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Lockheed Martin successfully identified and tracked four live targets during a test of its Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP) being fielded as part of the Aegis next-generation Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability. The MMSP is part of the Navy's Advanced Capability Build 12 system, intended to help combine next-generation Aegis...

The Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) of South Korea and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This renewal confirms the willingness of two major standards development organizations to continue to share their work and expertise in order to contribute to the development of...

Astrium Services is launching its military and government advanced Ka-band test-bed in cooperation with Avanti Communications, who will be providing the satellite bandwidth. Astrium Services has entered into a pioneering agreement with Avanti Communications to use transponder capacity for Ka-band tests on the soon to be launched Hylas 1...

The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published an update to its Evolution to LTE report, which confirms that 101 firm LTE network deployments are in progress or planned in 41 countries. The GSA Evolution to LTE Report covers both LTE FDD and LTE TDD modes and divulges that...

Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space announced the official start of the Göktürk observation satellite system for the Turkish Ministry of Defence. The original contract was signed by Telespazio and the Turkish Defence Ministry in 2009, and the programme now officially enters the design and construction phase, with the satellite...

The GaAs market staged a strong recovery toward the end of a tumultuous 2009 as a result of positive trends in wireless markets. The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (GaAs) service report, "GaAs Industry Forecast 2009-2014," calculates that despite a recession, GaAs industry revenues managed to escape...

Digital radio has just begun to see consumer adoption in the US and Western Europe. By the end of 2010, about four million digital radios using iBiquity's proprietary HD Radio technology will have shipped in the US. In Europe (led by Britain) governments have chosen the DAB standard and...

While microwave and millimeter-wave high-power vacuum electron devices (VED) remain "below the radar" of many industry observers, the total available market (TAM) for this segment is over $1 B. The size of this market continues to surprise everyone and its longevity and firm resistance to RF power semiconductor encroachment...

TiaLinx Inc., a developer of miniaturized mm-wave radars with integrated radio and antenna arrays, recently announced the launch of the Eagle45-W, a hands-free precision Sense-Through-The-Wall Imager. The lightweight, ultra-wideband (UWB), multi-Gigahertz RF imager requires only limited use of hands and is operated through a miniaturized display. Through the software...

Industry News Roger W. Sudbury , a longtime MIT Lincoln Laboratory staff member and dedicated IEEE volunteer, passed away on August 22, 2010. Joining Lincoln Labs in 1969 as a technical staff member researching solid-state devices for modern radars, he went on to become the Laboratory’s executive officer, serving...