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Anyone who deals with military communications systems today is certain to come face-to-face with the concept of network-centric warfare. The heart of this concept is a reliable and ubiquitous communications system. Success in combat requires that the necessary information and communications links always be made available exactly when and...

The transistor LC oscillator is at the heart of any wireless communications system. Due to their low cost, design simplicity and ease in practical implementation, for example, MOSFET-based oscillators are widely used in modern wireless handset applications. This three-part tutorial highlights the basics of the oscillator circuit design, setting...

Industry News Hittite Microwave Corp. acquired substantially all of the assets of Q-Dot Inc. , a research and development organization advancing mixed-signal silicon integrated circuit technology in data acquisition, signal processing, imaging and communications, from SIMTEK Corp. The acquisition, for $2.2 M in cash, includes Q-Dot’s intellectual property and...

Capabilities Brochure This brochure, entitled “Power & Vision,” provides an overview of the company’s products and services. The company designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive line of specialized amps and related products for OEM applications for industrial, scientific, medical, communications and military use. AR Worldwide Modular RF, Bothell, WA...

RF Power Products This catalog features the company’s RF power products that include bipolar, VDMOS and LDMOS technologies. All of the products are based on silicon and span the frequency range of 1 MHz to 3.5 GHz using supplies from as low as a few volts to as high...

DRS Technologies announced that it has received orders with a combined value of approximately $44 M to provide advanced intelligence equipment supporting all installation types used in the collection of communications intelligence (COMINT) and signal intelligence (SIGINT) data. These products will be used in man-portable, fixed-site and mobile applications...

Harris Corp. announced that it is one of two companies to receive a nine-month, $3.5 M contract for the Quint Networking Technology (QNT) program. QNT is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-led (DARPA) technology program to produce a very small and modular digital communications system for a variety of...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $10 M contract for an advanced concept technology demonstration of Advanced Tactical Targeting Technology (AT3). The technology will be demonstrated in 2007 on three F-16 Block 30 aircraft using Raytheon’s digital radar warning receiver, the ALR-69A (V). The award was received from the...

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...