SMi Group, organizers of leading industry event Global MilSatCom, announces the return of MilSatCom USA on June 28-29, 2017 at the Sheraton Pentagon City, Arlington, Va. As the space domain continues to grow even more congested, contested, and competitive, the need to ensure effective resiliency and protection on future MilSatCom systems is more crucial than ever before. Thus, the 2nd MilSatCom USA conference returns to provide a high-level forum for the US SatCom community to discuss how further comprehensive collaboration can be beneficial to all parties and stakeholders.
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MaxLinear Inc. announced the MxL1105, a broadband microwave transceiver that supports all licensed and unlicensed bands from 5 to 44 GHz, including all ETSI-defined channel spacing options from 5 to 224 MHz. It handles all QAM modulation code rates up to 4096 QAM.
Multi-channel high-frequency signal acquisition and analysis has become easier with the release of the DN6.22x series of LXI digitizers from Spectrum GmbH.
Madrid Barajas joins the long list of airports to operate the new generation solid-state SCANTER 5502 Surface Movement Radar from Terma.
As the newest addition to its passive waveguide product offering, SAGE Millimeter Inc. has released a new line of flexible waveguides to cover 18 to 50 GHz. The flexible waveguide line is manufactured with a precision machining process to ensure high quality and ruggedness. Furthermore, all standard models feature a vulcanized silicone rubber jacket for added protection and reliability.
The FCC's office of engineering and technology has authorized the first LTE unlicensed (LTE-U) devices for operation in the 5 GHz Wi-Fi band. U.S. cellular operator T-Mobile announced it is deploying LTE-U technology, using network equipment from Ericsson and Nokia, and will begin rolling out the service this spring.
Wolfspeed's CEO, Franco Plastina, has stepped down from his role and will leave the company at the end of the fiscal quarter. This follows Cree's termination of Infineon's proposed acquisition of Wolfspeed and decision to retain and operate Wolfspeed as a third business segment.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced the availability of its 45nm RF SOI (45RFSOI) technology offering, making GF the first foundry to announce an advanced, 300 mm RF silicon solution to support next generation millimeter-wave (mmWave) beam forming applications in future 5G base stations and smartphones.