JTRS Cluster 1 contract may be cancelled
May 24, 2005
Steve Grossman, Editor Defense Department officials may cancel a contract with Boeing for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Cluster 1 program. ...
Switches and attenuators exhibit low loss and wideband performance
May 11, 2005
Hittite Microwave Corporation has introduced a broadband GaAs MMIC SPDT switch and a GaAs MMIC voltage variable attenuator that are ideal for fiber-optic, microwave radio and military applications from dc to 20 GHz.
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Oscilloscopes offer color at approximately 20% lower cost
May 11, 2005
Agilent Technologies has introduced four portable, digital storage oscilloscopes (DSOs) for approximately 20% less than equivalent products with comparable quality, performance and features. ...
More MILES 2000 training systems headed toward Fort Polk
May 11, 2005
Cubic Corporation has won a $16 million contract to provide additional multiple integrated laser engagement systems, also known as the MILES 2000, to U.S. Army troops at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), a U.S. Army’s training center for light infantry and special operations units, at Fort Polk, La.
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Risk-reduction test of SBIRS high satellite is complete
May 11, 2005
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a crucial "jitter" test of the Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite, an important step in meeting the critical performance requirements of the nation's next-generation missile warning system.
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India launches CARTOSAT-1, a remote-sensing satellite
May 11, 2005
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) reports that CARTOSAT-1, India's latest remote-sensing satellite, was launched on board ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C6, on May 5. ...
8.7 GHz to 10.7 GHz GaAs MMIC delivers 10 watts
Apr 26, 2005
Mimix Broadband Inc. has introduced a gallium-arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) two-stage, single-ended, X band amplifier, which includes an on-chip gate bias circuit to simplify biasing. ...
PC band IF signal analysis system debuts
Apr 26, 2005
ICS (Interactive Circuits and Systems) Ltd. of Ottawa, Canada has introduced its SignIFy, a portable, high-performance, low-cost intermediate frequency (IF) signal analysis system.
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U.S. Air Force to fund electronically scanned antenna array modules
Apr 26, 2005
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a small business innovative research (SBIR) Phase I to TiaLinx Inc. to address the feasibility of an integrated, wafer-scale antenna module (WSAM) technology. ...
Tiny integrated color sensor is unveiled
Apr 26, 2005
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced what is said to be the industry's smallest CMOS color sensor at 5 mm x 5 mm x 1 mm. ...
High-altitude airship propulsion motor
Apr 26, 2005
AeroVironment Inc. has developed a 40-plus kilowatt, ironless-core electric motor prototype as part of Lockheed Martin’s high altitude airship (HAA) development contract with the Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency (MDA). ...
Industry team readies gallium nitride RF semiconductor technology for new defense frontiers
Apr 26, 2005
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPAA) has awarded a team, led by Raytheon, as prime contractor, and Cree, as subcontractor, the task of developing next-generation, gallium-nitride (GaN) semiconductors for military and commercial products. ...
Cluster 1 JTRS radio hardware--filling in some blanks
Apr 26, 2005
Steve Grossman, Electronic Defense News & Analysis As we reported in the last issue of Defense Electronics News & Analysis, the U.S. Army halted production of Cluster 1 JTRS radio hardware in January. ...
