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The push for mobile WiMAX started in earnest with Korea’s announcement of its Wi-Bro (Wireless Broadband) a few years ago. The promise was to deliver to the user a broadband data service similar to DSL or Cable Modems but with all the benefits of mobility. The Wi-Bro standard has...

WLAN access points and routers based on the new 802.11n draft 2.0 standard will have the potential to deliver data throughput at up to five times and twice the range of previous-generation Wi-Fi equipment. In doing so, consumers will have home-wide access to content-rich applications, including streaming high definition...

A new class of high power, broadband amplifiers has been developed to utilize the inherent advantages of silicon carbide (SiC). With instantaneous bandwidths of 200 MHz to 1 GHz and exceptional reliability, this new family of amplifiers is highly suited to several markets. In particular, its inherent ­reflected-power tolerance...

Microwave Amplifier Brochure The microwave amplifier brochure from AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation features a wide range of microwave amplifiers.The brochure highlights the “S” series (1 to 800 W, 0.8 to 20 GHz) and TWT amplifier series (1 to 4000 W, 0.8 to 45 GHz). The brochure includes photographs, descriptions, specifications...

Many major RF component suppliers are offering integrated RF front-end modules (FEM), which are rapidly being adopted in today’s cell phones. This is due to the fact that handsets do not merely make phone calls anymore; rather they are multimedia systems to be used for taking photos, playing video,...

Northrop Grumman Corp. was recently awarded a contract potentially valued at $100 M to provide Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP) systems and capabilities to Navy installations around the world. The contract was awarded by the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Under the terms of the five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, Northrop...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded the US Navy’s Multiband Terminal (NMT) contract, which has a combined value during its lifetime in excess of $1 B for development and production. Raytheon Network Centric Systems will develop, deliver and support an advanced satellite communication system consisting of shipboard and shore-based communication...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum value of $422 M to supply the Department of Defense with its Falcon® high frequency multiband radio systems. The contract includes an initial delivery order for the US Army valued...

The US Navy conducted a successful test launch, on May 15, of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin. The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) in the Eastern Range in the Atlantic Ocean. With this two-missile Follow-on Commander...