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Applied Radar Inc. has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop a “Wideband Subarray Digital Receiver/Exciter (DREX).” This contract builds upon Applied Radar’s on-going work with the MDA on radar receiver/exciter technology, and greatly expands the...

Femtocells are now attracting consumers’ attention. Their initial use-case has been to enhance indoor cellular coverage, but it is now clear that their potential utility is much wider. It is based on “femtozone services” that use key attributes such as location and presence to trigger innovative applications residing on...

SRC Inc. , formerly Syracuse Research Corp., recently received two contract awards with a total potential value of up to $12.3 M for its Foliage Penetrating, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER), a revolutionary airborne radar system that penetrates through foliage to track people and vehicles on the...

Growth equity investor Summit Partners announced an investment for a minority stake in M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. , a supplier of semiconductors, active and passive components, and sub-assemblies for use in radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave applications. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. M/A-COM Tech provides...

MET Laboratories has acquired the assets and operations of the Dell Austin, Texas Regulatory Test Laboratory. The former Dell regulatory facility is a well-equipped and staffed lab that performs Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Product Safety Testing to regulatory standards. Official transfer of the operation occurred on January 5, 2011....

Rogers Corp. will be showing off some of its latest materials as well as a free design program at this year’s DesignCon® 2011 exhibition (Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, February 1-2, 2011). DesignCon, the first major electronics industry event of the year, is a key forum for...

Based on independent product testing, the PowerSmart power platforms achieved HSPA+ 4G data upload speeds while drawing approximately 15% less current than competitive solutions. Product qualification tests, which are routinely performed to evaluate each new cellular product’s front end, transceiver and baseband, are currently being conducted in support of...

San Jose, Calif. (January 10, 2011) – The MOS-AK/GSA Modeling Working Group, a global compact modeling standardization forum, held its annual winter workshop on December 8, 2010 in San Francisco, California. More than 50 international academic researchers and modeling engineers attended 11 technical compact modeling presentations. The workshop was...

The US Defense Budget is defined as our blueprint for implementing our National Security Strategy and our military’s response to the complex threats the United States faces today around the world, and our plans to face evolving threats in the future. Indeed, we all know our troops, with their...

Cassidian and Atlas Elektronik have completed the merger of their subsidiaries – Sofrelog and Atlas Maritime Security . The new company, named Signalis , started operating under that name in January 2011. The company, co-owned by Cassidian (60 percent) and Atlas Elektronik (40 percent), will have two Managing Directors:...