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From RF Design | A Penton
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July 23, 2008
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Steve Grossman, Newsletter Editor,
stevegrossman@zianet.com
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The Mx series triple output DC-DC converter design platform offers space
ruggedness and low noise power performance in an open board assembly
construction. The converters can be configured to meet a range of
spacecraft power bus voltages, varying output load requirements, and
telemetry needs and are optimized to ensure maximum performance for
sensitive RF equipment…
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Table Of Contents
 Software to supplant humans to track
ground targets in Iraq and Afghanistan
The push to field MRAPs may be
costly
U.S. Air Force to add threat
detectors to its satellites
NASA gamma-ray detector may play a
role in homeland security
Single-stage MMIC amplifier delivers
5 dB gain at 340 GHz
Israel Navy may purchase four littoral
combat ships
Croatian Navy to buy two Finnish
missile boats
Integrated 2.4-GHz RF front end
extends range of low-power wireless systems up to 15 times
0.05 to 4.0 GHz dual, high dynamic
range amplifier
Microwave spectrum analyzers can
now measure TD-SCDMA signals
Upcoming Events
Defense News
Software
to supplant humans to track ground targets in Iraq and
Afghanistan
By Steve Grossman, Editor
July 23, 2008
Recently, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked all
four services to develop innovative methods to provide field commanders
with more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
over Iraq and Afghanistan.
The
push to field MRAPs may be costly
July 23, 2008
The Pentagon's goal to ship thousands of Mine Resistant
Ambush Protective vehicles (MRAPs) to Iraq may lower performance and
raise costs, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO)
report issued on July 15.
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Technology
U.S.
Air Force to add threat detectors to its satellites
July 23, 2008
Ever since China showed the world it could shoot
satellites out of orbit, the U.S. Air Force has been accelerating its
efforts to enable future satellites to detect impending attacks.
NASA
gamma-ray detector may play a role in homeland security
July 23, 2008
Detecting gamma-ray bursts from space is really no
different than finding and intercepting nuclear material illegally
stowed inside shipping containers or even trains.
Single-stage
MMIC amplifier delivers 5 dB gain at 340 GHz
July 23, 2008
A team from Caltech and Northrop Grumman Corporation,
engaged in a project for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has devised a
single-stage amplifier that delivers 5 dB of gain at 340 GHz.
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Military/Aerospace Contracts
Israel
Navy may purchase four littoral combat ships
July 23, 2008
Israel has selected the Lockheed-designed LCS 1 Freedom
littoral combat ship and may purchase up to four of these vessels, to
which it plans to fit its own missile and electronic systems.
Croatian
Navy to buy two Finnish missile boats
July 23, 2008
On July 17 Croatia signed a 10-million euro
($16-million) deal with the Finnish company, Patria, to buy two
second-hand guided missile frigates.
Product Update
Integrated
2.4-GHz RF front end extends range of low-power wireless systems up to
15 times
July 23, 2008
Texas Instruments has introduced what it says is the
industry's highest integrated 2.4-GHz, RF front end for low-power and
low-voltage wireless applications.
0.05
to 4.0 GHz dual, high dynamic range amplifier
July 23, 2008
Mimix Broadband has introduced a dual, high dynamic
range amplifier operating from 0.05 to 4.0 GHz and housed in a
RoHS-compliant SOIC-8 package.
Microwave
spectrum analyzers can now measure TD-SCDMA signals
July 23, 2008
Anritsu has introduced new options for its MS271xB
family of economy microwave spectrum analyzers that create a
cost-efficient method to quickly and precisely measure the performance
of TD-SCDMA components.
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