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COM DEV International Ltd. , a manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, announced that it has been selected as prime contractor in an open bid process to provide a communication payload test system for Orbital Sciences Corp. . The system will perform automated RF testing on communication satellite payloads, a...

Elcoteq SE , an integrated electronics manufacturing services company with original design manufacturing capabilities in the communications technology field, has become the global manufacturing partner for Telsima, a developer of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access and DCME voice compression solutions. The company, which provides box build manufacturing for WiMAX CPEs,...

Among the various kinds of wireless communication systems, wireless LAN (WLAN) is the most popular for short-range communications, due to its high data rate. For low cost and low power implementation of a WLAN terminal, a fully integrated CMOS RF transceiver is required for which a low- or zero-IF...

Ultra-wide band (UWB) antennas are used in several applications, ranging from GPR prospecting, wireless communications, to detection for safety and non-destructive diagnostic sensing 1-2 . In particular, with regard to the specific issue of non-destructive microwave sensing, the availability of a larger band implies that it is possible to...

This project was started in order to develop a device that could detect concealed guns on people to protect police officers by allowing them to frisk a suspect at a distance. The original concept was to have the unit in a handheld, battery operated package. Other applications included the...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully completed a program of simulations, demonstrations and tests designed to provide the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program with low programmatic and technical risk. Northrop Grumman’s BAMS Head Start Program successfully completed four system-level simulations as hosted on a prototype mission control system and...

Harris Corp. unveiled the Harris Border Security Shelter, a system that links information and communications technologies used to detect illegal border crossing or other threats to national security. The shelter’s advanced technologies can help increase the flow of information and speed response times to potential threats. The Border Security...

Raytheon Technical Services Co. (RTSC) LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Co., has been awarded a five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to support the Department of Defense (DoD)’s counter-narcoterrorism activities. This multiple contractor award has an estimated ceiling value of $15 B. The scope of work across all task...

Thales-MESL Ltd., a manufacturer of microwave components for the communications and defence industries, has been acquired from Thales Holdings UK plc, a subsidiary of Thales SA, by a combination of industrial investors—Lars McBride, Anthony Smith and William Buist-Wells. In the future, the company will be known as MESL Microwave...

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom have entered a strategically important six-year managed services partnership, which covers the operation and maintenance of Deutsche Telekom’s microwave network in Germany. Through the transaction, around 200 employees will be transferred from T-Com, along with its microwave assets and related operation activities. The partnership is...