PrismTech to Work with GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms to Develop COTS SCA-compliant Development and Deployment Platform
12/2/2009
PrismTech, an acknowledged leader in Software Defined Radio (SDR) infrastructure solutions, today announced at the SDR Forum’s Technical Conference and Product Exposition that it will work with GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, to develop and market a COTS platform for developers of Software Communications Architecture (SCA)-compliant waveforms and radios.

Thales’s LibertyTM Multiband Radio Proves Trunking Interoperability
11/30/2009
Thales Communications, Inc., a pioneer and global leader in the development, manufacture, and support of multiband, software-defined radio (SDR) equipment, announces that its LibertyTM multiband land mobile radio (LMR) successfully completed trunking interoperability testing, meeting the requirements of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Project 25 (P25) Compliance Assessment Program (CAP). The Liberty radio was certified by the Tait Radio Communications/EADS Secure Networks laboratory, one of only four land mobile radio manufacturers named by the U.S. federal government as having a recognized P25 CAP laboratory.

GateHouse and Spectrum to demonstrate the Inmarsat BGAN waveform for Software Defined Radio
11/19/2009
GateHouse A/S, Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (Spectrum) and Inmarsat will be demonstrating a Software Defined Radio (SDR) implementation of an Inmarsat BGAN terminal at SDR’09 in December 1-4, in Washington DC. The demonstration will show a Software Defined Radio platform running GateHouse’s BGAN SDR waveform, and visitors will be able to access the internet via the Inmarsat BGAN satellite network.

PrismTech Releases SDR Benchmarks for Wind River Linux and VxWorks
10/19/2009
PrismTech, an acknowledged leader in Software Defined Radio (SDR) infrastructure solutions, today released SDR operating environment (OE) benchmarks for Freescale and Intel hardware platforms from GE Fanuc and Kontron. These benchmarks demonstrate the industry-leading performance of PrismTech’s Spectra OE on commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and operating systems. These benchmarks will be showcased at MILCOM 2009, the premier international conference for military communications, held in Boston, MA at the World Trade Center from October 18 to 21, 2009.

Spectrum´s SDR-4000 Selected by TUBITAK UEKAE for Testing, Porting, and Demonstration Activities for the Turkish Armed Forces
9/28/2009
Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima, an advanced custom radio provider, announced today that the National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), an affiliate of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), will use Spectrum´s flexComm SDR-4000 transceiver for the development and deployment of tactical radio waveforms.

Introductory Offer on Pentek´s Award Winning Software Radio Product
9/23/2009
Pentek is offering a special bundle so you can start using the latest software radio technology now!

PrismTech Announces GA Release of Spectra CX
9/16/2009
PrismTech an acknowledged leader in Software-Defined Radio (SDR) infrastructure solutions, today announced the General Availability (GA) release of its new model-driven development tool for radio developers - Spectra CX.

SCA Technica, Inc. has issued a Request for Information (RFI)
9/16/2009
SCA Technica, Inc. has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to determine the availability, capabilities and price for commercial, small form factor, commercial on-the-shelf (COTS) test bed and prototyping equipment for software defined radio (SDR), cognitive radio (CR) and mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET). The RFI can be downloaded from the company website.

Bran Selic Joins Zeligsoft
9/14/2009
Zeligsoft, a leading vendor of software development tools to the embedded computing industry, today announced the appointment of Bran Selic to the position of Director of Advanced Technology. In this strategic role, Bran will be responsible for the overall Zeligsoft model-based engineering (MBE) strategy and technology research programs. He will also be a key contributor to the Zeligsoft product direction and roadmap.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces ATCA Single Board Computer To Enable Improved Network Throughput
9/9/2009
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced the A10200 ATCA® single board computer. Featuring a dual Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series dual- or quad core processor and up to 64 Gigabytes of DDR3 SDRAM memory, it delivers a combination of unprecedented performance and low power dissipation.

Pentek Introduces New PMC/XMC Transceiver Module
9/8/2009
Ideal for Wideband Radar Countermeasures and MIL/COTS Applications. Pentek´s new Model 7158 data converter is the company´s highest-frequency PMC/XMC transceiver module. The module is well suited for high-speed, wideband applications including remote radar countermeasures, tracking and UAV surveillance. The Model 7158 is a dual-channel, 12-bit 500 MHz data converter that builds upon their proven Model 7156 by extending the A/D sampling rate.

Pentek Offers New Elegant VME Board Solution
8/24/2009
Pentek Offers New Elegant VME Board Solution for Synchronization and Distribution of Timing Signals in Large Multi-Channel Systems. The Model 6891 VME board is well suited for radar beamforming, direction finding and shipboard diversity reception and cellular wireless applications where multiple antennas are used to steer and/or improve the reception of signals.

JTRS JPEO Lists SDR Forum as Public Liaison for New SCA
8/20/2009
Joint Program Executive Office for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) has initiated the development of a new Software Communications Architecture (SCA) release. The fundamental goal behind this revision is to position the SCA as a specification that is comprehensive yet flexible enough to provide a technical foundation for multiple generations of JTRS and industry products.

HUGHES and Ultra Electronics Partner to Demonstrate an Integrated “Never-Out-of-Touch” Tactical Communications Solution
8/17/2009
SATCOM Capabilities with High Capacity Line-of-Sight Tactical Communications Provide Seamless Connectivity and Range Extension While On-The-Move

China’s Radio Regulatory Bureau and SDR Forum to lead discussion on Spectrum Management
8/13/2009
Radio Spectrum Management Conference @ Wireless China Industry Summit 2009 September 2 - 3, 2009 • Landmark Hotel & Tower • Beijing, P.R.C.

New Cognitive Radio White Paper available from Agilent Technologies
8/12/2009
This white paper outlines the challenges of today’s modern spectral environment, and details a novel new R&D testbed for developing and verifying algorithms for cognitive radio.

GateHouse Initiates Software Defined Radio Program with Inmarsat BGAN
8/6/2009
GateHouse initiates a program to prototype a Software Defined Radio (SDR) implementation of a BGAN waveform. The program is supported by Inmarsat.

Pentek´s New Carrier Board Enables High-Performance Applications in the Emerging PCI Express Environment
7/28/2009
Pentek, Inc., today released the 7800 series of high-performance I/O boards built upon a versatile half-length x8 PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 carrier board. The carrier board hosts a PMC/XMC module to fulfill a wide range of software radio, data acquisition and beamforming applications. Now designers can utilize PCI Express, FPGAs and high-speed interfaces in low-cost PCs as well as in blade servers.

PrismTech and Zeligsoft partner to deliver Spectra CX
7/26/2009
PrismTech, an acknowledged leader in Software Defined Radio (SDR) infrastructure solutions, and Zeligsoft, a leading vendor of software development tools to the embedded computing industry, today announced a comprehensive partnering agreement to jointly develop, and for PrismTech to market, a new advanced, model-driven development tool for radio developers - Spectra CX.

U.S. Army Selects Thales´s Mounted Soldier
7/26/2009
Thales Communications, Inc., a pioneer and global leader in the development, manufacture, and support of multiband, software-defined radio (SDR) equipment, announces the award by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command for the development and delivery of Mounted Soldier Cordless Communication Systems.

Spectrum´s SDR-4000 to Support the Inmarsat BGAN Waveform from GateHouse
7/22/2009
Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima, an advanced communications equipment supplier, announced today that GateHouse Communications, a leader in satellite communications software, has selected Spectrum´s flexCommTM SDR-4000 software defined radio (SDR) transceiver platform to port their Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) SDR waveform.

OSSIE Version 0.7.4 Released
7/20/2009
Version 0.7.4 of the OSSIE open-source SCA-based software defined radio software is now available for free download at http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu. The software comprises a core framework, the Waveform Workshop rapid prototyping tools, signal processing components, device interface software, node/hardware platform configuration files, and sample applications.

Pentek Announces New SMP VxWorks Support
6/30/2009
Pentek, Inc., one of the pioneers of VME board-level technology, today released Wind River´s VxWorks® operating system support for its Model 4207, the company´s flagship processor board for high-performance I/O and data acquisition systems. Coupling the leading real-time OS for embedded systems to this PowerPC and FPGA platform flows stems from its target applications and wide market acceptance.

FM3TR Waveform Ported to Spectrum´s Multi-Purpose Radio
6/18/2009
UC San Diego Researchers Succeed in Rapid Port of FM3TR Waveform to Spectrum´s Multi-Purpose Radio Under JPEO JTRS Support. Waveform Code and Documentation to be Available in the JTRS Open Information Repository

Shared Spectrum Company nominated for Hottest Emerging Government Contractor Award
6/10/2009
Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), a leading provider of dynamic spectrum access wireless technology, was nominated for the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Hottest Ticket Award. This prestigious award recognizes the accomplishments of emerging entrepreneurial companies within the technology sector.

Pentek´s New Software Radio Transceiver PMC Captures and Processes Wideband Signals
5/19/2009
The Model 7156 Dual Channel Transceiver is Pentek´s latest PMC module, comprising two 400 MHz A/D converters with 14-bit resolution and two 800 MHz D/A converters with 16-bit resolution. Both data converters on the 7156 use new Texas Instrument monolithic devices, the ADS5474 and the DAC5688, respectively.

Pentek Introduces Real-Time Data Recording and Playback System
4/28/2009
By announcing its new RTS 2701 Recording and Playback System with Multiband Transceiver, Pentek has introduced a system that can be used as a powerful laboratory test instrument, as a stand-alone remote data acquisition system, or as a dedicated record/playback sub-system for deployed applications. Building upon previous expertise in portable recording and playback systems, the RTS 2701 incorporates enhanced software features and a highly capable 7641-420 Software Defined Radio (SDR) module.

Joint Strike Fighter Program Selects ORBexpress Communications Middleware
4/20/2009
Making it easier to develop highly secure communication systems, Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) announced today that ORBexpress® is the first communications middleware ever to be evaluated under the Common Criteria, the world’s most widely adopted security certification standard. ORBexpress is undergoing this certification for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s Communications, Navigation and Identification (CNI) system, an advanced and complex avionics system that must be certified to comply with rigorous security requirements. The certification of ORBexpress will save programs significant time and money by making it easier and faster to develop and certify secure systems using fully evaluated COTS communications middleware.

Hypres Demonstrates Industry’s First All-Digital Multi-Net Link-16 Receiver
4/13/2009
Hypres Inc., developer of the Digital-RF™ product line, with support from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) and ViaSat, recently demonstrated the industry’s first all-digital Link-16 multi-net receiver prototype. This was the culmination of a multi-year development by the two companies sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Washington, D.C., and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, PMW-150.

Pentek Announces a Multifrequency Clock Synthesizer
4/6/2009
By introducing the Model 7190 Multifrequency Clock Synthesizer, Pentek now offers designers working with A/Ds and D/As an extraordinarily high performance, highly precise source of clock signals in an unusually small PMC format.

Thales, a major player in the field of software-defined radio
4/2/2009
Thales is strengthening its leadership in new-generation communications systems by participating in the ESSOR [1] European project aimed at establishing European standards for secure software-defined radios. Thales also provides a range of software-defined radios called FlexNet, the first field tests of which have been successful. As a decision-making tool in fields of operation, software-defined radios are key components in battlefield digitization.

ITT announces delivery of Soldier Radio Waveform 1.0C
3/31/2009
ITT Corporation’s Communications Systems today announced the qualification and release of the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) 1.0C waveform. This delivery represents a significant accomplishment by both the ITT and government teams, setting a benchmark delivery for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS).

Shared Spectrum Company Names Thomas Stroup Chief Executive Officer
3/24/2009
Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), a leading provider of dynamic spectrum access wireless technology, today announced that Thomas A. Stroup, a wireless communications industry executive with over 20 years experience, has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer.

Ultra Electronics - TCS Awarded Contract by its Korean Strategic Partner
3/13/2009
Ultra Electronics - Tactical Communication Systems has been awarded a contract valued at CDN $10 M by its Korean strategic partner company, Huneed Technologies, for tactical military radios for the Republic of Korea.

Aeronix Receives 2008 World Class Team Supplier Award
3/2/2009
Aeronix recently received the prestigious 2008 World Class Team Supplier Award from Northrop Grumman for delivery of the VMF waveform for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Communication, Navigation and Identification (CNI) System. This award is given to those suppliers who have consistently demonstrated outstanding achievements and support of Northrop Grumman programs.

ORBexpress Middleware Used for Harris Corporation´s Falcon III Family of SDRs
2/23/2009
Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), provider of the most widely used communications middleware for software-defined radios (SDRs), today announced that ORBexpress® is the middleware foundation of Harris Corporation’s family of Falcon III® SDRs.

Ultra Electronics - Tactical Communication Systems launches UltraMAX
2/20/2009
Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (Ultra-TCS) announced today the commercial availability of UltraMAX, a new family of OFDM Base Stations and Subscriber Stations in response to the growing needs for secure broadband communications for homeland security, paramilitary, civil defense, and public safety applications.

SCA Technica Awarded a Key Wireless Patent
2/15/2009
SDR Forum member company SCA Technica was recently awarded a key wireless patent for “Achieving High Assurance Connectivity on Computing Devices and Defeating Blended Hacking Attacks”

Ultra Electronics - Tactical Communication Systems has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Navy
2/3/2009
Ultra Electronics - Tactical Communication Systems has been awarded a contract valued at US $8.3 M for supplying tactical communication upgrade kits, including its high capacity AN/GRC-245A HCLOS radios to the U.S. Navy SPAWAR Systems.

Pentek Announces New Family of PCI Express Boards
1/26/2009
The 7700 series is the latest family of Pentek software defined radio products and the first to feature the PCI Express (PCIe) form factor with advanced connectivity options.

Spectrum Selected by LiveTV to Bring Email and Other Services to the Skies
1/12/2009
Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima, an advanced custom radio provider, announced today a partnership with LiveTV LLC, a world leader in in-flight entertainment and connectivity systems for commercial aircraft, to supply next generation radios for LiveTV´s connectivity system. The radios will allow passengers to send and receive email with people on the ground, while they are still in-flight.

Spectrum SDR-4000 Selected for NATO Research and Technology Task Group Activities
11/10/2008
Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization to use SDR-4000 to advance radio interoperability between nations

SCA-based Open Source Software Radio: OSSIE Release 0.7.0 Available for Free Download
11/5/2008
Since Dr. Max Robert (then an IC Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Jeff Reed) and several of Dr. Reed´s students began the project in 2003, OSSIE has been expanded into a suite of open source SDR software that includes rapid development and debugging tools, as well as infrastructure software based on the SCA. OSSIE is used around the world for research, education, and rapid prototyping.

JTRS Testing and Evaluation Lab Selects PrismTech’s ‘Spectra 2’ Tools to Facilitate Testing and Certification
10/31/2008
PrismTech™, an acknowledged leader in advanced software integration and infrastructure solutions, announced today that the regulatory and certification authority for both Software Communications Architecture (SCA) and JTRS compliance, the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Testing and Evaluation Lab (JTEL), has selected its Spectra™ 2 tools suite to assist with the testing and certification of waveform and platform application code.

Spectrum´s SDR-4000 Rugged Modem Now Offered with L-3 Nova´s Wideband Networking Waveform OFDM Physical Layer
10/29/2008
Industry´s only commercially available software defined radio platform with the WNW OFDM PHY offers significant cost and schedule savings for system integrators and radio providers

Zeligsoft Announces New Tool Suite Targeting the Software Communications Architecture (SCA)
10/28/2008
Zeligsoft™, a leading vendor of software development tools to the embedded computing industry, today announced the introduction of Zeligsoft CX with an SCA domain, a new software development tool suite developed to help organizations build Software Defined Radios (SDRs) conforming to the SCA standard with higher quality and reduced development time.

PrismTech’s Spectra v2.1 Powers SCA Performance
10/28/2008
At the SDR Forum´s Annual Technical Conference, SDR´08, PrismTech™ today announced the release of Spectra™ 2.1, the next version of its market-leading Spectra product suite for Software Defined Radio (SDR) developers. PrismTech´s products power netcentricity by optimizing resource management and providing superior communications and data management.

Pentek´s New Software Radio PMC Module Features Industry´s Latest 16-bit 200 MHz A/Ds
10/27/2008
Pentek, Inc. has introduced its Model 7153, a 4-channel, high-speed digitizer PMC module designed for processing baseband RF or IF signals from a communications receiver. This is the only product of its kind in the market that employs the new ADS5485 A/D Converter just released by Texas Instruments.

Toshiba licenses IMEC’s power-efficient, flexible processor technology
10/13/2008
IMEC, Europe’s leading independent nanoelectronics research institute today announced that Toshiba, world-leading integrated device manufacturer, has licensed IMEC technology for designing power-efficient, flexible processors in a single- and multiprocessor architecture.

Ultra TCS announces award for the Jordanian Armed Forces
9/23/2008
Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (Ultra TCS) announces the award of a contract valued at more than US$5,300,000 through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the supply of its AN/GRC-245 HCLOSTM radio, encryption management system, and associated equipment to the Jordanian Armed Forces.

Ultra Electronics is awarded a $50M contract for the supply of its AN/GRC-245A HCLOS radios
9/17/2008
Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (Ultra TCS) announces the award of contract modifications valued at more than US$50,000,000 through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the supply of its AN/GRC-245 HCLOS radio, TRC190 V1 and V3 kits, spares and associated equipment for the U.S. Army’s WIN-T Program.

Femto Vendor RadioFrame Networks Lands $28M
8/27/2008
Femtocell vendor RadioFrame Networks Inc. has swept up $28 million in Series F equity and debt financing, bringing the total amount of funding the company has raised since 2001 to $100 million.

Vienna Firm Shared Spectrum Earns Its Living in Broadcast Spectrum White Space
8/25/2008
An engineer, Mark A. McHenry litters his speech with dizzying terms like gigahertz and cognitive radio. But on one topic in the national news he is plain-spoken: the claim by the broadcast networks, the NBCs and CBSs of the world, that a new technology to provide Internet service over the air will interfere with TV viewing.

Dr. David Murotake was awarded a patent for a Self Booting Software Defined Radio Module
8/22/2008
The new patent covers the use of SDR technology in self-booting applications, either built-in to wireless mobile platforms such as laptop computers and smart phones, or used as "plug and play" modules.

Pentek Introduces Two Rugged Software Radio PMC Modules
7/29/2008
Pentek today announced a new family of rugged software radio modules with two of Pentek´s leading-edge, GateFlow® FPGA IP cores installed on its recently-introduced 7141 Dual Channel 125 MHz 14-bit A/D and 500 MHz 16-bit D/A Transceiver. As an added benefit, because the IP cores are pre-installed by Pentek, the end user is completely free from any FPGA development tasks. The first of these modules, Pentek´s 7141-420 and 7141-430, transform the 7141 into two distinct and highly integrated products addressing a diverse range of applications.

Pentek Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification for Quality Management Systems
7/15/2008
Pentek, Inc., a pioneer in embedded computing innovation, has achieved ISO 9001:2000 quality management system (QMS) certification by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), demonstrating Pentek´s long-standing commitment to quality-of-service standards and customer satisfaction.

Ultra TCS has achieved a major milestone having been awarded US$ 100,000,000 since January 2008
7/1/2008
“This year marks our 10th year under contract to the US Army to supply the AN/GRC‐245 HCLOSTM radio. Ultra TCS was the 1st company to have delivered high capacity Software Defined Radios for the military tactical environment” states Alan Barker, president of Ultra Electronics Tactical Systems Division.

PrismTech Solutions Americas Selected to Provide Waveform Portability Support and Expertise to the US Navy’s SDR Systems
6/30/2008
PrismTech Solutions Americas, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PrismTech Corporation, has been selected to provide waveform portability support to the U.S. Navy’s software-defined radio (SDR) systems. The work will be conducted through a support services contract overseen by the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) serves as the prime contractor.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces First Rugged XMC Mezzanine Card
6/24/2008
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces First Rugged XMC Mezzanine Card To Offer Choice Of Three Xilinx® Virtex™-5 FPGAs. Designed for digital signal processing applications; card can be deployed in the harshest environments.

Pentek Introduces High-Speed Software Radio PMC Module
6/24/2008
Pentek, Inc., with its proven track record as a pioneer in software radio innovation, today introduced its Model 7152, a Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D Digitizer with a 32-Channel Digital Down Converter (DDC). Configured in a PMC format, it employs a high-performance, factory-installed core for users who want to purchase a product with the critical signal processing functions already installed and functioning. It is well suited to fulfill the requirements of real-time software radio, beamforming, signal intelligence and radar systems.

Zeligsoft Unveils One Stop Development Shop for SCA
6/9/2008
Leading tool vendor further enhances the most widely adopted solution for SCA-based Software Defined Radio development

Siemens Wireless Modules Becomes Independent Firm: Cinterion Wireless Modules
6/8/2008
Cinterion Wireless Modules is the new company that emerged from Siemens´ Wireless Modules (WM) business. The highly successful Siemens division, which specializes in producing wireless communications modules for use in the M2M (machine-to-machine) sector, was taken over by a group of investors led by the private equity firm Granville Baird as of June 1, 2008

Pentek´s RTS 2721 Portable Signal Recording and Playback Instrument Streams Data at 500 MB/Sec
6/3/2008
Pentek, Inc., today announced its Model RTS 2721 Portable Signal Recording and Playback Instrument, delivering truly remarkable performance while weighing only 23 pounds and measuring just 16.8 inches wide, 5.7 inches deep and 11.5 inches high. With recording and playback rates up to 500 MB/sec, the unit is well suited for a broad range of communications and radar applications that require acquisition, down-conversion, analysis, up-conversion and reproduction of baseband and intermediate frequency (IF) signals.

Ultra-TCS announces the award of contract modifications
6/2/2008
Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (Ultra-TCS) announces the award of contract modifications valued at more than US$19,000,000 through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the continued supply of its AN/GRC-245 HCLOS™ radio

Ultra TCS announces award for the U.S. Army’s WIN-T Program
4/10/2008
Ultra TCS announces the award of contract modifications valued at more than US$30,000,000 through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the supply of its AN/GRC-245 HCLOSTM radio and TRC190 V1 and V3 kits for the U.S. Army’s WIN-T Program

OSSIE Version 0.6.2 Available for Free Download
3/25/2008
OSSIE is an open source Software Defined Radio development effort based at Virginia Tech. OSSIE is primarily intended to enable research and education in SDR and wireless communications.

Pentek´s Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D Data Converter Combined with Two Powerful Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs Delivers High-Speed and Enhanced Resolution
3/10/2008
Pentek, Inc., one of the pioneers of VME board-level technology, today released its Model 7150 High Speed Data Converter, featuring four 200 MHz, 16-bit A/Ds and a pair of high-performance Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs. The 7150 connects directly to the RF or IF inputs of a communications system, delivering the industry´s highest resolution A/Ds and enhanced processing power in a single PMC/XMC module. The 7150 is the first in the 715x series, which with sampling rates to 200 MHz and 16 bits of resolution, fulfills the market demand for products with both wider bandwidths and improved dynamic range.

Mercury Computer Systems Receives U.S. Government Research & Development Prime Contract for JCREW Technology Demonstration
3/3/2008
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. has received a $2.5 million contract award from U.S. Army Ft. Monmouth´s CECOM in New Jersey, for development and demonstration of a testbed to support the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) program. The testbed will be used by the U.S. Government to develop and test advanced open- architecture technology for counter-IED systems development.

JTRS Radio to Receive Advanced Satellite Waveform
2/25/2008
AN/PRC-148 Handheld Radio Adds Integrated Waveform (DAMA successor)

New Common Platform addresses the needs of the Indian Army´s TCS Program
2/14/2008
Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (Ultra TCS) announces its new HCR common platform software-defined tactical LOS radio at the Defexpo show in Delhi, India.

Objective Interface and Wind River Deliver High-Performance Solution for Distributed Linux Systems
11/12/2007
Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), provider of the most widely used communications middleware for real-time and embedded systems, and Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), today announced an integrated solution for commercial-grade and real-time Linux applications in distributed environments.

Objective Interface Systems and SYSGO Offer Integrated Software Solution for Real-Time Linux Applications
10/30/2007
Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), provider of the most widely used communications middleware for real-time and embedded systems, today announced that ORBexpress® RT, OIS´s high-performance CORBA ORB, now supports SYSGO´s Industrial Grade Linux, ELinOS™. This further extends OIS´s collaboration with SYSGO, a global supplier of software solutions for the most demanding safety and security applications. ELinOS, a real-time Linux kernel with a complete software development tool suite based on the Eclipse platform, was recently recognized as the leading commercial real-time Linux platform in North America and Europe.

Ultra Electronics - Tactical Communication Systems awarded contract
10/23/2007
Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (TCS) announced an award of contract modifications valued at U.S $10,182,532 through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the supply of upgrade kits and AN/GRC-245A (HCLOS) software defined 16Mb/s radios, for the U.S. Marine Corp MRC-142 upgrade program.

Spectrum Signal Processing Expands Software Radio Offering
10/23/2007
Spectrum to offer highly optimized air interface protocol stacks pre-integrated with its portfolio of software reconfigurable wireless solutions

Motorola, Sprint Nextel Gear Up to Deliver WiMAX to the Windy City
1/8/2007
Sprint Nextel awards Chicago market to Motorola for network deployment; initial service targeted for late 2007

Motorola announces its fastest processor PMC module
12/26/2006

PrismTech seeks patent for field programmable gate array
12/21/2006
PrismTech seeks patent for field programmable gate array integrated circuit ORB middleware technology

Digital receiver design: basics of software radio part 2
12/20/2006
By Rodger H. Hosking, Pentek, Inc.

Digital receiver design: basics of software radio part 1
12/15/2006
By Rodger H. Hosking, Pentek

Secure software-defined radio technology is goal of Virginia Tech Cyber Trust project
12/14/2006

Understanding SDRs and their RF test requirements, part 2
12/13/2006
By Eric Hakanson, Anritsu Company

Harris Corporation demonstrates APCO P25 interoperability with its Falcon(R) III AN/PRC-152(C) handheld radio
12/13/2006

Harris Corporation´s Falcon(R) III AN/PRC-152(C) receives SCA-Certification
12/11/2006
Harris Corporation´s widely fielded Falcon(R) III AN/PRC-152(C) receives SCA-Certification from the JTRS Joint Program Executive Office

Understanding SDRs and their RF test requirements, part 1
12/11/2006
By Eric Hakanson, Anritsu Company

Lyrtech unveils new SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 and DRC Virtex-4
12/8/2006

Zeligsoft paves the way for standardized European software defined radio
12/7/2006

PrismTech submits patent application for FPGA IP core middleware
12/6/2006

Software-defined radio technology promises converged wireless devices
12/1/2006
Startup Kenet is working on military technology that, in civilian hands, could lead to wireless devices that can use hundreds or thousands of channels at very low power.

TechnoConcepts plans software defined radio chipsets
12/1/2006
TechnoConcepts plans software defined radio chipsets for 2007 offering dual Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 3G cellular services

Willtek adds TD-SCDMA to 3G cellular handset testers based on picoChip software-defined radio
11/23/2006

CRC rolls out SCARI software suite for SDR technology
11/17/2006
The Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC), an agency of Industry Canada, has announced the latest release of its SCARI Software Suite, an integrated development environment for SDR technology.

Lyrtech launches new small form factor SDR development platforms
11/14/2006

Firms roll software defined radio platform
11/13/2006
New development platform is remarkably complete, features unique power measurement tools and a Simulink design flow. Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) in collaboration with Xilinx, Lyrtech, and other third parties, today unveiled its Small Form Factor Software Defined Radio (SDR) Development Platform. The SDR Development Platform provides a full signal chain from antenna to baseband processing.

New fabrication process paves way for next generation all-digital transceiver
11/7/2006
New fabrication process paves way for next generation all-digital transceiver capable of operation in excess of 80 GHz clock speed. HYPRES Inc., a leading developer of superconducting microelectronics (SME) technology, recently achieved a major milestone when it successfully tested fabricated integrated circuits featuring a critical current density of 20 kiloamps per square centimeter (kA/cm2). …

PrismTech Selected by Raytheon
11/6/2006
PrismTech Selected by Raytheon to Provide Real-Time Java™ Middleware for Navy’s DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program

Professor might have solved SDR
11/1/2006
Using open-source software makes price right for public safety. Charles Bostian, a professor at Virginia Tech University in Blackburn, Va., is leading a team in developing software-defined radios, or SDRs, based on an open-source software platform, which could bring about an SDR-enabled handset in 2008 at a $500 price tag — significantly below the $38,000 estimated for military-grade SDRs. …

Boeing FAB-T Team completes prototype SDR for US Air Force
10/24/2006

New Acqiris VME/VXS boards provide exceptional data conversion
10/24/2006
New Acqiris VME/VXS boards to provide exceptional data conversion and processing for EW and radar applications

Good news for JTRS
10/24/2006
Bolstered by a revised program strategy, management reorganization and technological advancements, the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) appears to be overcoming some significant bumps in the road and is picking up speed in its drive to use software-defined radio technology for network-centric operations.

Spectrum´s multi-channel transceiver core provides small footprint
10/23/2006
Spectrum´s multi-channel transceiver core provides small footprint radio application framework for software reconfigurable platforms

Spectrum´s SDR-4000 TMRDP integrates a high performance modem with an RF front-end
10/23/2006
Spectrum´s SDR-4000 TMRDP integrates a high performance modem with an RF front-end to reduce risk and schedule in tactical MILCOM deployments

Zeligsoft and Mercury team to support FPGAs used in SDR
10/23/2006
Advanced automation tools and radio platform use open core protocol ´OCP´ to provide component portability for specialized hardware processors

PrismTech achieves outstanding results for first half of FY2006
10/23/2006
PrismTech achieves outstanding results for first half of FY2006--new contract wins set pace for record year

ISR Technologies selects ORBexpress middleware for Xilinx-based JTRS SDR development kit
10/17/2006
Objective Interface Systems, Inc. today announced that ISR Technologies … has selected ORB express® communications middleware for the ISR Technologies Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) SDR development kit. The JTRS SDR development kit, jointly developed by Xilinx and ISR Technologies, is the industry’s first to support partial reconfiguration within the complete Software Communications Architecture (SCA). …

Nortel: the lab rat
10/2/2006
This article is part two of a six-part online series that culminates with a final analysis feature in Oct. 9 issue of Telephony. Part one of this series featured Motorola.

Spectrum signs Contract for delivery of SDR-4000 platforms
9/28/2006
Spectrum signs US$550,000 Contract for delivery of SDR-4000 platforms to international defense contractor

Building SCA-compliant software-defined radios
9/27/2006
By Rodger H. Hosking, Pentek

PrismTech joins NCOIC
9/26/2006
PrismTech joins Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) to help ensure interoperability of COTS ´building blocks´

ip.access selects picoChip technology for 3G femtocell development
9/25/2006

Lockheed Martin completes successful live network centric operations demonstration
9/19/2006
Lockheed Martin completes successful live network centric operations demonstration of joint tactical network systems

Rockwell Collins selected for U.K. military networking program
9/18/2006

Pentek´s digital receiver board eliminates FPGA development tasks
9/18/2006
Pentek´s digital receiver board with high-speed A/D and installed FPGA dual-channel digital downconverter eliminates FPGA development tasks

Objective Interface launches high-performance communications middleware
9/18/2006
Objective Interface launches high-performance communications middleware for Texas Instruments DSP Platforms

The Elisra Group awarded contract to supply personal survival radios
9/10/2006
Elbit Systems´ subsidiary, The Elisra Group, awarded an approximately US$8 million contract to supply personal survival radios to the German air force. Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that Tadiran Spectralink Ltd. (Spectralink), a member of the Elisra Group, won a contract for the supply of the advanced PCR-434G/SV Personal Survival Radio (PSR) to the German Air Force.

Spectrum analyzers reach 14 GHz
9/5/2006

Software-defined radio technology company focuses on cost-effective solutions
9/2/2006
Don’t expect John Bard to sit still for long. The 45-year-old principal and owner of Space Coast Communications Systems is full of movement as he describes his software company and the broader implications of software-defined radio technology.

SCA shows wireless system
8/22/2006

Northrop Grumman completes 12th successful flight test of enhanced wideband networking capability
8/22/2006

Air Force awards contract to SCA
8/17/2006

Harris wins Marine Corps radio contract
8/11/2006

Harris Corporation awarded contract from the Germany MoD
8/10/2006
Harris Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a contract totaling $2.5 million for its Falcon(R) II AN/PRC-117F(C) radios from the Germany Ministry of Defense (MoD).

JPS Communications announces new radio to SIP Interface
8/7/2006
Raytheon´s JPS Communications … announces its new Analog Radio Adapter, the ARA-1.

DSP and embedded processing will provide a huge growth potential
8/4/2006
Having pioneered reprogrammable hardware, Xilinx is the world´s largest maker of field programmable gate arrays. Willem P aWim´ Roelandts has served as President and CEO since January 1996, and in August 2003 assumed the position of Chairman of the Board.

Spectrum Signal Processing signs agreement for cognitive radio research and development
7/24/2006
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. today announced a $500,000 agreement with Motorola, Inc. for the supply of its flexComm™ SDR-3000 SMRDP.

Mercury Computer Systems to provide communications platform
7/20/2006
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced it has been awarded an $8.6 million contract to provide a communications platform for a commercial ground-based satellite beamforming application. Designed with more than 100 FPGAs, the AdvancedTCA-Based System is expected to deliver 20 TeraOPS of computing performance to enable spectrum reuse.

Picochip, China Grentech signs WiMAX deal
7/12/2006
Picochip has signed a development partnership agreement with China Grentech. The two companies will work together in the joint development of complete WiMAX solutions targeted at the wideband wireless access market.

University forms one of largest wireless research groups in nation
7/11/2006

THALES and PrismTech sign Strategic Alliance
7/10/2006
THALES and PrismTech sign strategic alliance for Mission Systems’ Software Infrastructure, Middleware, Tools and Related Services. Today, THALES and PrismTech jointly announced a strategic alliance that will see PrismTech independently develop and commercially exploit THALES’ Data Distribution Service (DDS) middleware technologies.

Lockheed Martin selects Spectrum´s SDR-3000
7/10/2006
Lockheed Martin selects Spectrum´s SDR-3000 for software communications architecture enabled waveform development. Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. today announced an agreement with Lockheed Martin Corporation for its flexComm(TM) SDR-3000 software defined radio platform. Lockheed Martin will use the SDR-3000 for waveform development in a Software Communications Architecture (SCA) environment.

A failure to communicate? London gets the message
7/6/2006

Harris lands $169M Army contract
7/5/2006
The U.S. Army is paying Harris Corp. $169 million for advanced communications equipment.

Software radio transceiver module boosts FPGA, memory and ADC resources
7/5/2006
Software radio transceiver module boosts FPGA, memory and ADC resources for complex wideband multi-channel systems. Pentek, Inc., today released the newest member of its popular software radio transceiver modules: the Model 7142.

Spectrum Signal Processing´s CTO to consult to SDR Forum
6/23/2006
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. today announced that it has concluded an agreement with the SDR Forum to allow Lee Pucker, Spectrum´s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), to act as consulting CTO to the SDR Forum concurrent with his role at Spectrum.

Spectrum flexComm SDR-4000 Integrated with Objective Interface Systems ORBexpress RT
6/20/2006
Spectrum flexComm SDR-4000 software defined radio subsystem now Integrated with Objective Interface Systems ORBexpress RT.
Partnership delivers small-footprint Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) on small form factor software defined radio platform

Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. and Objective Interface Systems, Inc. today announced they have entered into an agreement to integrate and market Objective Interface´s ORBexpress(R) RT with Spectrum´s flexComm(TM) SDR-4000 software defined radio (SDR). signal processing platform.

Software defined radio—an innovative approach to public safety interoperability
6/20/2006

FPGA chips gaining ground over ASIC
6/19/2006
Consumer electronics and communication are some of the segments that witness a consistent shift to FPGA

Justice narrows IWN race to two
6/19/2006
General Dynamics, Lockheed to compete for contract to design nationwide wireless system

Call to arms on software-defined radio
6/1/2006

Zeligsoft accelerates iterations in SDR development life cycle
5/31/2006
Zeligsoft accelerates iterations in software defined radio development life cycle.
Component enabler 2.4 amplifies the benefit of component-based embedded software development

Zeligsoft™ today announced the release of Zeligsoft CE™(Component Enabler) 2.4 supporting deployment analysis at the component level.

Searching for antenna Utopia in a crazy world
5/31/2006

BAE SYSTEMS receives certification for WIN-T operating environment
5/24/2006
The Joint Tactical Radio System Technology Laboratory (JTeL) has certified the initial operating environment for BAE Systems´ multi-band JC4ISR radio as compliant to the Department of Defense´s Software Communications Architecture 2.2 specifications.

Motorola unveils second 802.16e WiMAX solution
5/23/2006
Motorola unveils second 802.16e WiMAX solution with live demonstration featuring third-party interoperability at WiMAX World Europe.

Motorola, Inc. continues ... with the latest addition to its MOTOwi4(TM) portfolio of wireless broadband solutions.

picoChip showcases WiMAX 16e reference design at WiMAX World
5/23/2006
picoChip has demonstrated its reference design for mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005) at WiMAX World Europe.

Ground-breaking transmitter chip an industry first
5/23/2006
Ground-breaking transmitter chip an industry first; TechnoConcepts´ transmitter and receiver chips lead the way in wireless technology

TechnoConcepts Inc. today announced the upcoming release of the wireless industry´s first fully software-programmable direct-conversion digital-to-RF transmitter chip that can operate continuously over frequencies from 450MHz to 6GHz.

RF Engines sign further contract with Thales UK
5/22/2006
RF Engines sign further contract with Thales UK for the supply of an advanced FPGA channeliser design

Boeing JTRS team delivers key network-centric waveform
5/16/2006

Mercury Computer Systems announces first in COTS starter kit series
5/16/2006
Mercury Computer Systems announces availability of RapidIO-Based VXS Starter Kit; First in COTS starter kit series

Mercury Computer Systems reveals first COTS digital receiver using seven Virtex-4 FPGAs
5/16/2006

Northrop Grumman selects Spectrum´s SDR-3000 for waveform development
5/16/2006

Pentek Real-time multiband press release
5/16/2006
Pentek´s Real-time multiband recording and playback transceiver development platform boasts improved performance and system density

Xilinx unveils 65nm Virtex-5 family - Industry’s highest performance platform FPGAs
5/15/2006

Innovative Integration´s DSP Card Now Supports MatLab
5/15/2006
Innovative Integration´s Quixote DSP Card Now Supports [The MathWorks’] MatLab Quixote Combes TI´s TMS320C6416 DSP & Xilinx´s 6M Gate Virtex II FPGA, for Wireless & High Speed Application

Synplicity and Xilinx create design task force to tackle timing closure for ultra-high capacity FPGAs
5/15/2006

NCSA to add [The Mathworks] MATLAB/Simulink programming capability to SRC´s reconfigurable computing systems
5/10/2006

Celoxica releases programming environment for SGI RASC RC100 Blades
5/8/2006
Celoxica releases programming environment for SGI RASC RC100 Blades; software compilation to FPGA co-processor enables supercomputing adoption

Morpho Technologies introduces integrated WiMAX system solution
5/4/2006

Story tips from Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Super-smart radios...
5/1/2006

Former JTRS program director joins PrismTech board
4/4/2006

Spectrum introduces industry´s most powerful and lowest priced flexComm waveform design studio
4/4/2006

Vanu CTO elected chairman of IEEE study group on cognitive radio
4/4/2006

Spectrum SDR-3000 Platform selected by Lockheed Martin for advanced communications application
3/31/2006

Spectrum Signal Processing contracted by Harris Corporation to support the U.S. Navy´s Advanced Deployable System Program
3/23/2006

Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAS provide critical DSP functionality in General Dynamics JTRS radio
3/22/2006

PrismTech Announces Spectra PE
2/22/2006
PrismTech Announces Spectra PE, adds Radio Platform Modeling, Code-Gen and Docs to Spectra SE’s Waveform Capability

PrismTech Announces Availability of Spectra OE
2/22/2006
PrismTech Announces Availability of Spectra OE: the first, second-generation* operating environment for SDR

PrismTech Ships Middleware Uniquely Optimized for Software-Defined Radio
2/22/2006

Spectra SDR Tools deliver IDE
2/22/2006
Spectra SDR Tools deliver the only end-to-end, domain-specific IDE for Software Defined Radio (SDR)

HYPRES Selects Lockheed Martin
2/22/2006
HYPRES Selects Lockheed Martin To Build Compact, Tactical Cryocooler For JTRS-Compliant All-Digital RF Transceiver

Zeligsoft and Mercury Team for the Joint Tactical Radio System
2/21/2006
Zeligsoft and Mercury Team to Help Signal Processing Engineers Design for the Joint Tactical Radio System

Zeligsoft Releases Software Defined Radio Development Tool
2/21/2006
Zeligsoft Releases v2.2 of Leading Software Defined Radio Development Tool

Wintegra and picoChip announce 802.16e development platform
2/21/2006

picoChip announces agreement with CETECOM
2/21/2006
picoChip announces agreement with CETECOM to supply WiMAX solutions into new test equipment

Radstone Announces Industry’s First Fully Rugged Hybrid FPGA/PowerPC Processor
2/21/2006

AirNet SuperCapacity Base Station Wins Prestigious GSM Award
2/16/2006

picoChip receives strategic investment from AT&T
2/15/2006

picoChip announces HSDPA/HSUPA home basestation reference design
2/14/2006

picoChip Appointment
11/19/2005
picoChip appoints Vice President Sales Asia Pacific

picoChip and Wintegra announce partnership
10/26/2005
picoChip and Wintegra announce partnership: new 802.16e reference design provides increased flexibility and performance for WiMAX basestations

German Armed Forces Select Spectrum Signal Processing
9/27/2005
German Armed Forces Select Spectrum Signal Processing SDR-3002 IMRDP For Software Defined Radio Prototyping and Development

Radstone Press Release on ICS-8554
9/26/2005
ICS-8554 ADC PMC Module Is Rugged, Flexible Solution to High Performance SDR Challenges

Vanu Press Release - Deployment in Canada
9/21/2005
Vanu Announces First Commercial Software Radio Deployment in Canada

picoChip and ARM announcement
9/20/2005
picoChip and ARM announce 90nm next-generation wireless chipsets

picoChip and ETRI sign development partnership
9/13/2005
picoChip and ETRI sign Software Defined Radio development partnership for 3G and WiMAX

picoChip affirms WiMAX market leadership
2/16/2005
picoChip affirms WiMAX market leadership with tenth licensee

Spectrum Signal Processing Announcement - Electronic Intelligence Platform
2/3/2005
Spectrum Signal Processing Introduces Electronic Intelligence Rapid-Prototyping Platform

Spectrum Signal Processing Announcement - Satellite Comm. Platform
1/31/2005
Spectrum Signal Processing Launches Integrated Satellite Communications Rapid-Prototyping Platform

picoChip Announcement
1/26/2005
picoChip named by Tornado Insider among Europe’s top 100 private tech companies

Radstone Alliance Announcement
1/17/2005
Radstone Embedded Computing And Parker Hannifin Strategic Alliance Delivers First Product

Radstone Acquisitions Announcement
1/17/2005
Radstone Consolidates New Acquisitions, Creates Radstone Embedded Computing

picoChip deal with Chinese Academy of Sciences
1/17/2005
picoChip wins deal with Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to collaborate on WiMAX

Powerwave Selects AccelChip
8/2/2004
Powerwave Selects AccelChip DSP Design Automation Tools to Facilitate Product Development Program

ICS Announces the ICS-554D
7/19/2004
ICS Announces the ICS-554D

Press Article on Adaptive chips
9/24/2003
Adaptive chips to add zing to cell phones

picoChip announces HSDPA
9/20/2003
picoChip announces HSDPA: 14Mbps with software-defined 3G basestation

Spectrum Signal Processing Selected bu DoD
8/11/2003
Spectrum Signal Processing, Inc. Selected to Provide JTRS Representative Hardware for U.S. Department of Defense JTRS Test and Certification Activities

QuickSilver Article in Wireless Systems Design
7/20/2003
The Quest Continues for the SDR Holy Grail

HYPRES Contract Announcement
6/24/2003
HYPRES Awarded Contract to Develop the First All Digital Receiver

HYPRES Contract Announcement
4/29/2003
HYPRES Awarded Contract to Continue Superconductor Bandpass ADC Development

picoChip 3G voice call press release
4/20/2003
picoChip 3G voice call proves software-defined basestation technology

HYPRES Contract Announcement
4/7/2003
HYPRES Awarded Contract to Develop Digital Channelizer

Radical Horizon Contract Announcement
2/10/2003
Radical Horizon signs an MOU with Mitsubishi Electric ITE-TCL

Spectrum Signal Processing Product Announcement
1/20/2003
Spectrum Signal Processing, Inc. SDR-3000 product

Radical Horizon Appointment
5/21/2002
Radical Horizon names Wireless industry veteran as VP of Sales and Marketing

HYPRES Contract Announcement
4/30/2002
HYPRES Awarded Contract to Continue Superconductor Bandpass ADC Development

QuickSilver Technology Announcement
4/29/2002
QuickSilver Technology Announces Software Programmable Test Chip that Outperforms ASICs

Radical Horizon Funding Announcement
4/25/2002
Radical Horizon receives $3 Million in funding

HYPRES Contract Announcement
1/14/2002
HYPRES Awarded a $1.5 Million Contract by the Office of Naval Research

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