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Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has received orders from the US Marine Corps totaling $21 M for additional Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radios, vehicular amplifier adapters and other accessories. The Marine Corps will acquire the systems as part of its accelerating transition to high-speed,...
Lockheed Martin announced that the Lockheed Martin-Raytheon team competing for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract has received the final request for proposal from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA). MDA issued the request for proposal December 2, with a submission due date of January 28....
The US Navy awarded Raytheon Co. $240 M for production and delivery of critical components of the Aegis weapons system for the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will provide production, engineering and support services for four ship sets of the AN/SPY-1D(V)...
Ministers in charge of space activities representing the Member States of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union who convened in Brussels for the Seventh Space Council unanimously endorsed a resolution that called for the necessary actions to deliver a space strategy that would enable economic growth,...
The number of LTE connections in Asia Pacific will exceed 120 million by 2015, according to the latest data released by Wireless Intelligence. This aggressive growth will be spearheaded by China with the country expected to account for nearly half (57.9 million) of the total number of LTE connections...
The Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Association and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in the area of Digital Mobile Radio and to work together for their mutual benefit. The letter of intent—signed by Dr. Walter Weigel, ETSI’s Director General, and by...
The UK’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) have launched a £2 M funding competition to stimulate innovation across the space industry. The Feasibility Studies for Innovation in Space funding competition aims to accelerate the development of new innovative commercial opportunities in the...
Rapid Chinese TD-SCDMA rollouts and the often-maligned GSM/GPRS/EDGE equipment markets have benefited the base station RF power amplifier and RF power device markets. GSM/GPRS/EDGE RFPAs and devices are still shipping in the millions. The Asia-Pacific region is presently accounting for more than 50 percent of the RF power semiconductor...
While LTE is destined to become the dominant wireless airlink, several formidable challenges will make its widespread adoption slower than many expect. For starters, spectrum has to be cleared, licensed and either allocated or sold off before LTE takes hold. As every country has its own telecommunications regulations, these...
Capital expenditure on mobile backhaul varies greatly by region and by technology. While most countries face similar current or future struggles to reduce network congestion, the solutions being adopted differ according to existing infrastructure, network generations, and government mandates and incentives. One major division is whether to use optic...
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