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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...

Exploring changes in the handset and cellular device power amplifier (PA) market brought about by the economic slowdown and contraction in cellphone shipments, Strategy Analytics released, "Skyworks Maintains Power Amp Share Lead," from the Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component market research service. This report analyzes the effect these...

The Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Components service report, "LTE Device & Band Scenarios," predicts that mobile devices with low-band (700 to 850 MHz) LTE capabilities will make up the largest segment of the LTE device market through 2014. This research, based on regional spectrum allocations and the plans...

After four quarters of decline, the global mobile handset market began showing signs of life starting in 4Q 2009. ABI Research expects the trend to continue through the next five years. According to Industry Analyst Celia Bo, "Due to the resurgence of the mobile handset market, the total revenue...