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As wireless operators upgrade their microwave backhaul networks to keep up with increasing demands for capacity, Comsearch , a CommScope company, has launched a new suite of support services aimed at reducing operators’ capital and operating expenditures and speeding network deployment. Comsearch’s iQ.link® Services suite includes four offerings that...

Cobham has been awarded a contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to manufacture advanced composite components and assemblies for the main rotor blades of the United States Marine Corps' CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement Helicopter under development by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. Cobham’s Antenna Systems unit,...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, announced the new PE42440 SP4T (single-pole four throw) RF switch. The PE42440, designed on Peregrine’s green UltraCMOStrade silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) process technology, features excellent broadband RF performance from 50 MHz up to 3 GHz. The...

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The European Defence Agency (EDA) has selected an Astrium and EADS Defence & Security (DS) consortium to lead a six-month study to demonstrate that by using satellite communications it is feasible to integrate UAVs into civil airspace. DS has more than 30 years of expertise in UAVs, and Astrium,...

SUSS MicroTec has sold its Test Systems Division, located in Sacka near Dresden, Germany, together with other related assets to Cascade Microtech Inc. , a leader in the precise electrical measurement and test of integrated circuits. The purchase price for the SUSS MicroTec Test Systems GmbH, which is subject...

Anritsu Corp. has announced its ME7873L LTE RF Conformance Test System as the first in the world to achieve European Radio equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) approval for its test functions for next-generation LTE devices. The R&TTE directive is an ETSI standard assuring that the radio transmitter and...

Roke Manor Research Ltd. has launched its LTE MAC Scheduler for base stations, enabling vendors developing LTE equipment to integrate the company's smart technology to optimize network performance, enhance user experience and reduce service delivery costs for mobile network operators. The company has developed mobile communication technology for Siemens...

ANADIGICS Inc. announced the latest version of its highly successful dual-band CDMA power amplifiers (PA) – the AWC6323 – designed for today’s most advanced CDMA handsets and data cards for the world’s leading wireless providers. For the first time, high performance directional couplers have been integrated into a dual-band...