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BAE Systems and Kongsberg Protech Systems have signed a teaming agreement to sell and support Kongsberg’s Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) in Australia. Kongsberg is a market leader in Remote Weapon Stations development and production with more than 10,000 systems sold with deployment in 16 countries, including on the Australian...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced an interference analyzer option for its FieldFox RF Analyzer, an integrated RF handheld for wireless installation and maintenance (I&M). The company also introduced new spectrum analyzer features. FieldFox's speed, 1.5 updates per second, is the world's fastest in the commonly used 20 MHz span and...

Anritsu Co. introduces the BTS Master MT8221B, a high-performance handheld base station analyzer that has been specifically developed to support emerging 4G standards as well as installed 2G/3G networks. The MT8221B’s platform provides a 20 MHz demodulation capability to measure technologies such as LTE and WiMAX, and a 30...

Wireless operators will spend about $3.3 B building Long Term Evolution (LTE) base stations in 2011, according to the most recent study of LTE from ABI Research. That expenditure will have purchased some 142,000 base stations worldwide. LTE base station equipment spending is expected to rise sharply between 2011...

SUSS MicroTec , a supplier of process and test solutions for microstructuring applications in semiconductor and related markets, has announced a new structure for sales in Asia based in Singapore. The restructuring establishes the sales office in Bangkok, Thailand, which administers sales and service for lithography and wafer bonder...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced four new oscilloscope probe positioners. The N278xA Series probe positioners provide quick and stable probe positioning for making measurements on PC boards and other devices that require hands-free probing. Unlike other probe positioners that require multiple adjustments to lock the probe holder into position, the...

TestBench July 2009 A 10W GaN device from Cree achieved 81%record efficiencies using an active harmonic load-pull system. De-embedding the package and extrinsic device parasitics from measured waveforms allowed designers to establish the exact waveforms for optimum performance. Read more>

3M and SUSS MicroTec have agreed to expand access to 3M Wafer Support System (WSS) equipment for temporary wafer bonding of ultra-thin wafers required for 3-D packaging. As part of this non-exclusive agreement, SUSS MicroTec becomes an authorized equipment supplier for the 3M WSS and will manufacture and sell...