MWJ Staff

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a 10-year, $600 M contract for the US Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program. The next-generation military satellite communications terminals developed for the MET program will provide the worldwide backbone for high-priority military communications and missile...

Lockheed Martin officially rolled out the new Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System launcher and Fire Control and Communications unit in a ceremony at the company's THAAD Launcher Integration Complex in Camden, AR. The ceremony, attended by US Senator Mark Pryor and US Congressman Mark Ross, commemorated...

Another industry partner has joined the Raytheon Co.-led team for the US Army's Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) program. Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Space & ISR Systems Division facility in Boulder, CO, joins the other partners of Team IBCS including Raytheon, General Dynamics, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Davidson Technologies, IBM and...

EADS Defence & Security (DS) and Indian engineering giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Mumbai, are to join forces in the fields of defence technology. Subject to approval by the Indian Government the plan is for the formation of a joint venture company for defence electronics in India, based in...

A new initiative by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), which addresses the development of Ultra Fast Broadband, looks set to be accelerated following the start of over a dozen innovative research and development feasibility projects. The result could be a major change in the way that businesses operate across...

UQ Communications Inc., a nationwide Japanese telecommunications carrier capitalizing on mobile WiMAX technologies, has selected NEC Corp. to supply mobile WiMAX base stations. The company has chosen to adopt NEC's recently developed Paso-Wings BS202 mobile WiMAX base station, which is the first to be equipped with Uplink-Beam Forming (UL-BF)...

The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) has formed a collaborative partnership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to create a joint service exclusively for its members aimed at raising professional standards across the ICT sector. This joint ITP-IET mem-ber registration programme means that ITP members can apply...

Apprion has signed an OEM agreement with Motorola Inc. that enables the two companies to jointly develop and market integrated wireless application networks for industrial enterprises. By integrating Apprion's industrial-focused wireless appliances and applications with Motorola's comprehensive line of indoor and outdoor wireless networking solutions, industrial enterprises will now...

Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the next 30 months, according to a new study from ABI Research. The growth curve even accelerates after 2012, resulting in a fivefold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014. Why this powerful performance? According to ABI Research senior analyst...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known simply as the Stimulus Bill) will provide funding for a massive $6.8 B worth of wireless communications upgrades and new deployments over 2009-2010. The Act offers a significant one-off opportunity for wireless equipment vendors, an opportunity that is examined in...