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Like Steve Martin in " The Jerk " when the new phone books arrive, I get overly excited when the media kit for the upcoming year lands on my desk. And I am particularly excited this year, as we have some great new things to talk about. Like China....

I should not have been surprised to hear the first holiday songs of the season on the radio this weekend, but it is still hard to believe that we are already approaching the end of the year. And what a year it has been. From the cognitive radar cover...

Baltimore was a popular venue this year for microwave shows as IMS, AUTOTESTCON and MILCOM were all hosted at the Baltimore convention center this year. MILCOM celebrated its 30th year as an annual event that gathers the leading minds of government, military, industry and academia in an interactive forum...

Nitronex , a leader in the design and manufacture of gallium nitride (GaN) based RF solutions for high performance applications in the defense, communications, cable TV, and industrial and scientific markets, has developed the NPA1004, a 1 to 2 GHz, 50 W high gain PA for the military communications...

Agilent Technologies Inc. released a new PC software tool that provides access to instrument commands for electronic test. The software, Agilent Command Expert, enables fast and easy instrument control in PC application environments. The software tool extends the power of the Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation (SCPI) and all...

Micronetics Inc. announced that it has been awarded a production contract release, valued at approximately $3.9 M, from a leading US Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractor for the supply of high performance broadband microwave subsystems. Each subsystem, which consists of several Integrated Microwave Assemblies (IMA), fulfills the need...

In mid-2010, Rohde & Schwarz launched the R&S RTO high performance oscilloscope. This instrument makes it easy for users to obtain accurate results quickly. A new function has now been added to significantly broaden the application range: A hardware option turns the R&S RTO into a mixed signal oscilloscope...

Mercury Computer Systems Inc. , a provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems for defense prime contractors, will debut its new FM021814 digital frequency discriminator (DFD) with phase modulation on pulse (PMOP) detection at the 48th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention November 13 to 16 in Washington, DC, in...

Brendan O'Connell has been named President of Harris RF Communications' International business. He had been President of Harris RF Communications' DoD business. George Helm was named as his successor. The two will lead Harris' RF Communications US Department of Defense (DoD) and International tactical communications businesses. "George and Brendan...

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. introduced a new transformer designers’ kit for CATV/broadband applications. The kit features 12 transformer models covering multiple impedance ratios and wind schematics. The MABA-000001-75KIT1 transformer designers’ kit contains full RoHS-compliant components. Transformer configurations include flux-coupled, transmission line, and auto transformer. All parts in the kit...