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The tri-mode seeker and guidance software that represent the “eyes and brains” of the Lockheed Martin Joint Common Missile (JCM) reached a significant milestone in passing subsystem Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) recently. “The tri-mode seeker is really what distinguishes JCM from the eight missiles it will be replacing,” said...

As part of a management buy out, Infineon Technologies has transferred its activities in the area of RFID software solutions to RF-iT Solutions GmbH. This means that patents, trademarks, licenses, development hardware and software, as well as current customer projects and RFID demonstration applications have been transferred to RF-iT...

Alcatel has announced that it will inaugurate a new Research & Development Centre in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province in Western China, by the end of 2005. Located inside the Chengdu High-Tech Park, an area dedicated to advanced IT and telecom technology development, the Centre will be...

NEC Corp. and its 3G partner Siemens Communications are assisting Hutchison 3G Ireland (trading as 3 Ireland) in deploying its W-CDMA/UMTS 3G network. As the supplier of 3 Ireland’s W-CDMA/UMTS radio access network (UTRAN), the contract includes the delivery of a full complement of Node-B radio base stations and...

QinetiQ and the Verhaert Group of Belgium have announced the acquisition by QinetiQ of a 90 percent share of Verhaert Design and Development NV (VDD), the leading Belgian space systems integrator, with the option to purchase the remaining 10 percent of shares at a later date. The company will...

Defence industry leaders EADS, Indra and Northrop Grumman Corp. have formed an international team to pursue a systems engineering and integration contract that is a key part of the new NATO active-layered theatre ballistic-missile defence programme. This programme will be the first to link the assets of member nations...

Revenue derived from annual networking hardware shipments and from equipment that incorporates a home networking connection will jump from almost $9 B in 2004 to over $21 B in 2009, reports In-Stat. A push for higher speeds, lower prices and increasing network areas in the home is driving the...

When a group of twenty RFID vendors announced the formation of a ‘patent pool’ consortium intended to simplify and streamline users’ access to RFID intellectual property, they signaled yet another step towards maturity for the young RFID industry. RFID is no longer just about hardware — tags and readers...

Buoyed by a strong, eventful 2004, the MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) market will grow over the next few years in terms of unit shipments at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.87 percent to nearly six billion units in 2009, reports In-Stat. Funding for MEMS companies increased by 43.9...

New applications, competition and technology developments are expected to propel the Wi-Fi chip market from $900 M in 2004 to $2.1 B in 2009, according to “Wi-Fi Component Forecast and Vendor Share,” from Strategy Analytics. The continuing reduction in Wi-Fi radio chip prices, increasing integration and adoption of front-end...