GaAs MMIC receiver and transmitter chips are unveiled
Sep 26, 2007
Mimix Broadband, Inc. has introduced surface mount technology (SMT) packaged, gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) receiver and transmitter devices that cover the 10 to 18 GHz spectrum. ...
A $11 million award for manufacture of quiet tactical generators
Sep 26, 2007
DRS Technologies, Inc. has received an $11 million contract from the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey to manufacture Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG). ...
Defense contract awards total $13.5 million for repair of twystrons
Sep 26, 2007
Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) has received two defense contract awards totaling up to $13.5 million, including a $9.7 million award to support a radar system and a $3.8 million award to support an airborne towed decoy system. ...
WIN-T program receives a billion-dollar boost
Sep 26, 2007
The U.S. Army has awarded the General Dynamics-Lockheed Martin Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) team contract modifications valued at up to $921 million to continue development of the system and accelerate delivery.
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Hypersonic engine readied for Mach 6 flight tests
Sep 26, 2007
Aerojet recently completed ground testing of an advanced flight-weight combustor for the Dual Combustion Ramjet engine (DCR) on the DARPA/Navy/Boeing HyFly (Hypersonic Flight) program. ...
Senate panel asks the U.S. Army to push up date for deploying UAV
Sep 26, 2007
The U.S. Senate appropriations committee has asked the U.S. Army to begin fielding the Fire Scout, its helicopter-like, vertical-takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as early as next year. ...
PXI products record and playback at 600 megabytes per second
Sep 12, 2007
Engineers can use the newest National Instruments PXI products to sustain higher data streaming rates than ever before possible with an industry-standard test and measurement platform. ...
High-performance LVDS 4x4 crosspoint switch is introduced
Sep 12, 2007
A new low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) 4 x 4 crosspoint switch from National Semiconductor Corporation delivers what is said to be the industry's best jitter performance — 10 picoseconds, typical — at data transmission rates up to 3.125 Gb/S. ...
Contract valued at $462 million awarded for the U.S. Army RC-12 Guardrail fleet modernization
Sep 12, 2007
Northrop Grumman Corporation, the prime contractor for the U.S. Army's RC-12 Guardrail aircraft fleet, has been awarded a Guardrail Modernization system integration contract for upgrading and enhancing the system, that will extend Guardrail's operational life beyond 2020.
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SDR Forum appeals to the FCC
Sep 12, 2007
The SDR Forum has submitted a Petition for Reconsideration in response to the FCC's recent Memorandum Opinion and Order entitled "Facilitating Opportunities for Flexible, Efficient and Radio Spectrum Use Employing Cognitive Radio Technologies, ET Docket No. 03-108, Memorandum Opinion and Order, released April 25, 2007".
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Software company to support new quad-core processor platform
Sep 12, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Virtual Iron Software, a provider of enterprise-class server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management software, has announced that it will support the latest Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300 series platforms. ...
Airborne laser program may engage ground, as well as air targets
Sep 12, 2007
Airborne Laser (ABL), a U.S. Air Force program aimed at destroying enemy ballistic missiles as they rise off their launch pads, could be deployed against conventional aircraft and even ground targets, according to prime contractor Boeing.
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Spectrum analyzer covers 20 Hz to 67 GHz in a single sweep
Aug 30, 2007
By Ashok Bindra, Editor, RF Design Continuing to add more members to its high performance product portfolio, instrumentation supplier Rohde & Schwarz has further extended the range of its broadband spectrum analyzer. ...
Tiny digital radio suits MAV payloads
Aug 23, 2007
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design FreeWave’s MM2 900 digital data radio provides a high-bandwidth link in a form factor that is well suited for use in micro-aerial vehicles and other unmanned aerospace applications. ...
ADC delivers 16-bit performance for military applications
Aug 23, 2007
The ADS-939 sampling ADC from C&D Technologies is a fully integrated data acquisition system that gives true 16-bit resolution performance at a 10 MHz sampling rate over the entire operating temperature range, up to full military. ...
Touch-screen technology enhances FAA security
Aug 23, 2007
Northrop Grumman has delivered TouchTable technology to the Federal Aviation Administration that will help the FAA to quickly mitigate and respond to cyber security threats to the FAA network. ...
Radio test set series adds trunking feature
Aug 22, 2007
Aeroflex has announced an exclusive new option for their 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set to support P25 Trunking. ...
A family of rugged military electronic enclosures
Aug 22, 2007
Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions has introduced its 709 Series of air-cooled rugged electronic enclosures designed to house computer cards in the harsh environments of shipboard and land-based military applications. ...
