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The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a €100 M framework contract with OHB-System AG of Germany to develop a European Small Geostationary Satellite platform for telecommunication missions. With this initiative, ESA is supporting European industry in broadening the product portfolio range on offer to the commercial telecommunication satellite...

The US Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted another successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system, intercepting a unitary target in THAAD second flight test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, HI. This hit-to-kill intercept demonstrated THAAD’s precision against...

Raytheon Co. received approval of its environmental assessment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for precision placement of two National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System (NPOESS) SafetyNet&trede;data-receipt antennae at the McMurdo Bay research station in Antarctica. This milestone will enable construction to begin on the NPOESS antennae or receptor...

The US Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a contract valued at $256.6 M to develop its new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which consolidates the missions of five Marine Corps radars into a multi-role radar system. The contract scope of work during this first program phase includes...

Harris Corp. has completed the formal testing of its Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal prototype system two weeks ahead of schedule. The company’s completion of the prototype test represents yet another success in a series of milestone achievements for Harris, which is competing for the $1...

Aloha! Hawai'i welcomes all participants of the 2007 International Microwave Symposium (IMS). The traditional Hawaiian greeting of aloha is often accompanied with song (mele) and dance (hula) and the adornment of fragrant garlands of flowers (lei). However, aloha is more than just a salutation; it embodies the essence of...

This year there will be an exchange of cultures as East meets West when the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) and Exhibition is held in Honolulu, HI. The technical program continues to be the largest microwave meeting in the world with seven parallel sessions plus the usual panel...

E Komo Mai (Welcome) to Honolulu, HI, this year’s host city of what is widely regarded as the most prestigious microwave industry gathering in the world: the 2007 International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2007). IMS 2007 is the largest international conference devoted to the research, development, and application of RF...

David Vye joins the staff at Microwave Journal as technical editor and business development manager. Vye was formerly a product-marketing manager with Ansoft Corp., responsible for high frequency circuit/system design tools and technical marketing communications. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, with a...

Tyco Electronics announced a strategic alliance with OATSystems to provide a series of radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions to a variety of vertical markets that include aerospace and defense, transportation and industrial segments. “Customers are looking for RFID system solutions that eliminate the tedious and risky integration that comes...