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The SUCCESS Consortium announced that it has
developed and implemented a fully integrated 122
GHz radar sensor. The surface-mountable package
has a size of 8 mm x 8 mm.
It includes a mixed-signal
Silicon Germanium (SiGe)
chip and two antennas for
transmitting and receiving.
The prototype is a breakthrough
toward a miniaturized,
low-cost, high-resolution
millimeter-wave sensor
for distance and speed measurements.
The SUCCESS
Consortium consists of
nine partners across six countries: IHP, Robert
Bosch GmbH, and the Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology and Silicon Radar GmbH (Germany);
ST Microelectronics (France); SELMIC (Finland);
Hightec MC AG (Switzerland); Evatronix
(Poland); and the University of Toronto (Canada).
The DoD announced that The Boeing Co., Seal
Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $6,513,778 contract
modification
for Global
Positioning
Systems
Satellite
Sustainment.
The contract
modification
provides for
the exercise of
an option for an additional 46,036 hours. The location
of the performance is Seal Beach, Calif. The work is
expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2012. The contracting
activity is SMC/GPK, El Segundo, Calif.
Rohde & Schwarz has developed a communications
intelligence system for airborne deployment
to the public. Used in border protection, maritime
rescue operations
or military
missions,
for example,
the onboard
system reliably
detects,
identifies and
locates radio
signals. The
Rohde & Schwarz solution is integrated into the DA42
MPP Guardian from Diamond Airborne Sensing, a
subsidiary of Diamond Aircraft Industries. Airborne
communications intelligence significantly increases
the efficiency of monitoring and intelligence missions.
Airborne platforms make it much easier to monitor
difficult-to-access terrain, the open sea, and green
borders. Radio signals can be detected, identified and
located regardless of the time of day and the visibility
conditions.
Delta Microwave issued congratulations to the
NASA/JPL team on the August 2012 landing of the
Mars Science Laboratory. Delta supplied L Band
GPS Filter/Amplifiers for the range safety system of
the Atlas V launch vehicle, X Band filters for the radar
in the decent vehicle, and UHF couplers for the communications
radio in the rover.
Celcite Management Solutions,
provider of automatic optimization
tools and services for wireless networks,
announced the appointment
of Raj Beri as the Advisor to the
CEO Rahul Sharma. As Advisor
to the CEO, Beri will dedicate his
efforts to exploring business and
strategic opportunities, both domestic
and global.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control,
Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $152,329,710 indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity contract for contractor
logistics support
services
to sustain
the Sniper
Advanced
Targeting
Pod system.
Location of
performance
is Lockheed
Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla. Work is
to be completed by Aug. 31, 2017. The contracting activity
is WR-ALC/GRWKA of Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
RF Micro Devices, Inc. announced that it is enabling
Samsung’s next-generation GALAXY Note II with
RFMD’s PowerSmart® Power Platforms—the industry’s
first and only converged multimode, multiband
(MMMB) power amplifiers. Bob Bruggeworth, president
and CEO of RFMD, said, “We are delighted to
support Samsung’s next-generation GALAXY Note II
as well as numerous
other flagship devices
in Samsung’s
exciting product
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