Microwave Journal articles from December 2003

Microwave Journal archives from December 2003

WCA 2004 technical symposium and business expo.(Coming Events)(Wireless Cable Association)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... January 21-23, 2004 San Jose, CA This 10th annual symposium gathers technically-oriented wireless broadband carriers and their leading vendors. The event complements WCA's larger annual summer show held in Washington, DC, focusing...

Commercialization of military and space electronics conference and exhibition.(Coming Events)(Components Technology Institute Inc. conference)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... February 9-12, 2004 Los Angeles, CA Organized by Components Technology Institute Inc. in cooperation with EIA/ECA and IMAPS, this conference primarily addresses military and space electronics issues. It will specialize in COTS systems,...

International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies (ISART).(Coming Events)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... March 2-4, 2004 Boulder, CO The 6th annual ISART is a forum created to explore the current state of the radio art and to identify directions in which the technology may evolve. This year's technical program will showcase geolocation...

CTIA wireless 2004.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... March 22-24, 2004 Atlanta, GA This event focuses on bringing together the enterprise industry with the consumer and vertical markets to exchange ideas, create partnerships and collaborate to further advance wireless...

International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE).(Coming Events)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... March 22-26, 2004 Las Vegas, NV This show plays host to more than 350 exhibiting companies and 10,000 attendees in the mobile communications industry. Along with base station workshops, the IWCE conference program features the latest...

Advanced technology workshop on military, aerospace, space and homeland security: packaging issues and applications.(Coming Events)(International Microelectronics and Packaging Society )(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... March 28-30, 2004 Baltimore, MD Sponsor: International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS). This workshop will focus on the latest military, aerospace, space and homeland security electronic devices, systems and applications...

Wireless and microwave technology conference.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... April 15-16, 2004 Clearwater, FL The 6th annual conference will address up-todate multidisciplinary research needs and interdisciplinary aspects of wireless and RF technology. Topics include: next generation (3G/4G) wireless...

Ceramic Interconnect Technology: the next generation II.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... April 27-28, 2004 Denver, CO The 2004 conference on Ceramic Interconnect Technology is an industry meeting for ceramic interconnect and ceramic microsystems technologies sponsored by professional and technical organizations focusing...

IEEE MTT-S international microwave symposium and exhibition.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... June 6-11, 2004 Fort Worth, TX This symposium will serve as the centerpiece of Microwave Week 2004. Topics: research, development and application of RF and microwave theory and techniques. In addition to IMS2004, a microwave...

Workshops & courses.(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY DESIGN PRACTICES Topics: Fundamentals of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC/EMI) and focus on the methodology of how to minimize EMC problems. Attendees will be offered a hands-on personal...

An actively-controlled microwave reflecting surface with binary-pattern modulation.(Technical Feature)
December 1, 2003... This article describes an actively-controlled reflecting surface, capable of modulating the microwave energy incident upon it. The surface is a composite structure holding an array of conventional semiconductor diodes excited with a set of...

Raytheon receives $36.9 M award for F/A 18 radar warning receivers.(News from Washington)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $36.9 M contract for production of its ALR-67 (V) 3 radar warning receiver system for the US Navy. The ALR-67 (V) 3 is the state-of-the-art radar warning receiver on the US Navy F/A 18E/F carrier-based tactical...

Lockheed Martin awarded $812 M contract for sea-based Missile Defense.(News from Washington)
December 1, 2003... The US Navy awarded a $812 M contract to Lockheed Martin for the continued development of the Missile Defense Agency's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin is responsible for developing and...

Harris Corp. awarded $7.7 M by Boeing for sea-based Radar Program.(News from Washington)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Harris Corp. announced that it was awarded a $7.7 M contract by the Boeing Co., Anaheim, CA, to provide systems engineering, integration services and satellite communications equipment for the US Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Sea-based X-band...

Northrop Grumman selected to develop Strategic Illuminator Laser.(News from Washington)
December 1, 2003... Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Space Technology sector will develop the Strategic Illuminator Laser (SILL) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), providing a crucial component for systems such as the Airborne Laser (ABL) and future space-based...

Asia/Pacific region sets the standards.(International Report)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Transparency, inclusion and the needs of developing nations were among the main topics discussed by the twenty-two top executives representing the national standards bodies of the Asia/Pacific region when they convened at ASTM International for...

Rohde & Schwarz goes digital.(International Report)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In a contract worth several million Euros, the Italian network operator Elettronica Industriale has contracted Rohde & Schwarz to supply DVB-T transmitters, which will be used for installing Italy's first digital TV network. To fulfill the...

China-based telematics joint venture is launched.(International Report)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Thales and China Spacesat have established a joint venture to develop telematics solutions for the Chinese market. Called AeroThales and based in Beijing, it is 49 percent owned by Thales and 51 percent by Aerostrong Technology, China...

Technology office for EADS in Moscow.(International Report)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... EADS has established a Russian Technology Office in Moscow as part of its corporate research organisation and also signed an agreement with the Russian Academy of Sciences outlining opportunities for working together on technical cooperation....

AMS radar project takes to the air.(International Report)(Finmeccanica of Italy /BAE Systems contract with Civil Aviation Authority of China)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In a contract worth approximately US$3 M, AMS, an equal shares joint venture between Finmeccanica of Italy and BAE Systems of the UK, has signed a contract with the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) to supply two mono-pulse versions of...

Wireless data network expansion to increase coverage across Israel.(International Report)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Pelephone, Israel's first 3G wireless network technology operator, has selected Nortel Networks to expand its 3G wireless data network in a supply agreement estimated at US$30 M over three years. Nortel Networks is the primary provider of the...

IEEE forms group to explore WPANs at 60 GHz.(The Commercial Market)(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers )
December 1, 2003... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has formed an interest group to explore the use of the 60 GHz band for wireless personal area networks (WPAN), which generally have a range of 10 m. This little used, 7 GHz-wide portion of...

Lack of high speed data demand thwarting cellular base station growth.(The Commercial Market)(The Ups, the Downs, the Reality: 5-year Cellular Base Station Deployment Forecast)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... The year 2003 has been a trying year for cellular service providers deploying infrastructures, especially for those that have invested large amounts for 3G licenses and equipment, reports In-Stat/MDR. Without the drive for high speed data...

GPS market set to navigate north of $22 B by 2008.(The Commercial Market)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... With units available for less than $100, global positioning system (GPS) receivers are now affordable to the masses, enabling applications unthinkable just 18 months ago. These emerging applications, plus renewed growth in existing markets,...

Laird Technologies.(Industry News)(Orcus Inc. acquired)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Laird Technologies announced its acquisition of Orcus Inc. Orcus Inc., with a 12,000 square foot facility in Overland Park, KS, develops, manufactures and sells thermal interface materials to a diverse customer base in the electronics industry....

Aeroflex Inc.(Industry News)(Celerity Systems Inc. acquired)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Aeroflex Inc. announced the acquisition of Celerity Systems Inc. from L-3 Communications Corp. for $10.25 M consisting of cash, Aeroflex common shares and a release of certain liabilities.

Fairchild Semiconductor.(Industry News)(commercial unit of RF components division of Raytheon Co. purchased)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Fairchild Semiconductor announced it has purchased the commercial unit of the RF components division of the Raytheon Co. The purchase provides Fairchild with an immediate entry into the advanced radio frequency market for applications that...

IAM Systems Inc., via an acquisition from Mission Research Corp., continues the electromagnetic measurement range products business area.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... IAM Systems Inc., via an acquisition from Mission Research Corp., continues the electromagnetic measurement range products business area. Bill Griffin, who spearheaded this industry within MRC, leads the new spin-off organization with plans to...

Palomar Technologies.(Industry News)(Laser Diode Assembly Cell to Bookham Technology PLC)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Palomar Technologies announced that Bookham Technology has purchased Palomar's Laser Diode Assembly Cell to complement its automated equipment resources used for precision volume manufacturing and new product development at its facility in the...

LPKF Laser & Electronics.(Industry News)(Ticona license agreement for Vectra liquid crystal polymer )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... LPKF Laser & Electronics has entered into a knowhow and license agreement with Ticona for the material Vectra[R] liquid crystal polymer (LCP). The agreement enables Ticona to modify its LCP material for the LPKF laser direct structuring process...

RF Monolithics Inc.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... RF Monolithics Inc. (RFM) announced the expansion of its sales channel with Richardson Electronics. Under the terms of the agreement, Richardson will operate as a distributor for RFM's broad range of radio frequency components and modules based...

United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) and TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) and TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory (TNO FEL) have formed a strategic alliance with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding whereby both parties have agreed to share selected information and...

Labtech and Pioneer Circuits Inc. have formed a strategic marketing alliance.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Labtech and Pioneer Circuits Inc. have formed a strategic marketing alliance. The new alliance, a non-competitive agreement, allows both companies to promote each other in specific territories by utilizing existing sales channels. Pioneer will...

Maury Microwave Corp.(Industry News)(Modelithics Inc. agreement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Maury Microwave Corp. announced that it has signed an agreement with Modelithics Inc. of Tampa, FL, to advance the application of load/source pull measurement for more efficient nonlinear device modeling and circuit design. Under the agreement,...

Nu Horizons RF.(Industry News)(distribution agreement with Amphenol RF)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Nu Horizons RF, the RF microwave division of Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Amphenol RF, the RF/microwave division of Amphenol Worldwide, an interconnect product manufacturer. This...

Elcoteq Network Corp. and Marconi plc.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Elcoteq Network Corp. and Marconi plc announced a co-operation agreement under which Elcoteq will become Marconi's preferred partner for the manufacture of fixed wireless access products and associated technologies. Elcoteq will offer Marconi...

Radiall and Huber + Suhner.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Radiall and Huber + Suhner announced that QMA and QN connectors are patented products as a result of a joint development between the companies. Both companies guarantee the full intermateability between their connectors. In order to protect...

RFMW Ltd.(Industry News)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
December 1, 2003... RFMW Ltd. is a new San Jose, CA-based specialty electronics distribution company that will focus exclusively on the RF and microwave component and semiconductor market. Co-founders include Joel Levine, president, Steve Takaki, vice president of...

Vishay Electro-Films.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Vishay Electro-Films announced the grand opening of its recently rebuilt facility in Warwick, RI. The $50 M facility is an advanced thin-film manufacturing plant that has doubled production capacity and provides greater flexibility and accuracy...

I.F. Engineering Corp.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... I.F. Engineering Corp. (IFE), manufacturer of standard and custom-engineered passive RF and microwave components covering 100 kHz to 7 GHz, has relocated to a larger facility to accommodate significantly increased engineering and manufacturing...

Fox Electronics.(Industry News)(ISO 9001:2000 certification)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Fox Electronics announced that it has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification. The company received accreditation in August 2003, following a successful surveillance audit by its chosen registrar, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.

QUALCOMM Inc.(Industry News)(one billion chips shipped)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... QUALCOMM Inc. announced that the company has shipped one billion chips since its first commercial CDMA solution was provided to wireless handset customers and infrastructure providers in 1994.

Smiths Group's Interconnect subsidiary has been selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to supply its Times Microwave Broadband Airborne Cable Assemblies for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.(Contracts)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Smiths Group's Interconnect subsidiary has been selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to supply its Times Microwave Broadband Airborne Cable Assemblies for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The contract is potentially valued in excess of $500 M...

Agilent Technologies Inc.(Contracts)(Thine Electronics Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Thine Electronics Inc. has selected Agilent's high frequency electronic design automation tools to help speed RF integrated circuit design. Thine uses Agilent's Advanced Design System and RF Design...

RF Micro Devices Inc.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... RF Micro Devices Inc. reports sales of $163.5 M for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 ended September 30, 2003, compared to $119.7 M for the same period in 2003. Net income was $11.4 M ($0.06/diluted share), compared to a net income of $6.5 M...

Silicon Laboratories Inc.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Silicon Laboratories Inc. reports sales of $82.9 M for the third quarter ended September 27, 2003, compared to $51.8 M for the same period in 2002. Net income was $13.9 M ($0.26/diluted share), compared to a net income of $7.9 M ($0.16/diluted...

Cree Inc.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Cree Inc. reports sales of $66.2 M for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 ended September 28, 2003, compared to $48.8 M for the same period in 2003. Net income was $8.9 M ($0.12/diluted share), compared to a net income of $3.9 M ($0.05/diluted...

Merrimac Industries Inc.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Merrimac Industries Inc. reports sales of $6.6 M for the second quarter ended June 28, 2003, compared to $6.5 M for the same period in 2002. Net loss was $475,000 ($0.15/per share), compared to a net loss of $54,000 ($0.02/per share) for the...

Mimix Broadband Inc.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Mimix Broadband Inc. announced it has secured $6.7 M in an initial close of its second round of institutional funding. This round of funding was led by 3i, an international venture capital company, and First Capital Group of San Antonio, TX....

RNT, a provider of high tech products and solutions for component joining, has secured an $800,000 bridge round of funding from original first round investors Toucan Capital Corp.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... RNT, a provider of high tech products and solutions for component joining, has secured an $800,000 bridge round of funding from original first round investors Toucan Capital Corp., SAS Investors and the Maryland Department of Business and...

TriPoint Global Communications.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... TriPoint Global Communications announced two key management appointments for its VertexRSI Duluth, GA, program division. Eduardo Coquis has been appointed vice president, sales, and Robert W. Lysak has been appointed director of engineering....

Joan M. Byrnes has joined Andrew Corp.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Joan M. Byrnes has joined Andrew Corp. in the newly created role of vice president and general manager, satellite communications. In this position, she will be responsible for managing the company's global satellite communications lines of...

Micrel Inc.(Personnel)
December 1, 2003... Micrel Inc. announced the appointment of James Gandenberger to the position of vice president of Wafer Fab Operations. In this position, he will have the responsibility of overseeing day-to-day operations. Gandenberger has served as acting vice...

Antenova.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Antenova announced it has appointed Su Zhang as chief technology officer. Zhang's experience in building and managing teams and transforming research and development ideas into mass-produced products will be invaluable as the company moves...

RF Logic LLC.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... RF Logic LLC has named Arthur E. Butts to the newly created position of director, new business development. In this position, Butts will manage the sales and marketing functions and also assist in defining strategic market development of new...

Peter Sahjani has been named the director of marketing at EiC.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Peter Sahjani has been named the director of marketing at EiC. Previously, he served as the product manager at Agilent Wireless Semiconductor Group. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Reactel Inc.(Personnel)(Reactel Inc)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Reactel Inc. announced the addition of Raymond R. Hashemi to the company in the role of engineering general manager. Hashemi brings over 25 years of experience in engineering and management in the RF and microwave filter industry. He was...

MICRO-COAX.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... MICRO-COAX announced the appointment of Jeanne E. Ploshay as inside sales manager for the company. Ploshay was formerly enterprise resource planning and business analyst with the company. In her new position, Ploshay will manage the inside...

International Manufacturing Services Inc.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... International Manufacturing Services Inc. announced the appointment of Robert Giblin to the position of eastern regional sales manager. Giblin will be responsible for managing the company's sales on the US east coast and territories east of the...

Elcom Technologies Inc.(Rep Appointments)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Elcom Technologies Inc. has appointed several new representatives in North America as a result of increased demand for RF/microwave sources, frequency synthesizers and customized integrated modules. The company has appointed Advanced Technical...

Park Electrochemical Corp.(Web Site)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Park Electrochemical Corp. announced the introduction of new technical and product reference areas at the company's Web site, www.parknelco.com. The new areas, resources and products replace the previous product, web customer and designer's...

The grid amplifier: enabling high power millimeter-wave systems.(Technical Feature)
December 1, 2003... There are a number of communications, radar and imaging applications spanning Ka-band through W-band (26 to 110 GHz) that require transmitter output powers in the range of a few watts to a few tens of watts. Vacuum-tube sources and amplifiers...

Flash in the plan: directed-energy weapons remain more experimental than available.(Special Report)
December 1, 2003... The detonation by the United States of a nuclear warhead 30,000 feet above Johnston Atoll in July 1962 lit up the night sky above the Hawaiian Islands, 800 miles away. It also created a power surge that shut down the streetlights and phone...

A brief exposure to ultra-wideband signaling.(Tutorial)
December 1, 2003... Ultra-wideband (UWB) techniques are based on the generation of extremely short digital pulses in the sub-nanosecond range (1 to 1000 picoseconds). The technology is vastly different from classical radio transmission. The extremely short pulses...

Cavity techniques for substrate properties at microwave/millimeter-wave bands.(Application Note)
December 1, 2003... For quality control in the design of microwave and millimeter-wave circuitry and devices, it is important to have a good measure of the dielectric properties of the materials employed. The standards and methods that are often employed for this...

A nonlinear circuit simulation model for GaAs and InP heterojunction bipolar transistors.(Cover Feature)(Cover Story)
December 1, 2003... Over the last several years, III-V heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) have become an increasingly important technology for a variety of rapidly growing markets. GaAs-based HBTs now play a major role in wireless communications. Key...

Miniature ultra-high speed synthesizer for 2.25 to 18 GHz applications.(Product Feature)(Wide Band Systems)
December 1, 2003... A new miniature wide band frequency synthesizer has been introduced that operates from 2.25 to 18 GHz, permits 3 [mu]s tuning, exhibits a volume of 334.3cc (20.4 i[n.sup.3]), consumes just 22 W of DC power and provides a clean RF output...

Lightweight spaceflight microwave cable assemblies.(Product Feature)
December 1, 2003... Lightweight 0.190" spaceflight microwave cable assemblies have been introduced that weigh 20 percent less than the company's traditional 0.190" cable assemblies. The new cables are qualified to operate up to 18 GHz over a -100[degrees] to...

High technology solutions.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This redesigned Web site incorporates the company's new corporate identity and integrates all the products from Aeroflex's eight product divisions into one complete, searchable site. The home page features a snapshot of Aeroflex including:...

Solutions in frequency control devices.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This revised Web site features the company's high frequency, tight tolerance crystals and oscillators. Now easier to navigate, a user can utilize the product search engine to locate the exact device for an application. The site includes...

Software for microwave design.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This section of the Web site features CONCERTO, which is a 3D simulation package for electromagnetic field analysis (for microwave devices including waveguides, filters, antennas and resonators) using the unique conforming elements. CONCERTO...

Military products.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... The company has launched a new section of its Web site that is designed specifically for the military frequency control products market. This section includes descriptions and downloads of the VI product series that best fit the needs of...

Microwave components and subsystems.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This revised Web site provides technical product information along with a host of informative elements in a convenient and easy-to-use architecture. The product catalog features pull down menus and downloadable technical drawings, selected test...

Semiconductors.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This Web site features data sheets for cloned products as well as new additions to the company's product line. The site offers product and site search capabilities allowing quick access to data sheets, S-parameters, application notes and direct...

Communications electronics.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This Web site offers RF communications equipment for avionics, surveillance, intercept and cellular applications. The current product featured is the model 3100, a modular HF receiver system that is designed for surveillance and monitoring of...

Defense and commercial integrated subsystems.(Web Update)(LNX Corp.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... This Web site features company information on its custom designed products for military and commercial applications. Products include microwave and millimeter-wave transceivers and subsystems through 60 GHz. Other products include digital...

Power solutions.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This Web site offers tools to help design engineers configure, specify and even design new DC-DC converters for a user's applications. The site also offers extensive information on the company's factorized power architecture featuring the new...

Amplifiers.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This Web site features millimeter-wave and microwave solid-state power amplifiers up to 100 W, low phase noise micro-machined resonating oscillators (MRO), and high Q surface-mountable micro-machined filters and diplexers. These products are...

E-commerce Web.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This Web site offers product information on the company's complete line of military and commercial technologies, which include RF and microwave filters, duplexers and subassemblies, including ceramic, lumped element, cavity, waveguide and...

.pdf catalog.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... A .pdf catalog section has recently been added to the Web site. The new section allows viewing and downloading of all the company catalogs, brochures and technical data covering both standard and custom products. These quick downloads include...

Products and subsystems.(Web Update)(Amplus Communications Pte Ltd)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... This company's Web site includes a detailed listing of its full-turnkey design, engineering and manufacturing services for radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave wireless products and subsystems. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Amplus...

RF components.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This Web site highlights the company's manufacturing of components for wireless applications including handsets, infrastructure, WLAN, Bluetooth and GPS. Visit the Web site for data sheets, S-parameters, technical support, e-business...

RF components and systems.(Web Update)
December 1, 2003... This revised Web site features the company's broad range of RF components and systems. The site offers an e-store where over 7000 company items are currently available for purchase. Also provided is easy access to its product lines, company...

RF feedthrus and packaging solutions.(Web Update)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... This recently updated Web site includes several new product and technology developments. Reviewed on the Web site are advanced surface-mount packaging techniques, new high frequency modules, an unprecedented package designed for NASA, advanced...