ZigBee ratification would take place at the end of 2004. The recent ratification by the...