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Addressing the French Senate Defence Commission, the President of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD), Åke Svensson, set out the industry’s vision for the future in terms of defence and security industrial activities in Europe. He underlined the aerospace and defence industry’s high content of cutting-edge...

To employ its wireless communications expertise to improve vehicle communication and safety by promoting mobility and services, Wavecom S.A. has become a member of the MOV’EO competitiveness hub. The hub groups together a number of French players in the transport and automotive sectors for promoting economic and industrial development....

Danish defence company Terma and the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) of the Netherlands have signed a cooperation agreement within the framework of establishing a European Electronic Warfare Competence Centre. The company’s decision to establish the centre is based on more than 20 years of close relations and cooperation with...

Price and size constraints have limited the use of automotive radar systems to higher-end, luxury vehicles. That is set to change with Infineon Technologies’ announcement of a new family of radar system ICs (RASIC™), which could bring long- and medium-range automotive radar to mid-range cars as soon as mid-2010....

According to a new report recently released by Engalco, the merchant market for silicon-based RFICs is set to grow rapidly from a global total of around $12 B in 2006 to exceed $29 B by 2014. “The RFIC Report” focuses on the following commercial applications: Active RFID, Bluetooth, cell...

Semiconductor manufacturing in Asia has been increasing at an impressive pace and that trend will continue for at least the next several years, reports In-Stat. Asian semiconductor-manufacturing capacity will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 10.8 percent from 2006 to 2011, the high-tech market research firm says....

Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology has become a standard part of business networks, and portable computers with Wi-Fi and inexpensive wireless routers have made connectivity even more pervasive outside of the business premises, reports In-Stat. These trends, and growth in the Wi-Fi phone market, pose key security challenges for IT...

Mobile video messaging services are at the center of the technology convergence that is helping mobile customers realize greater levels of self-expression and on-line community participation. This according to Dan Shey, principal analyst at ABI Research. “Mobile video messaging is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the convergence of...

Industry News Dielectric Communications , a division of SPX and a developer of broadcast antenna systems, announced that the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will present the company with a Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award at an awards ceremony during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in...

Today’s handsets have to meet tough technical requirements. Mobile phones have to deal with an ever-increasing number of services, while at the same time the cost of the systems is being reduced. R&D in the mobile phone industry copes with this situation by continuously improving the mobile phone efficiency...