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White Mountain Labs , a leader in test and characterization of advanced technologies, announced the addition of its new Automated Test Equipment (ATE) business segment, ClearTest ATE Services. Offering an experienced, test-engineering staff, along with expert development systems, ClearTest ATE Services will provide semiconductor manufacturers with complete test engineering...

TRAK Microwave Corp. was selected as a key supplier for BAE ’s AN\ALR-56M Radar Warning Receiver Program. This program will provide a new fleet of US Air Force and US Marine Corps C-130J radar warning receiver systems. TRAK will supply high performance frequency sources used in the microwave subsystem...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. , a provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions, is deploying Ceragon’s FibeAir IP-MAX wireless radios to provide continuous communications of mission essential data for use during tropical storms and major hurricane events. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Ceragon's wireless solution was chosen by Deep South...

Akon Inc. , San Jose, CA, has received contracts totaling over $2 M from the Government of India's research organizations DARE and DLRL, for microwave integrated subsystems and assemblies such as 0.5 to 18 GHz synthesizers, 6 to 18 GHz downconverters and LO assemblies, and 0.5 to 40 GHz...

L-3 Communications announced that its Government Services Inc. (L-3 GSI) subsidiary has been awarded a five-year $74.7 M Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract by the Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) to provide support for the Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships' PMS 325F in the area of counter-narcotics and boat...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Micro Systems Inc. , Ft. Walton Beach, FL, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.8 M to develop and build a Radar Environment Simulator (RES) for an international customer. Wayne Armstrong, general manager of Micro Systems, commented, "This...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received a $1.7 M contract from Raytheon for the production of the Integrated Radio Frequency Assembly (IRA) used in the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS) UHF radio. The EPLRS radio provides a robust, on-the-move,...

Introduction From the early 70’s, solid-state pulsed transmitters for primary and secondary radars (IFF-SSR) and also for communications systems (JTIDS) [1], have used silicon bipolar transistors. With such kind of devices, the common working operation mode was class C for optimizing the overall system efficiency and, consequently, reducing the...

The resonant frequency of every quartz crystal is affected by acceleration forces. The nature of the effect depends on the type of force that is being applied. Changes in the static gravitational force being experienced such as tilting or rotation will cause a step offset in frequency. Time dependent...

Anaren Inc. has received a contract valued in excess of $11 M from Northrop Grumman Corp. , Baltimore, MD, for Integrated Ferrite Assemblies used in the S-band radar which is part of the Mission Equipment for the Cobra Judy Replacement Program. The Cobra Judy Replacement Program is for long–loiter...