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The article cites a report from market intelligence firm ABI Research which stated that an estimated 405 million handsets including 197 million smartphones were shipped during the first quarter of 2013 with smartphone shipments growing 38% year-over-year and phone shipments declining 5.2%.

The article reports that aircraft maker Boeing will provide an upgraded communications system for U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers for aircrews to send and receive information via satellite links and change mission plans and retarget weapons in flight.

The article offers commercial market news briefs as of May 2013. The sale of mobile devices with integrated platforms such as long-term evolution (LTE) is estimated to increase by 46 percent in 2018. It reports that global mobile data service revenue is expected to increase to 40 percent until 2014. Infonetics Research, a market research firm, released its 'Small Cell Equipment market size and forecast report' which revealed that small cell market will increase to 2.7 billion dollars by 2017.

The article reports that the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance, an organization promoting the adoption of multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology, has declared the completion and publication of IEEE 802.11ad standard process.

The article highlights a 2013 report from ABI Research suggesting that the linking of the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance with the Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) alliance will hasten the adoption of 60 Gigahertz (GHz) technologies in broadband wireless network across the world. The ABI report also foresees that ultra-book devices and media tablets will be the first markets to embrace 60 GHz solutions because of their need for high-speed data transfer for docking and display applications.

The article describes the efforts of defense contractor Raytheon Co. to upgrade the legendary Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system for the U.S. armed forces, an endeavor that lasted for four years from 2008 to 2012. It relates that Raytheon's design team endowed the Patriot missiles with a faster and more accurate guidance system known as Guidance-Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T), while also updating the missile control room with more modern computers and touch screens.

The article reports on the development of a line of gallium nitride (GaN) microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) products for the military by Northrop Grumman Corp. It cites the claim of the firm that these products will improve performance, efficiency and bandwidth for military and commercial users. It also discusses the performance characteristics of the products including the APN149, APN180 and APN167 GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) MMIC power amplifier chips.

The article reports on the growth of worldwide fixed broadband market by 7.3% in 2012, based on the Broadband Subscriber market data from ABI Research. The growth is attributed to adoption of digital subscriber line (DSL), cable and fiber-optic broandband platforms, and increasing penetration of wireless devices, applicaitons and services over broadband access in households. North America and Western Europe are the regions cited with the highest fixed broadband adoption.

The article reports on the 349-million U.S. dollar in contract awarded by the U.S. Army to Raytheon Co. to produce heavy anti-tank, tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) missiles for the U.S. government. The TOW is envisioned to provide improved capability in the battle fields for personnel manning the Army Stryker, Bradley Fighting Vehicle System and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle. The missiles are also utilized by the U.S. Marine Corps in its heavy anti-tanks.

The article reports on the collaboration of Plextek with the ENIAC Joint Undertaking and European organizations, small businesses and academic institutions to enhance the miniaturization of devices and their functionality while improving overall energy efficiency. The collaboration has set the target of reducing household consumption by 25 percent through technological advancements. Gareth Williams, director of Plextek's Digital Engineering Group, commented on the target.

The article presents news briefs on the commercial microwave technology market as of August 2012. Topics include forecasts for global carrier wireless access points and controllers revenue by 2017, supply and demand and burn rate of femtocells, and the impact of increasing smartphone use on the analog integrated circuit (IC) market.

The article offers information regarding the market of the core semiconductor components used in mobile handsets, including platform ICs and wireless connectivity ICs, which is expected to reach the revenue of almost $37 billion per annum in 2012. It also discusses as to how much the different suppliers in the market including Qualcomm Inc., Broadcom Corp. and ST-Ericsson have acquired in terms of revenue.

The article reports on the 20 percent revenue growth in the mobile device semiconductors segment, reaching 35 billion U.S. dollars, in 2011 amid a lackluster semiconductor market.

The article reports on the two Raytheon Co. systems, the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System, that demonstrated their ability to work together to detect, track and shoot down a test target simulating a hostile cruise missile during an exercise at the Utah Training and Test Range. Evaluation showed that the systems integration met test objectives. The features and capabilities of the systems are described.

The article focuses on the Maritime Telecom Solutions by Satellite, Global Market Analysis & Forecasts, a report issued by the Euroconsult SA, a research firm. According to the report, number of satellite communications terminals in the global maritime market will double up in the next decade with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of seven percent.

The article offers brief information on the fixed-mesh antenna reflector from information technology firm Harris Corp.

The article discusses figures on global semiconductor sales during 2011 from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) . Overall sales of $299.5 billion exceeded 2010's total by 0.4%. Brian Toohey of the SIA noted the industry experienced growth despite disruptions from natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.

The article discusses the Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network Program Upgrade (MMPU) satellite terminal system that defense contractor Raytheon Co. has built for the U.S. Air Force, reports that it will go into production, and also notes it has become interoperable with Raytheon's Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite.

The article offers information on the research conducted by ABI Research Inc., which revealed that global fixed broadband revenue is expected to generate upto 191 billion dollars in 2012.

The article reports that the U.S. Navy has awarded 37 million dollars to Northrop Grumman Corp. for the next phase of Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES).

The article reviews projections that 500,000 time-division duplex long term evolution (TD-LTE) standard telecommunications base stations will be deployed or upgraded by the close of 2016 as an alternative to Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology.

The article reports that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded a development and sustainment contract (DSC) to a partnership between defense companies Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman. The defense contract entails a program to develop and produce the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) component of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system.

The article discusses a forecast by market analyst TeleGenography that long-term evolution (LTE) technology will grow to 400 million subscribers by the end of 2016, noting that the expansion of LTE will depend on the quality of service in planned rollouts.

The article reports on the assertion of Jake Saunders, vice president of Forecasting for ABI Research Inc., that global base station installations will increase by 10 percent in 2011 and planned orders will continue to grow in 2012 and beyond.

The article offers brief information on the highly adaptable multi-mission radar (HAMMR) from Northrop Grumman Corp.

The article reports on the successful completion of the first flight of Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASAs) Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California on April 27, 2011.

The article examines the market performance of manufacturing phones which are based on Android smartphones. It notes that the growth of the Android market has led to the increase of the market share of handset original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in 2010. Senior Analyst Michael Morgan also emphasizes that smartphone OEMs using Android-based platforms should be able to develop meaningful innovation since these enhancements have not yet made a clear differentiation in the minds of consumers.

The article reports that Hughes Network Systems LLC has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a research on commercial communications satellite (COCOMSAT) systems. It explains that contract is intended to meet the future tactical communications-on-the-move (COTM) needs of the military. Moreover, the contract will also require Hughes to perform a study on DoD COTM requirements using satellite architectures providing service to Ka-band terminals in North America.

The article offers updates related to the electrical engineering in the U.S. A study forecasts the emergence of multi-billion dollar markets for ground-based broadband satellite communications transceivers. ABI Research Inc. estimates that low temperature electronics (LTE) equipment expenditure will ramp up in 2011. A study from ABI Research shows that gallium nitride has continued to gain some market traction.

The article offers news briefs in the U.S. electronics industry. According to ABI Research Inc., Long-Term Evolution (LTE) will generate more than 11 billion dollars in service revenue in 2015. The addition of a new geometry point for its technology roadmap of Through Silicon Vias (TSV) was announced by Innovative Micro Technology Inc. It expects that the global market for digital set-top boxes will increase from 205 million in 2010 to 226 million in 2015.

The article offers information on the use of microwaves in the mobile industry in Western Europe and Asia Pacific.

The article offers information on the competition of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Co. for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainable Contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

The article offers news briefs related to technologies in the U.S. The steady increased of cellular machine-to-machine connections for 2015 has been forecasted by ABI Research Inc. The Full-MAX Mobile Broadband System of Full Spectrum Software Inc. has been deployed by Sioux Valley Energy for its mobile data needs. The findings of the technical evaluation of communications protocols for smart grid enabled home appliances has been announced by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.

The article reports on the completion to review software specification of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Advanced Control Segment (OCX) by Raytheon Co., in which it shows the company's readiness to proceed with the next development level of the program in the U.S.

The article offers world news briefs concerning the commercial market of telecommunication devices. ABI Research Inc. has anticipated the emergence of sensor-driven user interfaces in smartphones which will be featuring global positioning system (GPS), accelerometers, and gyroscopes. The cellular machine-to-machine communication market in by 2015 is projected to be worth 3.8 billion dollars. A total of 13 million fixed wireless terminals (FWT) and cellular routers will also be released by 2015.

The article offers world news briefs related to the military communication equipment industry. The worldwide installed base of digital radio receivers was projected to reach almost 200 million units in 2015. The gallium arsenide (GaAs) market has continued to grow toward the end of 2009 due to positive trends in wireless markets. TiaLinx Inc. has launched the Eagle45-W, a hands-free precision Sense-Through-The-Wall Imager.

The article offers information on the service report "Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Device & Band Scenarios," released by the Strategy Anayltics Radio Frequency (RF) & Wireless Components.

The article reports on the partnership between Raytheon Co. and Lockheed Martin with the aim to continue the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract.

The article offers world news briefs related to the electronic industry. A report from Engalco reveals that gallium arsenide (GaAs) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) will remain important. BridgeWave Communications Inc. partners with Provigent Inc. to develop a chipset that provides increased spectral efficiencies supporting multi-gigabit rates in up to one gigahertz radio frequency (RF) channel bandwidth. ABI Research Inc. expects shipments of nearly 81 million USB modems in 2010.

The article discusses the report presented by In-Stat which reveals that the development of fourth generation on cellular phones industry have different technology standards. It states that the technologies are based on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) technology with transition to Internet Protocol (IP) based networks for communications. In addition, software defined radios (SDR) support multiple frequency bands and semiconductor process generations.

The article reports on the move by Northrop Grumman Corp. to install the first set of extremely high frequency (EHF) Increment 1 hardware satellite communications program to U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber. It states that EHF allows the jet to send and receive battlefield information up to 100 times faster via satellite. In addition, EHF hardware programs include integrated processing unit, disk drive unit and network fiber optic cable to support data transfers.

The article discusses the result of the survey conducted by In-Stat LLC in December 2009 which reveals the continuous increase of both downstream and upstream broadband speeds.

The article offers information on the Beam Control/Fire Control system use for Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and developed by Lockheed Martin. It states that the system has aimed the High Energy Laser beam through an experiment conducted on February 11, 2010. According to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. advance program vice-president Doug Graham, the experiment confirms the effectiveness of the technology.

The article offers news briefs related to microwave equipment industry. Wi-Fi has taken on the entertainment device market with several devices incorporating the technology including cameras, gaming devices, and personal media players (PMP). A semiconductor company Rfaxis has announced that B-Link Electronic Ltd. has chosen its wireless local area network (WLAN) products. The market for remote radio head has grown rapidly due to the demands in cost reduction and greater efficiency.

The article reports that worldwide service revenue year-on-year (YoY) for the 4th quarter 2012 grew 2.8% to 240.5 billion U.S. dollars with Western Europe and Africa's mobile operator demonstrating a contraction in service YoY of 8.2% and 6.9% respectively.

The article predicts that the emerging market for Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) power semiconductors will grow a remarkable factor of 18 in the next 10 years, energized by demand from power supplies, photovoltaic (PV) inverters and industrial motor drives.