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Iridium Communications Inc. announces that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will authorize aircraft operating in oceanic airspace to use its satellite data service for critical air traffic control communications. This marks completion of the FAA process evaluating aircraft flying in airspace under its jurisdiction to use Future Air...

Despite the 2008-2009 economic setbacks, the RFID market rebounded nicely in 2010, growing slightly more than 14 percent to reach roughly $5.3 B. When automobile immobilization hardware is extracted from the total, the market grew close to 18 percent, capturing nearly $4.4 B. ABI Research’s ongoing research and data...

Anritsu Co. announces that the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Society has presented Bill Oldfield with the 2011 Microwave Application Award. The award was presented to Oldfield during a ceremony at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Baltimore, MD, in June. Every year, the MTT Society presents awards...

DYMAX Corp. has announced the appointment of Tony Ieraci as Marketing Communications Manager. He will report to Stephen LaCroce, Director of Strategic Marketing, and will be responsible for creation and implementation of the global communications programs that most effectively describe and promote DYMAX’s brand, products, and services. Prior to...

United Monolithic Semiconductors announced the availability of the majority of its design kits for various process technologies for use with Agilent’s recently released Advanced Design System (ADS) 2011.01 EDA software. “Agilent worked closely with us to make sure our PDK’s now support complete EM analysis,” said Eric Leclerc, Manager...

Components 100 W SP3T Switches Aeroflex introduces the MSW3200-320 and MSW3201-320 SP3Ts, covering frequencies of 10 to 1500 MHz and 200 to 4500 MHz, respectively. Both switches handle up to 100 W of CW input RF with an IIP3 of 65 dBm. Insertion loss is approximately 0.5 dB. For...

Introduction to RF Design Using EM Simulators Hiroaki Kogure, Yoshie Kogure and James Rautio James Rautio is well known as the founder of Sonnet and his collaboration with the Kogures goes back to 1985. At the time, he had written an antenna analysis program for amateur radio operators that...

ThalesRaytheonSystems announced that advanced Firefinder radars have been fielded in theater supporting and protecting US troops and allies. Reliability and maintainability improvements have been added to the AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder Weapon Locating Radar system that supports an extended service life with reduced life-cycle costs. Currently fielded in Iraq, upgraded Firefinders...

Raytheon Co. has received a contract from Boeing for the second procurement in the four-year Multi-Year III program to produce and deliver APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars for F/A-18 Super Hornet tactical aircraft. The APG-79 AESA radar hardware has a 10 to 15 times greater reliability, compared to...

The use of graphene-based electronic devices for RF and microwave applications has become high profile and the subject of cutting edge research, various aspects of which were outlined at the 2011 IEEE MTT-S IMS in June. Recognising the importance of the material, the European Commission is funding a coordinated...