Jul 8, 2008
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which manages the statewide SunPass system used on 460 miles of Florida’s toll highways, selects TransCore’s eGo Plus radio frequency identification (RFID) sticker tag to upgrade its current technology that has been in use since the late 1990s...
Jul 8, 2008
LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, announced that the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has chosen Alcatel-Lucent’s WiMAX wireless broadband technology after a rigorous technical and interoperability analysis under its Tactical Service Providers (TSP) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD).
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Jul 8, 2008,
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor
The WiMAX Forum has congratulated the European Commission on the completion and publication of an important new regulation relating to the 2.6-GHz (2500-2690MHz) frequency band. ...
Jun 25, 2008
Kemet has introduced what they say is the only 50V, 1-µF surface-mount capacitor on the market that is qualified to MIL-PRF-123. ...
Jun 25, 2008
IRC new thick-film chip resistor series with resistance values to 100 megohms provide design engineers with a robust device that are well suited for a variety of high-voltage, harsh environment applications. ...
Jun 25, 2008
Boonton Electronics, has introduced its new 4540 RF Power Meter Series. ...
Jun 25, 2008
ManTech International Corporation has announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command to support a variety of surveillance systems deployed throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. ...
Jun 25, 2008
The Harris Corporation has been selected for a potential seven-year, $58 million contract to provide the RF communications/navigation system for the next-generation space suit supporting NASA's Constellation program. ...
Jun 25, 2008
It has taken years to get under way but a half-decade after invading Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are finally beginning to equip thousands of new medium and heavy cargo trucks to carry 50-caliber machine guns and possibly heavier defensive weapons, in response to repeated attacks on road convoys.
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Jun 25, 2008
Congressional investigators said last week that Boeing should get a second chance to win the fiercely contested $40 billion aerial tanker program. ...
Jun 25, 2008
Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company, has announced that six new Orbcomm satellites were successfully launched last week from Kapustin Yar, Russia. ...
Jun 25, 2008
Toshiba Corporation has announced that, together with IBM Corporation, they have developed a higher performance CMOS FET for advanced system LSI. ...
Jun 25, 2008,
By Steve Grossman, Editor
A proposed wireless-communication and data-processing system would exploit recent advances in Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) services and software to establish information lifelines between firefighters in a burning building and a fire chief at a control station nearby, but outside the building.
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Jun 24, 2008
Freescale Semiconductor is now sampling the next-generation MC13224 device in its single-chip IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee Platform-in-Package family. This family is based on IEEE 802.15.4 technology, known for its benefits in the areas of cost, performance and efficiency for real-time remote monitoring and control.
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Jun 24, 2008
ZyXEL Communications Inc., announced the ZyXEL V750W—an industry-first IP camera that enables video monitoring via easy-to-use Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) technology. ...