Articles by Microwave Journal

L-3 Communications announced that its Communication Systems-East (L-3 CS-East) division has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to design and develop the TRANSEC COMSEC Unit (TCU) for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communication system that will provide significantly improved and assured voice...

One of the Wi-Fi industry’s most closely watched stalemates received a new twist. Faced with a deadlock between two competing groups and proposals for the shape of an 802.11n protocol standard, TGn Sync and WWiSE agreed to build a combined proposal that would forge a compromise between the two...

A new 465-page report is now available from Engalco on the subject of “SATCOM Antennas — the Worldwide Industry and Market Opportunities to 2012.” This report indicates that the overall global market will grow from $887 M in 2005 to reach $6.68 B in 2010, that is an anticipated...

Bluetooth is firmly established as a short-range wireless solution for voice and data transmission, as 2005 will be the fourth consecutive year in which Bluetooth-enabled product shipments more than double, reports In-Stat. This year’s shipments are forecast to be 316 million units, a total that will rise to 866...

Industry News Microsemi Corp. and Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT) announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Microsemi to acquire APT. With this acquisition, Microsemi, a designer and manufacturer of high performance analog solutions and high reliability semiconductor solutions, expands its portfolio of analog mixed signal offering in...

Antenna Theory, Analysis and Design, Third Edition Constantine A. Balanis Wiley-Interscience 1134 pages; $118.95 ISBN: 0-471-66782-X This book’s main objective is to introduce, in a unified manner, the fundamental principles of antenna theory and to apply them to the analysis, design and measurements of antennas. It is designed to...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $52 M US Navy contract to provide engineering services for the Relocatable Over the Horizon Radar (ROTHR) program. The award is a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide continuing engineering support on the radar systems, including both hardware and software maintenance...

Denmark’s two leading defense industry companies, Terma and Systematic , have entered into a cooperation agreement to cooperate on national and international defense tasks. Consequently, the partners will bid together on Danish Army contracts, which are expected in the coming months. With the Danish market as the platform, the...

QinetiQ has secured the first phase of a contract to supply an electronic warfare (EW) system to the Australian Department of Defence. The system will be based on the company’s well-established range of EW sensor technology and hardware including the SHARK® wideband communications EW sensor and ANALYST® EW command...

Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a leading research and development, technology and innovation institution in South Africa, to consolidate global cooperation in the space market and to leverage their respective competencies and knowledge. Under the...