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ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has received $120 M in contracts from the Swiss defense procurement agency, Armasuisse , to provide the Swiss Air Force with advanced Link-16 connectivity for its fighter aircraft. The funding represents a continuation of work by TRS on the Florako command and control program. This is a...

On 14 November 4RF Communications announced the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary, 4RF do Brazil, and the opening of new offices in Sao Paulo. The establishment of a subsidiary in the Southern Hemisphere's largest telecommunications market is an important step in the company's global market development, and strengthens...

The network analyzer has established itself as an important tool in the development and production of RF and microwave equipment. It allows RF components to be almost completely characterized, which is otherwise only possible through considerable effort and by using several test instruments. Today, however, the demand for higher...

As wireless communications such as 3G cellular networks and wireless LAN play an increasing role in everyday life, data transfer rates, broadband communication channels and carrier frequencies are increasing. To meet these demands, the industry is turning to differential and multiport designs for RF and microwave components. During the...

As consumers adopt more data intensive applications and want access to that data in more locations, the need for high speed wireless data communications is increasing dramatically. There are a host of wireless standards emerging to satisfy this need for increased data. 2.5G/3G, Wi-Fi and WiMAX systems are all...

A few decades ago, military laboratories were the source of much of the technology that emerged in the consumer world, the most famous example being the Internet, which began as a communications network designed to function in the event of a nuclear strike. Today, some in the military believe...

On August 3, 2004, the MESSENGER probe 1 was launched on its six-year journey to the planet Mercury. The acronym MESSENGER derives from MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging. Commissioned by NASA, and built and operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), the probe carries...

Recently, as wireless communications systems get smaller and lighter and are able to perform multi-functions, microwave components that have a small size and better performance are required. One of the methods used to meet these requirements is the low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) process technology. The multi-layer technology using...

Applications of microwave heating are well known and are described in many publications (an exhaustive list of references is given by J. Thuery 1 ). A very promising application of microwave heating in agriculture is to replace toxic, dangerous and environment-unfriendly chemicals used to control vegetation, as described in...

If your company participates in the aerospace and defense industry, you probably have encountered customs agents, customers and other third parties asking whether you are ITAR compliant. While being ITAR compliant is crucial, companies exporting any goods must also remain compliant with regulations enforced by the US Customs Agency,...