Fractals' new era in military antenna design 

Aug 1, 2005, By Nathan Cohen

Modern military uses of antennas have presented new challenges to the antenna designer. Only a decade ago, specific band antennas, or tall whips, met the needs of most communications, electronic warfare (EW) and surveillance applications. But with new needs and transceiver technologies, antennas have new challenges: wideband; small; and agile platforms, for software-defined radio (SDR) and modern EW, among others....

SDR Forum issues RFI to address product development 

Jul 28, 2005, By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director

To improve productivity, quality and continued development of software-defined radio technology, the SDR Forum has issued an industry-wide request for information regarding current practices for design flows and tools used by industry in creating radio systems, software, waveforms and components...

UK’s CSR acquires UbiNetics' software business for $48 million 

Jul 28, 2005

Cambridge, UK-based CSR plc has entered into an agreement with UbiNetics Holdings Limited to acquire UbiNetics' software business for a cash consideration of $48 million...

Wireless test solutions provider hires veteran for global sales 

Jul 28, 2005

Advanced wireless test solutions provider LitePoint Corp. has appointed test veteran Bruce Bonini as senior vice president of global sales...

Magnolia Broadband completes field trials of mobile transmit diversity technology 

Jul 28, 2005

Fabless semiconductor company Magnolia Broadband, Inc. has successfully completed field trials of its mobile transmit diversity solution, DiversityPlus, with South Korea’s wireless telecom service provider SK Telecom...

New wideband phase shifters for military, space and fiber-optic applications 

Jul 26, 2005

The Hittite Microwave Corporation has introduced an MMIC phase shifter product line that is particularly useful for adjusting the phase of clocks in fiber-optic systems and test equipment and for beam-shaping, signal-cancellation applications in antennas. ...

PC oscilloscope features four channels, USB connectivity and 12-bit resolution 

Jul 26, 2005

Pico Technology has introduced its PicoScope 3424 PC oscilloscope that features four channels,12-bit resolution, 20 MSa/s-sampling rate and a large 512 k memory buffer. ...

A/D converter with superior dynamic performance is unveiled 

Jul 26, 2005

Texas Instruments has introduced a 13-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) featuring a 68 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a 79 dB spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR), at a maximum sample rate of 210 megasamples per second (MSa/s) and an input frequency of 230 MHz. ...

Contract awarded for U.S. Navy's Seaport enhanced program 

Jul 26, 2005

Wireless Facilities Inc. (WFI) has been awarded an ID/IQ (indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity) prime contract vehicle under the Naval Virtual SYSCOM Commanders' Seaport (enhanced) program. ...

Contract to fund upgrade of Turkey's F-16s 

Jul 26, 2005

Lockheed Martin has received a long-lead contract valued at approximately $68 million from the U.S. Air Force to begin development of a major systems upgrade of Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft. ...

Funding to enhance the ability to identify and track threats in airspace 

Jul 26, 2005

Raytheon Solipsys has been awarded two follow-on homeland defense contracts by the U. S. Air Force and NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) that will enhance the ability to recognize and track aircraft and other potential airborne threats operating within U.S. airspace. ...

Great Britain's defense secretary gives green light to unmanned aerial vehicle program 

Jul 26, 2005

Defense Secretary John Reid has given the green light to the Watchkeeper UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) program, which the United Kingdom (UK's) armed forces views as its new 'spy in the sky' capability. ...

NASA alarm sensor distinguishes real from false smoke alarms 

Jul 26, 2005

NASA researchers have successfully tested a new generation of fire detectors for cargo and baggage compartments of commercial airliners that can distinguish real from false smoke alarms. ...

Office of Naval Research funds program to advance communications systems in unmanned vehicles 

Jul 26, 2005

Innovative Concepts Inc. has been funded to provide communications systems to support unmanned, unattended and untethered drones organized in "swarms" on the ground, in the air, and on the water to meet the requirements of combat zone missions. ...

Elliptic curve cryptography to secure data for Special Forces and U.S. Army Rangers 

Jul 26, 2005, by Steve Grossman, Editor

Certicom Corporation, with headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada has announced that Intelligent Recognition Systems, who is building prototype communications technology for the Special Forces and U.S. Army Rangers, will use Certicom security architecture to generate certificates, encrypt data and provide elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)-based authentication....

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