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Crane Aerospace & Electronics signed a long-term agreement with Esterline Advanced Sensors at the Paris Air Show. The signing occurred June 20. The long term agreement formalizes a pre-existing Memorandum of Understanding. Under the terms of the agreement, Crane will provide the fuel flow transmitter for the Rolls -...

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced it has been selected by W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. as the global distributor for its new 18 GHz GORE® PHASEFLEX® RF/microwave test assemblies. Specifically engineered for high throughput production test applications, these rugged assemblies deliver consistently precise and repeatable measurements and reduce operational...

A new report by Mobile Experts predicts an industry shift away from the 3GPP roadmap, which calls for evolution to 8x8 MIMO (Multiple Input-Multiple Output) technology. “Field testing has shown limited benefit from the simple addition of more antennas and early implementation of Multi-User MIMO” said Joe Madden, Principal...

Crane Aerospace & Electronics Power Solutions was selected by ECE , a Zodiac Aerospace company, to supply its Transformer Rectifier Units (TRU) on the Electrical Power Distribution Systems (EPDS) for the Airbus A350XWB. “We are excited to provide our high reliability, low weight and high power quality TRUs for...

Delta Microwave , a supplier of filters, filter/amplifiers, multiplexers, and integrated microwave assemblies announces their selection by NASA , Goddard Space Flight Center, to design and fabricate the Front-End Electronics (FEE) Assemblies for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Project. The FEEs are part of the GPS Navigation System that will...

Microwave Components and Systems of Northborough, MA announced the appointments of representatives for their Waveguide products. Disman-Bakner for Northern CA; RT Associates for Southern CA; SunTech Marketing for AZ, New Mexico, and NV, and Trionic Associates for NY, NJ and PA. "We want to serve our customers with competent...

Boonton , a Wireless Telecom Group company, has launched “Amplifier Test Bench,” a new software package that simplifies test and certification of RF amplifiers. Amplifier Test Bench supports analysis of pulsed and linear amplifiers; furthermore it measures gain over frequency and gain over input power. The software supports both...

Global shipments of smart meters will exceed 100 million this year and forge ahead to more than 250 million by 2016, with Europe being the main constituent of this total installed base. “Robust smart meter uptake in Europe is the result of mandates legislated by European central governments, coupled...

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced it has entered into a global distribution agreement with Kendeil S.r.l , a manufacturer of screw terminal and snap-in type aluminum electrolytic capacitors headquartered in Gallarate (VA), Italy. A high-quality manufacturer for more than 30 years, Kendeil’s extensive product offering is used in virtually all...

Freescale Semiconductor announced the new Airfast RF power solutions designed to supply the world's wireless infrastructure equipment manufacturers with RF power products that take performance and energy efficiency to new levels. The Airfast portfolio is the next generation of Freescale's RF LDMOS products engineered to deliver significant performance improvements...