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Harris Corp. has received a potential five-year, $77 M, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the US Navy for development and production of multiband satellite communications terminals that will provide high-speed communications for military personnel serving onboard cruisers and destroyers. Under the IDIQ contract, the company received an initial...

Anritsu Co. , as part of its commitment to developing next-generation technologies, introduces the EDGE evolution test solution. Two new measurement software packages can be incorporated into the MS269xA series that allow the signal analyzers to support 2.5G GSM/EDGE and G EDGE Evolution (EGPRS2) mobile phone systems, giving design...

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar, built by Raytheon Co., performed successfully in the latest integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency and THAAD prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. The test marked a significant ‘first’ for the THAAD...

Lockheed Martin announced that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company’s Sunnyvale, CA, facilities. The US Air Force’s AEHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the US Department of...

Ceralta Technologies Inc. was formed by the investment group that originally owned TRU Corp. by merging TRU into Ceralta and subsequently acquiring Sage Laboratories Inc. Both TRU and Sage are now wholly-owned subsidiaries of Ceralta. Ceralta’s mission is to creatively apply RF, microwave and digital technologies to enhance the...

GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc. , a key innovator of novel Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices for high temperature, high power, ultra-high voltage and detector applications, announced that it has been selected by the US Navy for two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards. These awards will allow GeneSiC to develop high...

Published Tuesday, August 15, 2008 | Last Update 8.15.08 Here are your replies to the August Expert Advice column While user interfaces in microwave CAE software have remained relatively stable, important strides have been made in simulation technology. Today, more designs incorporate integrated chip, package, module and board systems...

RF and Microwave Connectors Volume 6 of Delta Electronics Manufacturing's full-line catalog contains over 200 pages of information on over 30 series of RF and microwave connectors, ranging in size from microminiature to large, high-power connectors. Along with common connector types, the catalog features many hard-to-find series, and a...

The Strategy Analytics annual five year outlook for the Gallium Arsenide microelectronics industry, “GaAs Industry Forecast 2007-2012,” predicts that year-on-year growth in the GaAs industry will slow to 9 percent in 2008. However this study maintains previous guidance on long-term growth and the market will break the $5 B...

The latest study from Strategy Analytics, “Point-to-Point Radio GaAs Market 2007-2012,” predicts that point-to-point radio shipments will increase at a compound annual average growth rate (CAAGR) of 8 percent, to exceed 1.5 million units in 2012. Radio cellular backhaul will continue to be the primary market for point-to-point radios,...