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Eric Higham
| Apr 28, 2017
Okay, it’s that time of the year and I have to say it; I love April! Of course, I say this with full realization that I’m writing this blog at the e...
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Eric Higham
| Mar 28, 2017
I just closed out the first day APEC 2017 (Applied Power Electronics Conference) in Tampa after spending last week at OFC (Optical Networking and Communication ...
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Asif Anwar
| Mar 24, 2017
There has always been a debate regarding the relative benefits of live training, simulation, and in the case of electronic systems such as radar and EW, stimula...
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Chris Taylor
| Mar 21, 2017
US wireless operator Sprint demonstrated the first US commercial gigabit LTE network on March 8, 2017 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans during an NBA b...
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Eric Higham
| Feb 27, 2017
For the regular readers of this blog, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that I write toward the end of the month. There is no compelling reason for that, it just...
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Asif Anwar
| Feb 14, 2017
While the defense industry has been unable to sustain revenue growth, profitability has been growing. Sustaining an upwards trajectory for profit margins will r...
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Chris Taylor
| Feb 01, 2017
This week Australian wireless operator Telstra, in conjunction with Ericsson, Qualcomm and Netgear, announced the world’s first cellular network capable o...
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Chris Taylor
| Feb 01, 2017
LTE just keeps getting faster.
With LTE-Advanced, operators and phone OEMs added downlink carrier aggregation with two LTE component carriers to increase peak d...
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Eric Higham
| Jan 27, 2017
With suitable acknowledgement to the saying “build it and they will come” from the movie “Field of Dreams”, I’ve been thinking abo...
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Eric Higham
| Dec 20, 2016
Well, it’s December again and that means the holidays and the end of another year. I celebrate Christmas, so I’m in the midst of buying and wrapping...
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Eric Higham
| Dec 01, 2016
To regular readers, you’ll note that I’m a little bit late with my blog for November. I’m hoping you’ll all be able to identify and comm...
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Asif Anwar
| Nov 24, 2016
The global squeeze on military budgets is translating into an emphasis on improving capabilities at the system level. Coupled with a relatively limited number o...
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Chris Taylor
| Nov 22, 2016
DelfMEMS SA (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France), a developer of RF MEMS contact switches, went into liquidation in March 2016 according to court filings.
The DelfMEMS C...
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Eric Higham
| Oct 31, 2016
The United States is nearing the end of a very contentious presidential election cycle. Political commentary has long embraced military terminology, so we hear ...
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Chris Taylor
| Oct 19, 2016
This week Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X50 5G Modem, the first commercial radio modem for 5G operating at millimeter wave frequencies. The X50 platfo...
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Asif Anwar
| Oct 07, 2016
Strategy Analytics annual lunch and learn session at the EuMW 2016 Defence, Security & Space Forum discussed the complex operating challenges for radar, EW ...
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Eric Higham
| Sep 30, 2016
Forgive the silly pun, but we’ve all heard or used the saying that something is “running out of gas”. Now, the expression can be literal, with...
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Asif Anwar
| Sep 23, 2016
On July 14, 2016, Infineon Technologies AG and Cree, Inc. that the two companies had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power and RF d...
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Stephen Entwistle
| Sep 07, 2016
Last week Samsung suffered the ignominy of having to issue a global recall of all 2.5 million Note 7 phablets that it had recently shipped, due to battery probl...
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Eric Higham
| Aug 31, 2016
It’s always with a bit of ambivalence that I turn the page on another summer. I like summer, but I’m forced to contemplate the yin and yang of the s...
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