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For mm-wave experiments executed at low temperatures, it is desirable to use a stainless-steel waveguide in the refrigerator for thermal isolation and to plate the waveguide with a higher conductive metallic layer to reduce microwave attenuation. While the electroplating of metal on stainless-steel is a well-established procedure, there are...

LINC2 Filter Synthesis Software LINC2 Filter Pro version 1.14 adds a new line of space-efficient RF and microwave filters to its filter design and synthesis software. Compact, space-saving interdigital filters can now be designed in microstrip or stripline materials using LINC2 Filter Pro. These and other microstrip and stripline...

A combined US Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has successfully completed an on-orbit reconfiguration of the five-satellite Milstar constellation to maximize the system’s capabilities to provide secure, reliable and robust communications to US and Allied Forces around the globe. Orbiting the earth at over 22,000 miles in space, the Milstar...

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Co. a $304 M contract to develop advanced tracking and discrimination capabilities for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) forward-based AN/TPY-2- radar. Under the contract, Raytheon is responsible for the development and test of radar software, various engineering tasks, maintenance and support,...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $218 M Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the US Marine Corps for its next generation, JTRS-approved Falcon® III Tactical radios. Under the contract, the company received two orders totaling $158 M. Harris was chosen...

NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, has established a Reference Design Centre (RDC) with the aim of facilitating deployment and adoption of RFID technology. Based near Graz, Austria, the RDC improves the performance and reliability of existing RFID systems by thoroughly testing applications under real life...

The newly inaugurated Alcatel-Lucent University Egypt is the company’s first certified university in the Middle East and Africa and the 20 th certified training centre within Alcatel-Lucent’s global education network. Based in Cairo, the university’s mission is to deploy learning and qualification solutions that will enable customers and employees...

Freescale Semiconductor and STMicroelectronics, semiconductor suppliers to the automotive industry, have made significant progress in the areas of automotive IP development, flash technology alignment and new product definition. Since announcing their joint design initiative last year, the automotive units from both companies have focused product development efforts on a...

picoChip has joined the Femto Forum, which supports and promotes femtocell deployment worldwide by bringing together the foremost femtocell equipment vendors with the major global mobile operators assessing the technology. The Forum is a not-for-profit membership organisation aimed at promoting the uptake of femtocell technologies through open standards, market...

The WiMAX Forum“ has selected Bureau Veritas’s Advance Data Technology Corp. (ADT) in Taiwan as the first Asian certification test lab of both fixed and mobile WiMAX certification services. WiMAX is a technology that provides an alternative to cable/DSL for the ‘last mile’ as well as mobile or personal...