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Through June 30, 2004, Raytheon Co. had delivered 55 of what might be considered the ultimate accessory to aircrews of the US Navy F/A-18 Hornet. The ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-looking Infrared (ATFLIR) targeting pod, developed by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), is currently forward deployed to Super Hornet...

The ITU and the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) of the Republic of Korea have formed a partnership to help achieve the internationally agreed upon goals of the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Through an initial contribution of CHF540000 from the Korea...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Lockheed Martin and EADS to explore partnership opportunities on missile defence programs in the United States, Europe and around the world. The companies will identify areas in which they have compatible capabilities that can be collaboratively applied to benefit current...

A contract worth €12 M has been awarded to Alcatel to provide the Tunisian broadcasting offices (ONT) with a national digital microwave network that will facilitate the future development of terrestrial digital television channels in the country. The project covers the supply of the network, composed of forty digital...

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has renewed its confidence in Thales by awarding a €85 M contract to develop a second demonstrator for the RBE2 electronic scanning radar with active array antenna for the Rafale combat aircraft. This new contract will demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of equipping...

Indosat has awarded Nokia an expansion deal for its Nokia GSM Radio Network, Core network and Cellular Transmission in Indonesia. This agreement will further enhance service coverage, capacity and quality for the Indosat GSM network in East Java, Bali and South Central Java. As part of the GSM Core...

To meet growing demand in the wireless radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) market for a capable, cost-effective RFIC design platform, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) and Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR) have announced a corporate agreement to jointly develop and deliver a design platform for TSMC’s 0.35-micron silicon...

Recently, AT&T Wireless started UMTS services in Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle. Based on technologies shared with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, these are, says the company, the first commercially available 3G UMTS services available in the US. That is good news, but is it the whole story? The wireless...

Ultra wideband (UWB) has received a lot of press recently for personal area networking and connectivity. But is that the whole story? Not at all: there are a number of other uses for the fledgling format, which have nothing to do with the sub 5 to 10 meter space....

In spite of what some market analysts might believe, In-Stat/MDR reports that the application-specific IC (ASIC) market is alive and well and will continue to prosper in the future, albeit at a lower pace than history would have dictated. The high tech market research firm finds that product differentiation...