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Workshops & Courses Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications Topics : This workshop seeks to provide a forum for innovative work in the area of power amplifiers, including requirements for and accomplishments in amplifiers for both handsets and base stations. For more information, visit http://PAWorkshop.ucsd.edu. Site : San Diego, CA...

The Australian and Danish defence contractors, Tenix Defence and Terma, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration in Australia and elsewhere. The first result of the MoU is a teaming agreement for the Royal Australian Air Force Project AIR5416 - ECHIDNA, for which the Tenix/Terma team...

News From Washington Lockheed Martin Successfully Fires LOSAT Guided Missile The Line-of-sight Antitank (LOSAT) system developed by Lockheed Martin successfully completed engineering development flight test-1 (EDF-1) at White Sands Missile range, NM. The LOSAT system fired a kinetic energy missile (KEM) more than three kilometers down range and intercepted...

In Brazil, Siemens is setting up a GSM/EDGE mobile radio network for Telecom Americas. The company is delivering transmit and receive stations as well as microwave systems for the GSM1800 network and is equipping them with EDGE technology. The order encompasses the GSM mobile network around the metropolis of...

International Report International Cooperation is Set to Raise Standards Within the framework of the @LIS programme, the European Commission has signed a 3.8 M contract with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for the promotion of cooperation between Europe and Latin America in the standardisation field. The main objectives...

The Line-of-sight Antitank (LOSAT) system developed by Lockheed Martin successfully completed engineering development flight test-1 (EDF-1) at White Sands Missile range, NM. The LOSAT system fired a kinetic energy missile (KEM) more than three kilometers down range and intercepted a M-60 tank that was used as a target. Throughout...

The Commercial Market IEEE P802.15.3 Standard Gains Sponsor Ballot Approval The IEEE P802.15.3 standard for high rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN), designed specifically for consumer electronic and portable multimedia devices, has completed IEEE 802.15 working group and sponsor ballot approval. One approval step remains within the consensus process...

The US Navy, working with system developer ScenPro Inc. of Richardson, TX, is using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology from Texas Instruments to more efficiently track the status and location of hundreds of wounded soldiers and airmen, prisoners of war, refugees and others arriving for treatment at Fleet Hospital...

Electromagnetics Explained: A Handbook for Wireless/RF, EMC and High Speed Electronics Ron Schmitt Elsevier Science 359 pages; $34.99 ISBN: 0-7506 7403-2 This book is mainly intended as an introductory guide and reference for engineers and students who need to apply the concepts of electromagnetics to real-world problems in electrical...

The Northrop Grumman Corp., Boeing and Raytheon Multi-sensor Command and Control Aircraft (MC2A) team has received a pre-system development and demonstration contract, with a total value of $215 M for weapon system integration (WSI) of the US Air Force's new E-10A aircraft. "The next generation of Air Force airborne...