Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

Industry News RF Industries Ltd. announced that it acquired, for cash and equity consideration valued at approximately $700,000, the assets of RadioMobile Inc. , a privately held San Diego, California-based supplier and system integrator of custom wireless data and transceiver products. Radio Mobile revenue exceeds $700,000 since January 2007....

WiMAX Poster and Brochure Agilent now has available a new poster and brochure. The wall poster is designed as a reference tool to help engineers understand the evolving communication standard by describing detail and contrasting fixed and mobile WiMAX technologies. The eight-page full-color brochure describes Agilent’s portfolio of design...

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...

Many end-users, ranging from cellular infrastructure OEMs to the military, will continue to purchase various types of discrete RF/microwave diodes and transistors. For several applications, hybrid circuits implementing discrete RF devices, as opposed to MMICs or RFICs, offer economically and technically attractive tailored solutions—occasionally even for modules destined for...

Although an official definition of wireless 4G technology will not be released until the 2008/2009 timeframe in the form of the ITU’s IMT-Advanced requirements, there are already clear contenders for the designation, reports In-Stat. The primary 4G technologies of the future are expected to be Long Term Evolution (LTE),...

The cellular M2M market will be impacted by the growing momentum behind the deployment of WiMAX as a next-generation WWAN communications technology. WiMAX is even more spectrally efficient and cost-effective to operate in carrier networks when compared with W-CDMA and CDMA EV-DO, making WiMAX very suitable for low data...

Industry News RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, and Sirenza Microdevices , a supplier of radio frequency (RF) components, announced they have signed a definitive merger agreement. Under the terms...

Handheld Cable and Antenna Tester This handheld, easy-to-use, battery-operated cable and antenna tester is designed for field engineers and technicians. The Agilent N9330A is a cost-effective test instrument that provides optimized usability and basic performance. Covering 25 MHz to 4 GHz, this instrument is an ideal choice for installation...