New technology from scientists at IBM could help alleviate data bottleneck issues for mobile communications and enable advanced radar-imaging technology to be reduced to the size of a notebook computer. IBM researchers have unveiled a phased-array transceiver that “contains all of the millimeter-wave components necessary” for both high data-rate communications and … [Read more...]
NASA Scientists Develop Radiometer to Remove Noise from Satellite Imagery
Scientists create method to remove noise from satellite imagery for NASA soil-moisture mapping mission. A microwave radiometer with one of the most sophisticated signal-processing systems ever developed for an Earth science satellite mission has been delivered to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. Designed to measure the intensity of electromagnetic … [Read more...]
Satellite Channel Test, Simulation and Measurement Software Released
GL Communications, a provider of PC-based test, analysis and simulation products and consulting services for the telecommunications industry, has announced its new satellite channel test, simulation and measurement software. Ideal applications for the new software include “testing GSM backhaul over satellite, BER testing across all satellite gateway interfaces, satellite delay … [Read more...]
London Professor Wins AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize for Bistatic Radar Research
Professor Hugh Griffiths of University College London (UCL) has been awarded the A. F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for his contributions to radar research. “I’m absolutely thrilled. It is an enormous honor to be recognized by one’s peers in this way,” Griffiths said. Griffiths received £300,000 to continue his … [Read more...]
New Military Satellite Test Device to Simulate Natural and Man-Made Electromagnetic Effects
A new device that simulates high-radiation events will be used to test the durability of the military’s most advanced satellites against extreme space weather at the Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee beginning this summer. Developed by Welkin Sciences in Colorado Springs, Colo. and the Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s Test Technology Branch, the Military Satellite … [Read more...]
Completion of Government Project to Yield Solutions for Wind Turbine-Radar Interference
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and federal agency partners have completed the final operational field test of a two-year, $8 million program to evaluate the physical and electromagnetic interference between air surveillance radar systems and wind turbine farms, and identify possible mitigation techniques. The project was co-funded by the DOE, the U.S. Department of Defense … [Read more...]
Class A Broadband Amplifier for Automotive, Military and Aerospace BCI EMC Testing
Teseq, a developer and manufacturer of instrumentation and systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, has added a Class A linear and low distortion model to its broadband amplifier line. According to the company, the CBA 400M-260 amplifier “is ideal for automotive, military and aerospace BCI (bulk current injection) applications that require testing at higher … [Read more...]
Ground-Based In-Flight Broadband Services Proposal Faces Opposition from Satellite Industry
A proposal for in-flight broadband services in consideration by the Federal Communications Commission this week from semiconductor company Qualcomm is facing heavy opposition from the satellite industry. Satellite service providers believe that the July 2011 proposal, which details plans to provide consumers with “anywhere/anytime broadband access” by transmitting signals from … [Read more...]
Product Line Expands with Addition of Four New Amplifiers
Custom MMIC, a developer of performance-driven monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), has announced the addition of the CMD166 driver amplifier and the CMD164, CMD165 and CMD173 distributed amplifiers to its product family. According to the company, the new amplifiers feature “ultra-wideband performance, low noise figure, low current consumption, and an all positive … [Read more...]
ESA Antenna Test Range Receives Equipment Upgrade
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the installation of a state-of-the-art Near-Field Scanner (NFS) in the agency’s Compact Payload Test Range at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The new installation will reportedly allow ESA researchers to more thoroughly examine the electromagnetic fields closely surrounding a test … [Read more...]
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