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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. , a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced that its Herley Industries Inc. subsidiary has received a contract valued at $11.5 M from a major prime contractor for the continuing production of electronic hardware for a critical US ballistic missile program. No additional...

Currently, the Latin American region is characterized by the coexistence of 2G, 3G and 4G wireless standards. The lack of standardization has restrained vendors in terms of product development and customer base expansion. However, the future looks bright as regulatory bodies begin playing an important role in aligning with...

u-blox , the Swiss positioning and wireless chip and module company, and Rohde & Schwarz , have successfully concluded a simulation of the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system. The test, carried out with the R&S®SMBV100A vector signal generator and its GNSS simulation options, verified the u blox proof-of-concept and...

e2v and SP Devices are to collaborate in the provision of high performance Analogue-to-Digital (ADC) solutions. With the combination of what is claimed to be the market’s fastest 12-bit ADC core speed from e2v and cutting-edge digital post-processing technology from SP Devices, system designers now have access to never...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. announced that a leading mobile operator in the southern cone region of Latin America has selected the company to provide long-haul connectivity for new 3G sites and increased capacity for its enterprise users. Ceragon’s Evolution IP Long-Haul microwave radio solution will enable a higher level capacity...

Cassidian has introduced the new SPEXER™ 2000 Coastal radar which aims to open up completely new opportunities for the wide-area protection of coastlines, maritime infrastructure and harbours against asymmetric threats. “SPEXER 2000 Coastal is the worldwide first security radar using the latest radar technology of Active Electronically Scanning Array...

Spending on RF power semiconductors for the wireless infrastructure market has experienced significant growth in 2011. Other markets – notably the military – are seeing some moderation in growth as the global economic picture and political factors come into play. Also, gallium nitride (GaN) – long seen as the...

Linear Technology announces the LTC6945, a high performance 6GHz integer-N frequency synthesizer with outstanding -226 dBc/Hz normalized closed-loop in-band phase noise, excellent -274 dBc/Hz normalized in-band 1/f noise, a wideband phase noise floor of -157 dBc/Hz and best-in-class -102 dBc spurious output. In a typical 900 MHz application, these...

Trilithic Inc. has named Daniel Dillon as Director of Product Marketing for its Mobile Systems Applications within Trilithic's Broadband Instruments Division. In his new expanded role, Dillon will be responsible for product development and marketing of all mobile devices and software for the Broadband Instruments group. Dillon joined Trilithic...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded work by the US Army's Product Manager, Joint-Automatic Identification Technology organization to provide operations and maintenance for the Radio Frequency In-Transit Visibility (RF-ITV) system. If all options are exercised over the course of five years, the contract is valued at $126 M. RF-ITV sites...