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February 2010 [Defense Electronics] Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Claim New Markets And Business The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in border-security missions around the world is expanding rapidly. It will create new markets and new business opportunities—particularly for integrated capabilities guided by an operating concept and turnkey packages that include equipment, training, operations, and maintenance. The new research report from Market Intel Group LLC (MiG) titled, “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Border Security - Global Market &... February 2010 [Systems & Subsystems] Smart-Card Market Players Join Forces To Advance Applications LONDON, UK —Together with chip suppliers Infineon Technologies AG and INSIDE Contactless S.A., smart-card manufacturers Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) and Oberthur Technologies S.A. have launched an industry initiative to provide a security solution for next-generation, smart-card-based public-transport applications. The solution will build on an open standard that is being implemented by the four partner companies. Eventually, that standard will be... February 2010 [Materials] Partnership Results In High-Permeability Magnetic Shielding Tubing WARWICK, RI—A.T. Wall Company has partnered with the MuShield Company to develop the M Shield seamless, high-permeability magnetic shielding tubing that ranges to 20 feet in length. Depending on the welding method used, this tubing’s shielding capability promises to be 20 to 30 percent better than a formed and welded product. The tubing can hold outside and inside diameters to +/-0.002 inches along with wall thicknesses within 0.002 inches. The seamless ... February 2010 [Industry News] Plessey Semiconductors Is Reborn PLESSEY SEMICONDUCTORS has been spawned from the acquisition of the share capital of X-FAB UK Ltd. together with existing engineering competence within a design and technology center located in Swindon, UK. The name of the operating business has been subsequently changed to Plessey Semiconductors. The firm is now trading from its semiconductor manufacturing facility in Roborough, Plymouth, UK. That facility currently produces 8-in. wafers for... February 2010 [Industry News] Company News CONTRACTS Northrop Grumman Corp.—Has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam to provide Joint Operations Centre (JOC) command and control capability for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF). The contract, which will be undertaken by Northrop Grumman UK, will include the supply of an integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)... February 2010 [People] People Sakurai Receives 2010 IEEE Award For Solid-State Circuits TAKAYASU SAKURAI has been awarded the 2010 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits. The award, which is sponsored by the IEEE Solid- State Circuits Society, recognizes Sakurai for pioneering contributions to the design and modeling of high-speed and low-power complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)... February 2010 [Education] Educational Meetings MEETINGS IWCE March 8-12, 2010 (Las Vegas, NV) For more information, visit: www.iwceexpo.com ISQED 2010 11th International Symposium & Exhibits on Quality Electronic Design March 22-24, 2010 (San Jose, CA) DoubleTree Hotel For more information, visit: www isqed.org Exhibitions... January 2010 [Components] Wireless Monitors Enhance Sport And Fitness Equipment WELLINGBOROUGH, UK—The use of wireless monitors and sensors to enhance physical activity is a trend that is sweeping the fitness and sports-equipment industry as well as the general public. Wireless technologies, such as 5-kHz, ANT, Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, GPS, ZigBee, NFC, and Wi-Fi low energy, each could be the front-runner for devices like consumer heart-rate monitors, speed and distance or cadence sensors, and foot pods. However, the playing fields aren’t... January 2010 [Communications] AT4 wireless Is First To Qualify Bluetooth Low Energy Controller MALAGA, SPAIN — AT4 wireless, a wireless certification and testing laboratory, has announced the qualification of the first worldwide Bluetooth low-energy (dual-mode) design. The Bluetooth low-energy specification was adopted by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG; www.bluetooth.com) on Dec. 17, 2009. The product that was qualified is the BlueLink 7.0 (BL6450-L) solution from Texas Instruments, Inc.... January 2010 [Industry News] Partnership Will Transform Communications Infrastructure For Turkey’s Lighthouses ISTANBUL, TURKEY—Turkcell will collaborate with Turkey’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety on the pioneering “Remote Management of Lighthouses” project. This project will bring the latest technology to lighthouses while reinforcing existing infrastructure. The contract was signed by Sureyya Ciliv, Turkcell CEO, and Salih Orakci, Director General for Coastal Safety. During the first phase of the project, Turkcell will provide... January 2010 [Industry News] Cree Acquires Daimler AG SiC And Power Patent Portfolio CREE, INC. has acquired a portfolio of patents and patent applications related to semi-insulating siliconcarbide (SiC) material and power device technology from German car corporation Daimler AG. The portfolio consists of approximately 20 patent families including issued patents in the US, Germany, Japan, and China. Financial terms were not disclosed. U.S. Patent No. 5,856,231 ('231) titled “Process for Producing High- Resistance Silicon Carbide” is... January 2010 [Industry News] Company News CONTRACTS Harris Corp.—Has received a $228-million order from the US Marine Corps to provide Falcon II AN/VRC-104 highfrequency radio systems for use in US Department of Defense (DoD) MRAP-All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs). The contract was awarded by the US Marine Corps - Systems Command on behalf of the Joint MRAP Vehicle Program. The AN/ VRC-104 is a vehicular transceiver/amplifier that includes the AN/PRC-150(C), the only... January 2010 [People] People Bruno Appointed To US Naval Research Advisory Committee DR. MICHAEL S. BRUNO, Dean of Stevens Institute of Technology’s Schaefer School of Engineering & Science, has been appointed to the Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) by the Secretary of the Navy with the concurrence of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Since arriving at Stevens in 1989, Bruno has... January 2010 [Education] Educational Meetings MEETINGS DesignCon 2010 Feb. 2-3, 2010 (Santa Clara, CA) Santa Clara Convention Center For more information, contact: Katie Post, Communications Manager International Engineering Consortium 300 West Adams St., Suite 1210 Chicago, IL 60606-5114, USA Phone: (312) 559-3658 FAX: (312) 559-4111 E-mail: kpost@iec.org IWCE ... December 2009 [Products] Top Products Of 2009 Launching a new product can be thrilling as well as stressful. Introducing a new product to the RF/microwave industry, after all, is the “moment of truth” in which all that market research, technology, and engineering comes together to be judged by the industry at large. Having a product reviewed in the pages of magazines such as this is one form of recognition of a product’s worth; being named to the list of Top Products of The Year is one indication that a product is making its mark in... December 2009 [Communications] China’s Wireless-Infrastructure Equipment Spending Peaks In 2009 EL SEGUNDO, CA—China’s massive spending on third-generation (3G) networks by its three mobile carriers—China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile—will cause spending on wirelessinfrastructure equipment in the nation to surge by 27.7 percent. Spending will reach $6.3 billion in 2009, which marks a peak for expenditures according to iSuppli Corp. China’s three mobile carriers completed the first phase of their... December 2009 [Communications] WCAI Launches Effort To Unlock 3.65-GHz Band’s Potential WASHINGTON, DC The Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI) has launched an industry-led effort to unlock the potential of the 3.65-GHz band by addressing its remaining regulatory and technical challenges. Specifically, the association formed the 3.65-GHz Working Group to develop a synchronization protocol in the band, which will promote coordination and mitigate harmful interference among operators. The working group also is tasked with... December 2009 [Research & Development] Glasgow Scientists Guide Future Nano-Chip Design GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—In collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton, and York universities, scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed technology to help microchip designers create future integrated circuits (ICs). Essentially, the scientists have developed simulation tools that take advantage of grid computing to predict how billions of nano-transistors—each with their own unique and unpredictable atomicscale ... December 2009 [Industry News] Agilent Acquires Keithley Product Line Agilent, Keithley, have announced the completion of the sale of substantially all of Keithley’s radio-frequency product line to Agilent, which is based in Santa Rosa, CA. The parties had signed a definitive agreement for the approximately $9-million sale on November 19. With the completion of the sale, the majority of the Keithley RF team of about two dozen employees in Santa Rosa will become Agilent employees. In addition, Agilent will provide... December 2009 [Industry News] Company News Contracts Herley Industries, Inc.—Has announced that its Herley-CTI subsidiary located in Whippany, NJ has received an award for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract valued at approximately $8.5 million from a major US prime contractor. The firm will manufacture fast-switching synthesizers for a radar system application. This six-year agreement is a follow-on to previous development and...  prev. page
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