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Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $388 M contract by the US Air Force for the next phase of a program to modernize the B-2 radar system. This program continues the efforts of the Air Force and Northrop Grumman to enhance the stealth bomber’s ability to operate as part...

Thales and the French atomic energy commission CEA Leti have formed a new joint laboratory to work on RF MEMS, which perform electro-mechanical functions and rely on microelectronics engineering methods to miniaturise certain critical microwave components while improving their performance. To create this new laboratory a CEA Leti team...

Marking a new step in its commitment to knowledge and research, EADS has announced the creation of the EADS Corporate Research Foundation in France. With an allocation of €24 M over five years, the foundation is intended to nurture talent, ideas and knowledge by strengthening ties between public and...

SES ASTRA’s TechCom unit, Integral Systems Europe and Enertec have signed a partnership agreement for the marketing and provision of satellite control stations as well as related systems and services. Using both off-the-shelf products as well as customized solutions, the partners will offer satellite operators and manufacturers turnkey satellite...

At Alcatel’s new regional headquarters for the Middle East, located in the Smart Village in Cairo, Egypt, the company has launched a ‘Partnership Space’ so that it can work with local companies to help them accomplish multimedia service projects adapted to the needs of local users. Under the scope...

The Portuguese Ministry of Defence has awarded Indra with the contract to extend the country’s air surveillance network to the Madeira Islands, as well as its integration into the command and control line within NATO’s sphere. The contract, initially for €18 M, is for the implementation of a Lanza...

The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), a major international, industry-wide consortium, has been announced, combining the technology and expertise of 27 major companies to recommend a unified approach to creating a global network centric environment. The NCOIC was created in response to customer requests that industry assume a...

According to ABI Research, building on the strength and popularity of Wi-Fi, meshing networks extend range, security and redundancy by augmenting traditional infrastructure-to-user communications with enhanced peer-to-peer communications. This is accomplished through an advanced addressing scheme that better handles ad hoc communications and handoffs. Issues currently plaguing meshing networks...

Opportunities for the emerging 802.15.4 Wireless PAN (WPAN) technology, and the imminent ZigBee network layer, look promising according to In-Stat/MDR. Using an aggressive scenario, annual shipments will surpass 150 million units in 2008. And, based upon discussions with system providers, the high tech market research firm believes that the...

Being the wireless technology that can deliver the bandwidth and QoS that many consumer electronics companies have been looking for, Ultra-wideband (UWB) presents attractive opportunities, primarily for fast video transfer between peripheral devices, such as digital camcorders, TVs and PCs, and between set top boxes and TV monitors. In-Stat/MDR...