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Cirus Controls Wins Work Truck Show Innovation Award for GPS DataSmart Winter Maintenance Reporting System

The Work Truck Show® 2014 Innovation Award was presented last week to Cirus Controls for its GPS DataSmart™ winter maintenance reporting system. GPS DataSmart beat out more than 115 other new products to win the award at The Work Truck Show 2014, which was held March 5–7 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN.

13 Mar 2014

Northrop Grumman Delivers 32 Self-Deploying, Monopole JIB Antennas for GPS III Satellites

Continuing its support for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS), Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered 32 self-deploying, monopole JIB antennas for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth GPS III satellites.

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 13 Mar 2014

STMicroelectronics Standardizes on Synopsys' IC Compiler Solution for CPU and GPU Implementations

Synopsys, Inc., a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced that STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has standardized on Synopsys' IC Compiler™ place-and-route solution for all its CPU and GPU implementations inside its Design Enablement and Services organization.

From Synopsys, Inc. 13 Mar 2014

AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar Program Receives Approval for Low Rate Initial Production

On Jan. 24, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition approved the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) at a Department of Defense acquisition event known as Milestone C. Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) is the G/ATOR system prime contractor.

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 11 Mar 2014

Microwave Radar Helps Observe Critical Sliding Slopes

The "Steinlehnen" slope in Northern Tyrol (Austria) started to move in 2003. Rockfalls threatened people, streets and buildings. Meanwhile, peace has returned; although the slope is merely "creeping", Steinlehnen has become an interesting research object for scientists in recent years.

11 Mar 2014

WGS Certification Testing Complete for Globecomm’s LT Auto-Explorer Terminal

Globecomm announced today that its Lightweight Transport (LT) Auto-Explorer terminal successfully completed Ka-Band certification testing to operate over the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) network. This product roadmap milestone complements the LT’s X-Band WGS certification allowing full WGS flexibility in either frequency band.

11 Mar 2014

LightSquared and ViaSat to Introduce L-Band Mobile Satellite Service

LightSquared today announced a multi-year agreement with ViaSat, Inc. Together, the companies will introduce ViaSat L-band Managed Service, an exciting new mobile satellite service that will combine the power of LightSquared’s state-of-the-art SkyTerra 1 L-band satellite, with ViaSat secure, all-IP, true packet-switched satellite technology.

11 Mar 2014

Spectrum Releases New Models of Mid-Speed 16 Bit Digitizers

Spectrum GmbH has released two new models of its mid-speed 16 bit digitizer line. The new versions M2i.4960 and M2i.4961 are available for PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express and offer two or four synchronous channels with 60 MS/s sampling speed and a bandwidth of 30 MHz. Each channel can be individually switched between single-ended and true differential input mode. This allows to acquire single-ended and differential signals with just one digitizer at the same time.

10 Mar 2014

SWINDON to Showcase Automotive Product Range at Sensor + Test

SWINDON, the leader in high quality, high performance mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) will be showcasing its automotive product range at Sensor + Test, Hall 12, Stand No 12-529. As part of Schrader International, SWINDON has a long history in Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) and you’ll be able to see for yourself SWINDON’s latest developments in this field on their stand.

From Swindon Silicon Systems Limited 7 Mar 2014

NASA Airborne Radar Shows Ability to Predict Sinkholes

New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near Bayou Corne, La. that year.

From National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 7 Mar 2014