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Raytheon Co. and the US Army recently completed successful testing of the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency, or AEHF, satellite communications production terminals. Raytheon’s Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) offers the next generation of protected communications with AEHF satellites. It is the first AEHF system across the...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that its Herley New England division in Woburn, MA has received an award valued at approximately $16.4 M from a major US prime contractor to manufacture a variety of multi-function integrated microwave assemblies (IMA) for a US Navy electronic attack aircraft. Richard F. Poirier, CEO...

While markets for RF power amplifiers continue their slow decline in developed regions, two new developments—the massive wireless infrastructure rollout in China and the approaching wave of LTE deployments in the West—will provide a temporary lift over the next few years, according to the latest ABI Research forecasts. The...

Euroconsult announced that growth in the fixed satellite market has remained strong despite the adverse economic environment. According to Euroconsult’s soon-to-be released report “Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2018,” the fixed satellite sector grew in terms of both transponder demand (+9 percent) and overall revenues (+10.7...

Semiconductor revenue for WiMAX microcells, picocells and femtocells is on course to a 46 percent compound annual growth rate from 2008 to 2013. The segment will pass $1 B by 2013, reports In-Stat. Cellular femtocell semiconductors will be another growth segment for chip vendors. Worldwide cellular femtocell semiconductor revenue...

“Antennas for Mobile Devices: New Technologies, New Opportunities,” from the Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component market research service, explores new antenna technologies and the companies helping to avert an impending crisis in cellphone antennas. Christopher Taylor, Director of the RF and Wireless Components service and author of the...

Wireless operators will spend about $3.3 B building Long Term Evolution (LTE) base stations in 2011, according to the most recent study of LTE from ABI Research. That expenditure will have purchased some 142,000 base stations worldwide. LTE base station equipment spending is expected to rise sharply between 2011...

Control Components AMC, a leader in the design and manufacture of DC to 40 GHz solid-state control components, is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art technology as well as uniformly high quality microwave components and subsystems. AMC’s management is committed to adding the resources and technology necessary to support the company’s...

European Scientists/Inventors Download the Puzzler Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 4 British scientist who discovered electromagnetic induction 6 British physicist who first suggested waveguide concepts and discovered the electron 8 French physicist who developed the definition of electrostatic forces 12 French mathematician/physicist who discovered electrodynamics 13 Danish engineer who...

New Horizons in Mobile and Wireless Communications, Volume 1: Radio Interfaces Ramjee Prasad and Albena Mihovska, Eds. Based on cutting-edge research projects in the field, this book (part of a comprehensive four-volume series) provides the latest details and covers the most impactful aspects of mobile, wireless and broadband communications...