Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
DARPA awards contract for fractionated satellites
A team headed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) has received a $5.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to compete in Phase 1 development of their System F6 space technology and demonstration program. ...
Fiber-optic system identifies friend or foe
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have developed a technology that helps warfighters distinguish friendly forces from adversaries during combat exercises. ...
Unmanned aircraft stays aloft nine hours by a hybrid system
AeroVironment, has announced that it has flown its Puma small unmanned aircraft for over nine hours, powered by an on-board fuel cell battery hybrid energy storage system. ...
Polarized LED promises to vastly improve efficiency, raise intensity, increase data rates
In recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have begun to change the way we see the world. ...
Navy and lawmakers differ greatly on nuclear-powered destroyers
A nuclear-powered version of the Arleigh Burke DDG 51-class destroyer may become the next missile cruiser for the U.S. Navy. That is the view of congressman Gene Taylor of Mississippi who chairs the seapower subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. ...
Winners of aerial refueling contract to invest $600 million in Alabama plant
Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS, the winners of a U.S. Air Force tanker contract early this month, will invest $600 million in an Alabama plant where the planes will be assembled, according to Tom Enders, chief executive of Airbus. ...
Program likely to reach $100 billion in expenditures for Air Force KC-45A aerial refueling tanker
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker replacement program. ...
Extended-range RF module designed for ZigBee mesh networking
Digi International introduced the XBee-PRO ZNet 2.5, an extended-range RF module designed for ZigBee mesh networking. ...
Tiny, highly advanced Bluetooth headset design for just $5
CSR announced the release of its BlueVox2 mono headset solution costing just $5; the world’s lowest cost advanced Bluetooth headset. ...
New wireless USB reference design
WiQuest Communications, Inc. announced availability of its seventh reference design kit. ...
Wavion Access Points to provide Wi-Fi coverage to the Nigerian National Assembly
Wavion and Netlink Technologies announced the deployment of Wavion’s WS410 spatially adaptive APs to the Nigerian National Assembly complex and Senator’s offices in Abuja. ...
OATSystems deploys Wi-Fi-based RFID-enabled asset-tracking solution
OATSystems recently announced that it has successfully deployed its Wi-Fi based Asset Tracking solution to locate tractor trailers transporting electronic components between a large Tyco Electronics distribution center and manufacturing facilities in North Carolina. ...
Iberbanda and Alvarion expand WiMAX networks in Spain
Alvarion Ltd. and Iberbanda announced the deployment of Alvarion’s BreezeMAX system at 3.5GHz in Navarra, an autonomous community in northeast Spain. The network provides voice and data services to residential customers in rural and semi-rural areas throughout the region. ...
Intel money for WiMAX - sign of changing 4G market
Sprint’s so far challenging mobile WiMAX build out and rumors of a potential investment by Intel into the network are signs suggesting DSL/cable replacement and not mobility will continue to propel WiMAX forward in the short term, according to Visant Strategies. ...
Mobile WiMAX faces a diminishing time-to-market advantage
Service providers with the right spectrum, available capital, and access to enough sites to place base stations are in a great position to take advantage of WiMAX’s headstart on the 4G market. ...
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