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While work is ongoing on GaN and SiC technologies, Strategy Analytics predicts that GaAs will continue to represent the primary compound semiconductor technology for defense markets through 2014. The focus for GaAs MMIC utilization in the military market is on communications, RADAR and smart munitions; Strategy Analytics expects the...

Representing a growing market for communications electronics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will be the fastest growing category of airborne platforms. The Strategy Analytics Advanced Defense Services (ADS) forecast model, "Airborne Communications Platforms - Advanced Electronics Component Forecast," concludes that with the number of airborne platforms growing and increasingly sophisticated...

A new inventory management system developed by TASC Inc. for the US Navy will allow Naval warehousing facilities to automatically count and locate RFID-tagged inventory in real time. The software platform integrates a radio frequency identification (RFID) system with an inventory management system. "Good asset management is essential to...

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Co. announced that they are partnering to pursue the US Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract. Together, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon develop, produce and sustain interceptor weapon systems for missile defense. As strategic partners for GMD Development and Sustainment, the...

Harris Corp. has been selected to provide the ground antenna system for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program that will enable receipt and processing of weather data 40 times faster than today, as well as delivery of weather images directly to end users. Under the 10-year, $130...

A Future Air System for Europe (FAS4Europe) study titled, "The Future of the European Military Aerospace Defence Technological Industrial Base (DTIB)—MilAerospace 2035+," will consider the industrial and technological base of future European military aerospace. Led by Saab, the one-year study will identify and propose the collaborative actions governments need...

The UK is set to benefit from a new generation of wireless services and improved mobile broadband coverage under new government plans to revolutionise the countryís digital infrastructure. The programme of measures for radio spectrum modernisation will allow mobile operators to deliver the latest technologies to consumers and extend...

The largest research project in Europe to research and develop highly integrated electronic system-in-package solutions has been launched. Working together on the Efficient Silicon Multi-Chip System-in-Package Integration (ESiP) project are 40 microelectronics companies and research institutions from a total of nine European countries, with the aim of making miniaturized...

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance and the TM Forum have signed a co-operation agreement to work together on optimized management systems and operations of the next generation of mobile networks. The co-operation between the two organizations will facilitate the delivery of solutions that directly address the operator...

Governments in Asia have been strongly advocating RFID in all its forms—from passive RFID tags to tags with a battery or energy harvester that can be used to create Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), including mesh networks. China will eventually become the biggest market for RFID. Indicators of this are...