JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.
OTHER MH370 STORIES I DONE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-50-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-49-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-48-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-47-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
LINKS FROM DAYS 33 TO 46 ABOUT MH370-777-200ER SEARCH
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-47-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
LINKS FROM DAYS 01 TO 32 ABOUT MH370-777-200ER SEARCH
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-32-mh370-missing-plane-they-may.html
SEARCH FOR THE PLANE YOURSELF-HERE
http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014
FLIGHTWARE-LIVE FLIGHT TRACKING
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS370/history/20140307/1635Z/WMKK/ZBAA/tracklog
MALAYSIAN MH370 SEAT MAP
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Malaysia_Airlines/Malaysia_Airlines_Boeing_777-200.php
VIDEO RETIRED GENERAL SAYS THE PLANES IN PAKISTAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWiVkShm8cw
FINDING PHILIP WOOD
https://www.facebook.com/findingphilipwood370
SARAH SAYS PHILIP IS STILL ALIVE AND KIDNAPPED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKot27qbyw
SARAH BAJC SAYS PHILIP AND ALL ARE STILL ALIVE AND KIDNAPPED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKot27qbyw
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/04/08/erin-bts-bajc-mh370-plane-was-taken.cnn.html
FREESCALE LOCATIONS
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?code=GLOBAL_SITES
http://www.freescale.com/
IF you wana leave a message to Flight Mh370 Members-
http://english.astroawani.com/p/feedback/comments
Family Members website
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_12ece77a00101eh9v.html
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 239 ON MH370-777-200ER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/complete-list-of-members-on-flight.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/remebering-mh370-777-200er-victims-of.html (P1)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/remembering-mh370-777-200er-citizens.html (P2)
THE MISSING PLANE MH370 SITUATION AT 12:03AM SUN APR 27,2014
ITS 6:40PM APR 27,14 AND JEFF WISE WAS JUST ON CNN.AND SOMEHOW HE GOT THE CALCULATIONS FROM MH370.AND THEN HE TOOK THE CALCULATIONS BY INMARSAT TO VARIOUS EXPERTS AND THEY ALL SAID THEY COULD NOT MAKE SENSE OF THE CALCULATIONS MALAYSIA AND INMARSAT CAME UP WITH. HE SAID THESE CALCULATIONS ARE FUZZY.JUST LIKE I THOUGHT.THIS INMARSAT IS JUST ANOTHER DECEPTION TO GET US FROM LOOKING ON LAND AND IN THE NORTHERN-INDONESIAN AREA FOR THE KIDNAPPED CITIZENS OF MH370.JEFF WISE AND JIM TILMON ARE MY TWO FAVORITES ON CNN FOR SPEAKING TRUTH.THAT THEY BETTER BE LOOKING ON LAND AND GET OFF THIS OCEAN SCAM KICK.
Search continues for Malaysian flight MH370-Media Release-26 April 2014—am-JACC
Up to 8 military aircraft and 11 ships are planned to assist in today's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.Today the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has planned a visual search area totaling approximately 57,311 square kilometres. The centre of the search area lies approximately 1584 kilometres north west of Perth.The weather forecast for today is for isolated showers, with south easterly winds up to 20 knots, sea swells of two to 2.5 metres and visibility of one kilometre in thunderstorms and three kilometres in rain.Early into mission 13 yesterday Bluefin-21 was recovered due to a software issue that required resetting. The AUV has technically sophisticated equipment and a reset is not uncommon. Overnight Phoenix technicians resolved the issue and mission 14 is now underway.Bluefin-21 has completed approximately 95 per cent of the focused underwater search area. No contacts of interest have been found to date.The focused underwater search area is defined as a circle of 10km radius around the second Towed Pinger Locator detection which occurred on 8 April. If no contacts of interest are made, Bluefin-21 will continue to examine the areas adjacent to the 10km radius.Any further information will be made public if, and when, it becomes available.
-JACC
THE MISSING PLANE MH370 SITUATION AT 3:03AM SUN APR 27,2014
I SEE FREESCALE WAS GONNA PATENT THIS INVISIBLE CLOAKING WEAPON.I MIGHT BE ONTO SOMETHING WITH MY WILD CONSPIRACY THEORY FROM YESTERDAY.I KNEW FREESCALE WAS INTO MICROCHIP IMPLANTS AND DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY.BUT I NEVER NEW TILL I READ A STORY TONIGHT.FREESCALE WAS GONNA PATENT THIS CLOACKING TECHNOLOGY.SO READ MY YESTERDAY STORY ABOUT MY THEORY. IT WILL BE LINK 50.RIGHT BELOW.
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-50-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://www.spectrumsignal.com/publications/Electronic_Counter_Measures.pdf
Scientists Perfect Nano Tech to Develop Invisibility Cloak-By Susanne Posel – April 1, 2014-Orig.src.Susanne.Posel.Daily.News- invisibility.cloak_occupycorporatism Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | The US Independent-April 1, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ZHIKc9XBc#t=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEx63D36Cx4
Debashis Chanda at the University of Central Florida (UCF) has created a way to bend light with artificial nanostructures to develop an invisibility cloak.Chanda and other nanotech experts have developed a large swath of a “multilayer 3-D metamaterial” that operates “in the visible spectral range”.This was accomplished by “using nanotransfer printing, which can potentially be engineered to modify surrounding refractive index needed for controlling propagation of light.”Chanda explains: “Such large-area fabrication of metamaterials following a simple printing technique will enable realization of novel devices based on engineered optical responses at the nanoscale.”In 2013, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DECE) at the University of Toronto (UoT) have revealed researchers created a cloak that is thin, scalable and adaptive to various objects and sizes to hide an object to radar detection.So far, the object is still visible to the human eye; however this “practical” approach is being hailed as a step toward an actual invisibility cloak. Researchers said: “We’ve demonstrated a different way of doing it. It’s very simple: instead of surrounding what you’re trying to cloak with a thick metamaterial shell, we surround it with one layer of tiny antennas, and this layer radiates back a field that cancels the reflections from the object.”Indeed, the array of small antennas that expel the electromagnetic field surrounding the cloak cause the “invisibility” that renders the object un-seeable to radar systems.Called an active electromagnetic cloak (AEMC), this device “uses an array of elementary sources to cancel the scattered fields created by an object. An active interior cloak does this by placing the sources along the boundary of the object.”This technology “can be thought of as introducing a discontinuity in the field to cancel out the scattered field by the object.”The process of cloaking was explained as: “Picture a mailbox sitting on the street. When light hits the mailbox and bounces back into your eyes, you see the mailbox. When radio waves hit the mailbox and bounce back to your radar detector, you detect the mailbox. [Professor George] Eleftheriades and [PhD student Michael] Selvanyagam’s system wraps the mailbox in a layer of tiny antennas that radiate a field away from the box, cancelling out any waves that would bounce back. In this way, the mailbox becomes undetectable to radar.”Andrea Alu , professor at the University of Texas (UoT), commented : “Our active cloak is a completely new concept and design, aimed at beating the limits of [current cloaks] and we show that it indeed does. If you want to make an object transparent at all angles and over broad bandwidths, this is a good solution. We are looking into realizing this technology at the moment, but we are still at the early stages.”Seven years ago, the first “invisibility cloak” was revealed that could “bended microwaves around a small copper cylinder which allowed it to vanish.”Alu said: “If you suppress scattering in one range, you need to pay the price, with interest, in some other range. For example, you might make a cloak that makes an object invisible to red light. But if you were illuminated by white light (containing all colours) you would actually look bright blue, and therefore stand out more.”The team at UoT, under Alu, have introduced “the concept and practical design of broadband, ultrathin cloaks based on non- Foster, negatively capacitive metasurfaces. By using properly tailored, active frequency- selective screens conformal to an object, within the realm of a practical realization, is shown that it is possible to drastically reduce the scattering over a wide frequency range in the microwave regime, orders of magnitude broader than any available passive cloaking technology. The proposed active cloak may impact not only invisibility and camouflaging, but also practical antenna and sensing applications.”- See more at: http://www.occupycorporatism.com/home/scientists-perfect-nano-tech-develop-invisibility-cloak/#sthash.EnxYWOOB.dpuf
Malaysian plane: 20 passengers worked for ELECTRONIC WARFARE and MILITARY RADAR firm-A US technology company which had 20 senior staff on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had just launched a new electronic warfare gadget for military radar systems in the days before the Boeing 777 went missing.-By: Ted Jeory=Published: Wed, March 19, 2014-express.co.uk
DEVELOPMENT Freescale Semiconductor which had 20 workers on MH370 had just launched new radar chips DEVELOPMENT: Freescale Semiconductor which had 20 workers on MH370 had just launched new radar chips [EXPRESS].Freescale Semiconductor, which makes powerful microchips for industries including defence, released the powerful new products to the American market on March 3.Five days later, Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board including 20 working for Freescale.Twelve were from Malaysia, while eight were Chinese nationals. Freescale’s spokesman Mitch Haws has said: “These were all people with a lot of experience and technical background and they were very important people. “It’s definitely a loss for the company.”Freescale’s shareholders include the Carlyle Group of private equity investors whose past advisers have included ex-US president George Bush Sr and former British Prime Minister John Major.These were all people with a lot of experience and technical background – they were very important-Freescale Semiconductor.Carlyle’s previous heavyweight clients include the Saudi Binladin Group, the construction firm owned by the family of Osama bin Laden.The fact that Freescale had so many highly qualified staff on board the Boeing 777 had already prompted wild conspiracy theories about what might have happened.The company says they were flying to China to improve its consumer products operations, but Freescale’s fresh links to electronic warfare technology is likely to trigger more speculation and deepen the mystery.freescale semiconductor, malaysian airlines, electronic warfare, flight mh370, radar systems, malaysian plane, carlyle group, osama bin laden, saudi A map of the latest search areas in the southern Indian Ocean today [EPA].Experts have been baffled how a large passenger jet seems to have flown undetected and possibly beaten military radar systems for up to six hours.Avoiding radar via “cloaking technology” has long been one of the objectives of the defence industry and Freescale has been active developing chips for military radar.On its website, the company says its radio frequency products meet the requirements for applications in “avionics, radar, communications, missile guidance, electronic warfare and identification friend or foe”.Last June it announced it was creating a team of specialists dedicated to producing “radio frequency power products” for the defence industry.And on March 3, it announced it was releasing 11 of these new gadgets for use in “high frequency, VHF and low-band UHF radar and radio communications”.The company did not respond to questions from Express Online, including whether any of its missing employees had been working on the defence products.freescale semiconductor, malaysian airlines, electronic warfare, flight mh370, radar systems, malaysian plane, carlyle group, osama bin laden, saudi bHull University student Yue Wenchao, 26, who is reported to be one of the passengers on board [ENTERPRISE].It neither provided any responses to the latest bizarre conspiracy theory being widely published on the comments sections of newspaper websites and other internet forums.The comment reads: “It reads: “Have you pieced together the puzzle of missing flight 370 to Beijing China? If not, here are your missing pieces.Although a Freescale patent does exist under number US8650327, none of the names listed actually appear on the passenger manifest released by the Malaysian authorities.The search continues for Flight MH370 but speculation surrounding its fate grows by the day.Some experts believe the plane was hijacked–possibly by the pilots–or that there was a struggle on board which led to a catastrophic decompression.However, no seat cushions or luggage that would have been expected to float have yet been found in the vast Indian Ocean where it might have crashed.
Invisible Planes: China, US Race for Cloaking Tech-bae cloaking 428x285-Fox News | Dec 17, 2013 | by Gene J. Koprowski-MILITARY.COM
New stealth technology makes airplanes invisible not only to radar, it renders them hidden to the human eye as well -- just like an invisibility cloak in a Hollywood sci-fi thriller.News reports from China last week touted the country's work on a "cloaking" technology that uses a hexagonal array of glass-like panels to bend light around an object, obscuring it from view as though hidden by an invisibility cloak. Experts say the technology is legit -- and not unlike American and European projects from the past few years."The general public … might not hear about how far the U.S. has really come, because it is and should remain classified," firearms expert Chris Sajnog, a former Navy SEAL, told FoxNews.com. "Other countries are still playing catch-up -- but they're closing the gap."But while classified work progresses, several public projects from universities and military supply companies show just how real this futuristic technology is.
How to disappear completely
Professor Chen Hongsheng at China's Zhejiang University demonstrated a device that made a fish invisible and a cat disappear, according to the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong daily.The professor's team is one of 40 funded by the Chinese government during the last three years, the paper reported. Some projects use materials that shuttle light away from an object; alternatives create electromagnetic fields that bend it away -- truly high-tech camouflage."The idea isn't new, but materials enabling the technology are becoming more available," David R. Ricketts, professor of engineering at North Carolina State University, told FoxNews.com. "It's like we see in the movies. If you tape a picture of an empty hallway to a security camera, the person looking at the camera sees an empty room -- even though you could be walking through the hallway. The ‘cloaking' approach simply takes the light on one side of the object and transmits it on the other so that you don't see the object in between."Another Chinese professor, Ma Yungui, an optical engineer at Zhejiang University, is working on a device that prevents objects from being detected by heat sensors or metal detectors, the Post said. As small as a matchbox, it interferes with infrared camera detection, too -- allowing troops to move secretly in the night.The Chinese professors did not return calls from FoxNews.com seeking comment."A few years ago we had a demonstration of these technologies here in San Diego," Sanjog said in an email. "The mirrors currently being used are large and easily detectable, while the use of wavelengths is limited to a very narrow spectrum, i.e. visible light, but not radar or thermal. Also, both of these technologies only work well when viewed from one angle, and in warfare your security is nothing if it's not 360."Major arms developers such as BAE Systems readily acknowledge work on this kind of technology, such as the Adaptiv program, which aims to hide armored vehicles."The U.S. military is among many who have expressed interest in Adaptiv, which could be transferred to other platforms, such as ships and helicopters," said Mike Sweeney, a spokesman for BAE.
Pixel perfect
BAE's technology, similar to what the Chinese are now touting, deploys sheets of hexagonal "pixels" that can change temperature very rapidly. On-board cameras pick up the scenery and display it on the vehicle, which can allow a moving tank to match its surroundings.Research is concentrated mainly on the infrared spectrum, a pressing concern for the Swedish government group funding the work. But BAE has combined its pixels with technologies that camouflage other parts of the electro-magnetic spectrum to provide all-round stealth.But most camouflage used by the military is not as high-tech as these tools. Take for example the "ghilie suit," a garment designed to resemble heavy foliage and popular with the military and hunters."As a former lead instructor for the Navy SEAL sniper program, I've taught many of our current warriors the art of passive camouflage. For example, wearing a well-made ghillie suit in the proper environment can render its user virtually invisible, and this is a cloaking device that works 360, with no batteries needed," Sajnog said.Some experts dispute that these new technologies can work in battlefield conditions at all."Invisibility cloak is a poorly chosen term," Thomas Way, associate professor of computing science at Villanova University, wrote to FoxNews.com in an email. "Invisible to what? We already have stealth aircraft that are invisible to radar (usually), but there is absolutely no way given our current understanding of physics that something could be made invisible to the naked eye.""If that's what they are claiming, it's a hoax."
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/12/17/invisible-planes-china-us-race-for-cloaking-tech.html
A LOT OF GOOD AND BAD THINGS HAPPENED TO FREESCALE IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO AS YOU WILL READ FROM HERE ON.DO WE HAVE A COMPETITOR THAT WANTS FREESCALE ELIMINATED OR BROKE.WHY WOULD JP MORGAN GIVE FREESCALE A BAD CREDIT RISK.WHY TESSERA AND FREESCALE SETTLED.
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Freescale Semiconductor - JAN ZAN SHAH & AINOL HASLIDA ISMAIL-Posted: March 30, 2014 in Berita Dunia-20 of its employees were passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
A division of Motorola, which became Freescale Semiconductor, supplied thousands of semiconductor devices, ground-based tracking and checkout equipment, and 12 on-board tracking and communications units. An "up-data link" in the Apollo's command module received signals from Earth to relay to other on-board systems. A transponder received and transmitted voice and television signals and scientific data.It has also been mentioned in a statement by a company spokesperson that the employees who were aboard MH370, were extremely talented and valuable in the technological field.Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. is primarily owned by the Blackstone Group, i.e. Lord Jacob Rothschild, the same group responsible for spraying the highly-toxic Corexit 500A into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the months following the BP oil spill as reported early on by Intelihub News. Shockingly, we also see the Carlyle Group listed as a secondary investor adding another layer of suspicion for investigators.The official entry listed under Freescale Semiconductor’s “financials” section on Wikipedia states:
On September 15, 2006, Freescale agreed to a $17.6 billion buyout by a consortium led by Blackstone Group and its co-investors, Carlyle Group, TPG Capital, and Permira. The buyout offer was accepted on November 13, 2006 following a vote by company shareholders. The purchase, which closed on December 1, 2006, was the largest private buyout of a technology company until the Dell buyout of 2013 and is one of the ten largest buyouts of all time.As a journalist, I have to point out the vast amount of monies invested into this technology firm. It’s not like $17.9B is a drop in the bucket by any means, likely signifying the true importance of this corporation. I also have to question why so many Freescale employees were on the same flight at the same time, as four of them were reported by several sources to have been U.S. patent holders of a new technology. This would likely have been a breach of protocol, but at the least a costly oversight.In fact it’s been reported that Peid Ong Wang, Suzhou, Zhijun Chen, Suzhou, Zhihong Cheng, Suzhou and Li Ying, Suzhou, Freescale employees from China who were said to have been onboard flight 370, were each 20% holders of U.S. Patent #US008671381B1.Shockingly, the remaining 20% has been reported to be held
by Freescale Semiconductor Ltd., which now after the disappearance of flight 370 becomes the sole patent holder. In laymen’s terms, Lord Jacob Rothschild is now the patent holder by virtue of invested interest into Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.To bring things further into perspective, putting the icing on the cake, the Rothschild dynasty owns the Malaysian Central Bank which in-turn is heavily invested into the Malaysian government and Malaysian Airlines ~ INTELLIHUB
http://mohdshahrizanmohdsaad.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/freescale/
News Release-Freescale Shrinks World’s Smallest ARM-Based MCU by an Additional 15 Percent-Smaller than a golf ball dimple, new Kinetis KL03 unleashes design innovation for Internet of Things applications
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFDxnmXgGjc
http://cache.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/fact_sheet/KINETISKL03CSPFS.pdf
NUREMBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2014-- Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) announces a breakthrough addition to its Kinetis mini portfolio with the introduction of the Kinetis KL03 MCU, the world’s smallest and most energy efficient 32-bit MCU based on ARM® technology. The Kinetis KL03 MCU builds on the previous generation Kinetis KL02 device with new features, advanced integration, and greater ease-of-use – all in an even smaller 1.6 x 2.0mm2 package. The new capabilities of the Kinetis KL03 device help customers to achieve lower power in a smaller form factor, saving on product design time and cost.Leveraging advanced wafer-level chip scale packaging, the Kinetis KL03 MCU is more than 15 percent smaller than the previous generation Freescale KL02 device, and 35 percent smaller than competing 32-bit ARM MCUs. The new SoC is ideally suited for space-constrained designs, including a wide range of applications in the consumer, healthcare, and industrial markets. It is ideal for the fast- growing Internet of Things (IoT) market, where edge nodes increasingly require more intelligence in ever-smaller form factors.“When size is no longer a barrier to incorporating microcontrollers into edge node devices, we can start to redefine what’s possible for the Internet of Things,” said Rajeev Kumar, director of worldwide marketing and business development for Freescale’s Microcontrollers business. “We see the miniaturization of MCUs as a key driver of IoT evolution. With the groundbreaking form factors of the new Kinetis KL03, systems designers for edge node products now have the technology they need to develop entirely new product categories capable, quite literally, of changing the world.”
Advanced functionality, power efficiency and integration
The Kinetis KL03 MCU combines the power efficiency of the Kinetis L series based on ARM® Cortex®-M0+ cores with enhanced low-power functionalities including register files, SRTC, low power UART, and additional low power wake up pins.Additionally, the new product offers greater ease of use over the previous generation. An added ROM-based boot loader allows factory programming and on-line system firmware upgrades without adding circuitry to the board, reducing programming-related costs for customers. An internal, highly accurate voltage reference (Vref) delivers improved analog performance by supplying an embedded 1.2 volt reference for the ADC, enabling several use cases for applications requiring high ADC accuracy.
The Kinetis KL03 MCU integrates:
48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core, 1.71-3.6V operation
Bit manipulation engine for faster, more code-efficient handling of peripheral registers
32 KB flash memory, 2 KB RAM
8K ROM with on-chip boot loader
High-speed 12-bit ADC
Internal voltage reference for high ADC accuracy
High-speed analog comparator
Low power wake up
Low-power UART, SPI, I2C (high speed)
Secure real time clock
Powerful timers for a broad range of applications including motor control
-40 °C to +85 °C operation
The Kinetis KL03 MCU is code compatible across 900+ Cortex-M products. In addition, a FRDM-KL03Z Freescale Freedom development platform, as well as Processor Expert development system, Solution Advisor guide, and comprehensive Freescale and third-party enablement support in the ARM-ecosystem will be available to support development targeting the new MCU. Customers can begin evaluation immediately with the FRDM-KL02Z board.Tweet this: @Freescale shrinks world’s smallest #ARMPowered #MCU. Next gen #KinetisKL03 for #IoTinnovation
Availability
Initial sampling of the Kinetis KL03 MCU will begin next month, with full production planned for June 2014. Suggested resale pricing is $0.75 (USD) in 100K-unit quantities.
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AND JP MORGAN PULLED OUT OF FREESCALE.JUST A WEEK OR 2 BEFORE THE PLANE WENT MISSING ALSO.
Next-Generation, GaN-based Power Amplifiers for Radar Applications
http://www.rfmd.com/cs/documents/Aichele_GaNPAs_Jan09_MPD.pdf
JP Morgan call on Freescale adds confusion-By Natalie Harrison and Lynn Adler-Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:47pm EST
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (IFR/RLPC) - JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon delivered a confident message at the bank's global high-yield conference this week, telling attendees it would be no more cautious than any other Wall Street bank when it comes to lending, according to investors present at the event.But the bank's decision not to extend a revolving credit facility for Freescale Semiconductor earlier this month, a move confirmed by two market sources, appeared to send a very different message to the market.It was deemed an unusual decision mainly because revolvers are usually private deals with relationship banks. By not extending the maturity of the revolver, JP Morgan passed up fees, which some bankers said did not make sense as it still had to honor the existing facility.
JP Morgan declined to comment.
The revolver got done - and at a larger size. Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Morgan Stanley all committed to the deal, which was increased by up to USD50m to a total of up to USD450m.The decision demonstrates how carefully banks are scrutinizing which loans, and how many, they will commit to - and there is clearly a ripple effect from the leveraged lending guidance issued about a year ago by regulators.Some reckon JP Morgan made the correct bet on Freescale, which was taken private by sponsors Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG and Permira in 2006 in one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of all time.Although the company listed five years later, its leverage remains high."You could say JP Morgan has been smart," said one senior banker at a rival bank. "Maybe it made a judgment and thought the company was not a big client, and therefore, not worth doing. The bank's the largest underwriter of leveraged loans in the market, so this is only natural."Freescale and its private equity owners were either not immediately available or declined to comment.
SUBSTANDARD REPORT CARD
The rationale behind JP Morgan's decision, the sources said, was that the loan could have been considered "substandard" - one of the definitions that regulators have applied to "criticized" or "non-pass" loans under their guidelines.Another category - "special mention" - is more common. Considered less risky, those loans are also less likely to rile regulators, bankers said."It's a bit like a report card. If you're going to have bad marks, you'd rather have more Bs than Cs," said the banker. "The Freescale revolver, a C grade, was substandard already."A loan may be criticized if companies are not able to amortize or repay all of their senior debt from free cashflow or half of their total debt in five to seven years. Leverage levels exceeding six times debt to Ebitda after asset sales are also viewed as problematic.According to Moody's latest report on Freescale, even after it pays down debt with proceeds of a recent share offering, adjusted debt to Ebitda will still remain in the low seven times range.The guidelines aim to prevent a return to reckless underwriting practices, but until recently the market believed regulators would be more focused on new leveraged buyouts. In fact, the implications of the greater scrutiny are far wider than that."The guidance does capture refinancing, though not necessarily an amendment," said Tess Virmani, assistant general counsel at the Loan Syndications and Trading Association.The Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller were either not immediately available or declined to comment.
FRUSTRATION BUILDS
Even so, some argued JP Morgan was being too conservative, and said its decision was more about the bank wanting to be seen to be toeing the line, and a desire to keep out of the headlines after paying a USD13bn fine last year to settle multiple government claims over dealings in mortgage securities."When he was asked at the conference whether JP Morgan would react differently because of its recent issues, Dimon said he expected all banks to behave the same," said one investor who attended the leveraged finance gathering in Miami.There is, nonetheless, growing annoyance among bankers who are convinced that regulators have not thought through the whole process."They have said that they don't want us to stop lending to companies that are in trouble and need financing. But there are lots of grey areas, and it's very frustrating," said the banker.How this will all play out remains to be seen. The regulators publish report cards on banks' loans in what is known as a Shared National Credits Program to help communicate what are, and what are not, quality loans.The SNC last year showed criticized and classified assets remained at elevated levels at 10% and 6.2% respectively in 2013. The volume of criticized assets increased 2.4% to USD302bn, but as a percentage of total commitments, the criticized asset rate fell from the year before.One banker said it would be interesting to see the reaction to fines doled out if banks are too reckless. Others said that fines were unlikely."I don't think the punishment will be fines. There are lots of ways for regulators to turn up the heat. Just coming into the bank to meet the risk people, and telling them they are unhappy would be enough to get banks to stop," said a banker.
August 27, 2013
Tessera and Freescale Settle Litigation
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) ("Tessera" or the "Company") today announced its Tessera, Inc. subsidiary has reached a settlement with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. ("Freescale"). In exchange for being released from the litigation, Freescale will make a payment to Tessera, Inc."We are pleased to have settled this matter with Freescale," said Jim MacDonald, executive vice president, intellectual property and business development, Tessera Intellectual Property Corp. "We believe this settlement reflects well on the strength of our intellectual property, as well as our commitment to protecting our innovations and intellectual property."The companies have not disclosed the full terms and conditions of the settlement agreement. Tessera, Inc. agreed to dismiss its claims against Freescale relating to Tessera, Inc.'s patent infringement action pending in the United States District Court, Northern District of California. The Company is making no adjustment to its third quarter of 2013 financial guidance given on July 31, 2013.
Safe Harbor Statement
This document contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those projected, particularly with respect to the Company's guidance and the settlement agreement and payment from Freescale. Material factors that may cause results to differ from the statements made include the plans or operations relating to the Company's businesses; market or industry conditions; changes in patent laws, regulation or enforcement, or other factors that might affect the Company's ability to protect or realize the value of its intellectual property; the expiration of license agreements and the cessation of related royalty income; the failure, inability or refusal of licensees to pay royalties; initiation, delays, setbacks or losses relating to the Company's intellectual property or intellectual property litigations, or invalidation or limitation of key patents; the timing and results, which are not predictable and may vary in any individual proceeding, of any ICC ruling or award, including in the Amkor arbitration; fluctuations in operating results due to the timing of new license agreements and royalties, or due to legal costs; the risk of a decline in demand for semiconductor and camera module products; failure by the industry to use technologies covered by the Company's patents; the expiration of the Company's patents; the Company's ability to successfully complete and integrate acquisitions of businesses; the risk of loss of, or decreases in production orders from, customers of acquired businesses; financial and regulatory risks associated with the international nature of the Company's businesses; failure of the Company's products to achieve technological feasibility or profitability; failure to successfully commercialize the Company's products; changes in demand for the products of the Company's customers; limited opportunities to license technologies and sell products due to high concentration in the markets for semiconductors and related products and camera modules; the impact of competing technologies on the demand for the Company's technologies and products; and the reliance on a limited number of suppliers for the components used in the manufacture of DOC products. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2012, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, include more information about factors that could affect the Company's financial results. The Company assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. Although this release may remain available on the Company's website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that the Company is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.
About Tessera Technologies
Tessera Technologies, Inc. is a holding company with operating subsidiaries in two segments: Intellectual Property and DigitalOptics. Our Intellectual Property segment, managed by Tessera Intellectual Property Corp., generates revenue from manufacturers and other implementers that use our technology. Our DigitalOptics business delivers innovation in imaging systems for smartphones. For more information call 1.408.321.6000 or visit www.tessera.com.Tessera, the Tessera logo, DOC, the DOC logo, and Invensas Corporation are trademarks or registered trademarks of affiliated companies of Tessera Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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AWACS
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/infoelect/e3awacs/index.htm
737 BOEING EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL
http://www.boeing.com/assets/pdf/defense-space/ic/aewc/docs/737AEWC_overview.pdf
Boeing-Defense Space & Security
P.O. Box 516-St. Louis, MO 63166-www.boeing.com--BOEING AIRCRAFT
737 Airborne Early Warning and Control--JANUARY 2013
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/ic/aewc/index.page
Description and Purpose:
737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) is a state of the art system providing powerful airborne surveillance, communications and battle management.
Customers:
The Australian Defence Force selected the 737 AEW&C system in July 1999. A contract
for Project Wedgetail was signed in December 2000 for four 737–700 aircraft and six AEW&C systems plus options for three additional systems. In 2004, Australia exercised options to purchase two additional 737-700 aircraft. Two of the aircraft were modified in to the AEW&C configuration at a Boeing facility in Seattle. The other four were modified by Boeing Defence Australia in a company facility at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base Amberley.Boeing delivered the two aircraft in Nov ember.2009 and has been supporting RAAF training on the AEW&C system, which includes the aircraft as well as the Operational Flight Trainer, Operational Mission Simulator and Mission Support System.In May 2010, the aircraft were initially accepted by the Commonwealth of Australia into the RAAF fleet. This major milestone demonstrated that the 737 AEW&C system was ready for operational training and use. It also represented the culmination of years of design, development, modification and testing by the Boeing - led team.Since then, four more Wedgetail aircraft were delivered to the RAAF
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In Nov. 2012, the program reached a major milestone when the RAAF declared Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the fleet. IOC means the Wedgetail aircraft is ready to be operationally deployed anywhere in the world and takes into account not only the aircraft, but also logistics and sustainment, training of air crews, ground crews and technical support staff.In November 2000, the Republic of Turkey selected a Boeing -led team to begin contract negotiations on developing a new AEW&C system. A contract was signed in June 2002 and officially started in July 2003. The program, known as Peace Eagle, includes four 737 AEW&C aircraft plus ground support segments for mission crew training,mission support and system maintenance support.Verification testing of the system began in 2011 in labs and on the aircraft on the ground and in flight and is proceeding as planned.Verification testing will continue in Puget Sound, and Turkey. Delivery of the first Peace Eagle aircraft is scheduled for the first half of 2013.
Boeing signed a contract in November 2006 to provide four 737 AEW&C aircraft for the Republic of Korea’s EX program, known as Peace Eye. The Boeing team’s solution also includes ground support segments for flight and mission crew training, mission support and aircraft and system modification support. Peace Eye aircraft #1 was delivered to the Republic of Korea Air Force in September 2011 followed by delivery of the second aircraft in Dec. The third Peace Eye aircraft was delivered to the ROKAF in May 2012.The fourth and final aircraft in the fleet was delivered in Oct. 2012.737 AEW&C gives Korea a powerful capability for airborne surveillance, communications and battle management. It also provides increased security for the Korean peninsula against today’s threats and threats in the future.
General Characteristics:
•737-700 increased gross weight (IGW) airframe
•Northrop Grumman “MESA” electronically scanned array radar system−360 degrees/Air and Maritime modes/200 + nmi range/All Weather−IFF: 300 nmi
•Open system architecture/COTS
•6 to 10 multi-role/purpose consoles
•Precision Tracker
•Communications include, but are not limited to, (3) HF, (4) VHF/UHF, (4) UHF and Link 11 &
16 (Customer selects encryption capability) (2) Have Quick
•Operational ceiling: 41,000 ft
•Range: 3,500 nm
•Flight Crew: 2
•Mission Crew: 6 to 10
Miscellaneous:
The platform is the Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 featuring 21st century avionics,navigation equipment and flight deck. Because of its high technology, the aircraft requires minimal downtime for maintenance.The 737 series is one of the most popular and reliable jet aircraft in the world. Its popularity has resulted in a worldwide base of suppliers, parts and support equipment.The Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar is the critical sensor aboard the 737 AEW&C. The steerable beam, L-band electronically scanned array is designed to provide optimal performance in range, tracking, and accuracy. The radar is able to track airborne and maritime targets imultaneously and can help the mission crew direct the control of fighter aircraft while continuously scanning the operational area.The so-called ’top hat’ portion of the MESA radar provides a practical solution for fore and aft coverage while maintaining the low drag profile of the dorsal array system. This allows the system to be installed on the mid-size 737-700 platform without significant impact on aircraft performance. Another innovation is the integrated Identification Friend or Foe sharing of the primary radar arrays to further reduce weight, improve reliability,and simplify target correlation. In addition, the 737 AEW&C has an advanced open system architecture with a standards-based design for cost-effective commonality and maximum flexibility.
Measures-Authored by Lee Pucker-Chief Technology Officer-Spectrum Signal Processing
[ Introduction ]
The generic functional reference design for an Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) system is shown in the figure below. This system is used to lock onto and jam threat signals emitted by an enemy. These include both sensor signals, such as are used in RADAR, and communications signals. This system typically works in conjunction with an electronic support measure system performing wideband spectral analysis and direction finding to identify threat signals. In addition, the ECM system may target a single frequency band, jamming all threat signals within that band, or it may employ a search strategy where the RF front end will step through a larger frequency band in a pre-defined manner.
Electronic Counter Measures Application ]
Processing in an ECM system is generally broken into three sections: IF Conversion, Spectral Analysis, and Channel Processing. The primary purpose of the IF conversion section is to provide wideband analog to digital conversion of the IF signal from each RF front end to be used in target acquisition, and wideband digital to analog conversion for the jamming signal.Transmit and receive elements within the IF Conversion section are gated to support "look through", allowing shut down of receiver functions during jammer transmission. This gating function is also distributed across multiple channels when jamming is employed over multiple bands. In addition, the converted data from the receive channel is time-stamped to allow
synchronization of threat signals with the time of day.
The IF Conversion block interfaces directly to the spectral analysis and channel processing sections. The spectralanalysis section is used to allow a "fast follower" approach, allowing the system to detect active signals in the target band. This is typically done using a large FFT and windowing function with follow-on processing to identify the exact center frequency and bandwidth of the target signal. Channel processing is then used to isolate the active signals from each digitized IF channel, and then correlate these signals against the current threat database received from the wideband analysis system or user input to identify active threat signals. If a threat signal is identified, a jamming signal is then created and sent out to the IF conversion section. The latency between the time a signal is detected and the time that the jammer signal is transmitted must typically be very small, often times less than a few microseconds, to provide effective jamming of short duration of frequency agile signals. As a result, the delay buffer utilized in this system to allow for the latency associated with the spectral analysis process is typically very small.Coordination of these three processing sections is facilitated through an operational control element consisting of a finite state machine and a number of control ports. This control element typically maintains the threat database,and is used to dynamically load and unload jamming modulation schemes. In addition, when used in conjunction with electronic support measures, the operational control element must provide a gating mechanism to these other systems to coordinate "look through".
[ Implementation on Spectrum’s
Support for this application at 160 MHz IF is provided two modules: the XMC-3311 Dual Channel Analog IO Module operating at 213.33 MSPS and the ePMC-8120 VirtexII Processing Engine. These modules are hosted on PRO-1900/1901 carriers as illustrated in the figure below. The XMC-3311 provides the IF Conversion and Channel Processing functions of the ECM application, maintaining tight integration between transmit and receive processes.Threat and jamming signal parameters are stored in the local SRAM associated with each FPGA processor,minimizing the latency associated with each "look up" of this data. Time-stamping of each IF channel is supported through the 1PPS interface, and coordination of multi-channel "look through" between multiple XMC-3311 modules is supported through a front panel gating connector. The ePMC-8120 modules provides for the spectralanalysis section, with support provided for up to a 32K point FFT per IF channel while maintaining real-time performance. Operation control of this system is distributed, with local control shared between the XMC-3311 FPGA processors and the embedded MPC8240 processor on the PRO-1900.
OTHER MH370 STORIES I DONE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-50-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-49-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-48-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-47-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
LINKS FROM DAYS 33 TO 46 ABOUT MH370-777-200ER SEARCH
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-47-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
LINKS FROM DAYS 01 TO 32 ABOUT MH370-777-200ER SEARCH
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-32-mh370-missing-plane-they-may.html
SEARCH FOR THE PLANE YOURSELF-HERE
http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014
FLIGHTWARE-LIVE FLIGHT TRACKING
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/MAS370/history/20140307/1635Z/WMKK/ZBAA/tracklog
MALAYSIAN MH370 SEAT MAP
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Malaysia_Airlines/Malaysia_Airlines_Boeing_777-200.php
VIDEO RETIRED GENERAL SAYS THE PLANES IN PAKISTAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWiVkShm8cw
FINDING PHILIP WOOD
https://www.facebook.com/findingphilipwood370
SARAH SAYS PHILIP IS STILL ALIVE AND KIDNAPPED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKot27qbyw
SARAH BAJC SAYS PHILIP AND ALL ARE STILL ALIVE AND KIDNAPPED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKot27qbyw
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/04/08/erin-bts-bajc-mh370-plane-was-taken.cnn.html
FREESCALE LOCATIONS
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?code=GLOBAL_SITES
http://www.freescale.com/
IF you wana leave a message to Flight Mh370 Members-
http://english.astroawani.com/p/feedback/comments
Family Members website
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_12ece77a00101eh9v.html
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 239 ON MH370-777-200ER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/complete-list-of-members-on-flight.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/remebering-mh370-777-200er-victims-of.html (P1)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/remembering-mh370-777-200er-citizens.html (P2)
THE MISSING PLANE MH370 SITUATION AT 12:03AM SUN APR 27,2014
ITS 6:40PM APR 27,14 AND JEFF WISE WAS JUST ON CNN.AND SOMEHOW HE GOT THE CALCULATIONS FROM MH370.AND THEN HE TOOK THE CALCULATIONS BY INMARSAT TO VARIOUS EXPERTS AND THEY ALL SAID THEY COULD NOT MAKE SENSE OF THE CALCULATIONS MALAYSIA AND INMARSAT CAME UP WITH. HE SAID THESE CALCULATIONS ARE FUZZY.JUST LIKE I THOUGHT.THIS INMARSAT IS JUST ANOTHER DECEPTION TO GET US FROM LOOKING ON LAND AND IN THE NORTHERN-INDONESIAN AREA FOR THE KIDNAPPED CITIZENS OF MH370.JEFF WISE AND JIM TILMON ARE MY TWO FAVORITES ON CNN FOR SPEAKING TRUTH.THAT THEY BETTER BE LOOKING ON LAND AND GET OFF THIS OCEAN SCAM KICK.
Search continues for Malaysian flight MH370-Media Release-26 April 2014—am-JACC
Up to 8 military aircraft and 11 ships are planned to assist in today's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.Today the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has planned a visual search area totaling approximately 57,311 square kilometres. The centre of the search area lies approximately 1584 kilometres north west of Perth.The weather forecast for today is for isolated showers, with south easterly winds up to 20 knots, sea swells of two to 2.5 metres and visibility of one kilometre in thunderstorms and three kilometres in rain.Early into mission 13 yesterday Bluefin-21 was recovered due to a software issue that required resetting. The AUV has technically sophisticated equipment and a reset is not uncommon. Overnight Phoenix technicians resolved the issue and mission 14 is now underway.Bluefin-21 has completed approximately 95 per cent of the focused underwater search area. No contacts of interest have been found to date.The focused underwater search area is defined as a circle of 10km radius around the second Towed Pinger Locator detection which occurred on 8 April. If no contacts of interest are made, Bluefin-21 will continue to examine the areas adjacent to the 10km radius.Any further information will be made public if, and when, it becomes available.
-JACCTHE MISSING PLANE MH370 SITUATION AT 3:03AM SUN APR 27,2014
I SEE FREESCALE WAS GONNA PATENT THIS INVISIBLE CLOAKING WEAPON.I MIGHT BE ONTO SOMETHING WITH MY WILD CONSPIRACY THEORY FROM YESTERDAY.I KNEW FREESCALE WAS INTO MICROCHIP IMPLANTS AND DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY.BUT I NEVER NEW TILL I READ A STORY TONIGHT.FREESCALE WAS GONNA PATENT THIS CLOACKING TECHNOLOGY.SO READ MY YESTERDAY STORY ABOUT MY THEORY. IT WILL BE LINK 50.RIGHT BELOW.
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/04/day-50-mh370-777-2000er-missing-plane.html
http://www.spectrumsignal.com/publications/Electronic_Counter_Measures.pdf
Scientists Perfect Nano Tech to Develop Invisibility Cloak-By Susanne Posel – April 1, 2014-Orig.src.Susanne.Posel.Daily.News- invisibility.cloak_occupycorporatism Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | The US Independent-April 1, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ZHIKc9XBc#t=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEx63D36Cx4
Debashis Chanda at the University of Central Florida (UCF) has created a way to bend light with artificial nanostructures to develop an invisibility cloak.Chanda and other nanotech experts have developed a large swath of a “multilayer 3-D metamaterial” that operates “in the visible spectral range”.This was accomplished by “using nanotransfer printing, which can potentially be engineered to modify surrounding refractive index needed for controlling propagation of light.”Chanda explains: “Such large-area fabrication of metamaterials following a simple printing technique will enable realization of novel devices based on engineered optical responses at the nanoscale.”In 2013, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DECE) at the University of Toronto (UoT) have revealed researchers created a cloak that is thin, scalable and adaptive to various objects and sizes to hide an object to radar detection.So far, the object is still visible to the human eye; however this “practical” approach is being hailed as a step toward an actual invisibility cloak. Researchers said: “We’ve demonstrated a different way of doing it. It’s very simple: instead of surrounding what you’re trying to cloak with a thick metamaterial shell, we surround it with one layer of tiny antennas, and this layer radiates back a field that cancels the reflections from the object.”Indeed, the array of small antennas that expel the electromagnetic field surrounding the cloak cause the “invisibility” that renders the object un-seeable to radar systems.Called an active electromagnetic cloak (AEMC), this device “uses an array of elementary sources to cancel the scattered fields created by an object. An active interior cloak does this by placing the sources along the boundary of the object.”This technology “can be thought of as introducing a discontinuity in the field to cancel out the scattered field by the object.”The process of cloaking was explained as: “Picture a mailbox sitting on the street. When light hits the mailbox and bounces back into your eyes, you see the mailbox. When radio waves hit the mailbox and bounce back to your radar detector, you detect the mailbox. [Professor George] Eleftheriades and [PhD student Michael] Selvanyagam’s system wraps the mailbox in a layer of tiny antennas that radiate a field away from the box, cancelling out any waves that would bounce back. In this way, the mailbox becomes undetectable to radar.”Andrea Alu , professor at the University of Texas (UoT), commented : “Our active cloak is a completely new concept and design, aimed at beating the limits of [current cloaks] and we show that it indeed does. If you want to make an object transparent at all angles and over broad bandwidths, this is a good solution. We are looking into realizing this technology at the moment, but we are still at the early stages.”Seven years ago, the first “invisibility cloak” was revealed that could “bended microwaves around a small copper cylinder which allowed it to vanish.”Alu said: “If you suppress scattering in one range, you need to pay the price, with interest, in some other range. For example, you might make a cloak that makes an object invisible to red light. But if you were illuminated by white light (containing all colours) you would actually look bright blue, and therefore stand out more.”The team at UoT, under Alu, have introduced “the concept and practical design of broadband, ultrathin cloaks based on non- Foster, negatively capacitive metasurfaces. By using properly tailored, active frequency- selective screens conformal to an object, within the realm of a practical realization, is shown that it is possible to drastically reduce the scattering over a wide frequency range in the microwave regime, orders of magnitude broader than any available passive cloaking technology. The proposed active cloak may impact not only invisibility and camouflaging, but also practical antenna and sensing applications.”- See more at: http://www.occupycorporatism.com/home/scientists-perfect-nano-tech-develop-invisibility-cloak/#sthash.EnxYWOOB.dpuf
Malaysian plane: 20 passengers worked for ELECTRONIC WARFARE and MILITARY RADAR firm-A US technology company which had 20 senior staff on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had just launched a new electronic warfare gadget for military radar systems in the days before the Boeing 777 went missing.-By: Ted Jeory=Published: Wed, March 19, 2014-express.co.uk
DEVELOPMENT Freescale Semiconductor which had 20 workers on MH370 had just launched new radar chips DEVELOPMENT: Freescale Semiconductor which had 20 workers on MH370 had just launched new radar chips [EXPRESS].Freescale Semiconductor, which makes powerful microchips for industries including defence, released the powerful new products to the American market on March 3.Five days later, Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board including 20 working for Freescale.Twelve were from Malaysia, while eight were Chinese nationals. Freescale’s spokesman Mitch Haws has said: “These were all people with a lot of experience and technical background and they were very important people. “It’s definitely a loss for the company.”Freescale’s shareholders include the Carlyle Group of private equity investors whose past advisers have included ex-US president George Bush Sr and former British Prime Minister John Major.These were all people with a lot of experience and technical background – they were very important-Freescale Semiconductor.Carlyle’s previous heavyweight clients include the Saudi Binladin Group, the construction firm owned by the family of Osama bin Laden.The fact that Freescale had so many highly qualified staff on board the Boeing 777 had already prompted wild conspiracy theories about what might have happened.The company says they were flying to China to improve its consumer products operations, but Freescale’s fresh links to electronic warfare technology is likely to trigger more speculation and deepen the mystery.freescale semiconductor, malaysian airlines, electronic warfare, flight mh370, radar systems, malaysian plane, carlyle group, osama bin laden, saudi A map of the latest search areas in the southern Indian Ocean today [EPA].Experts have been baffled how a large passenger jet seems to have flown undetected and possibly beaten military radar systems for up to six hours.Avoiding radar via “cloaking technology” has long been one of the objectives of the defence industry and Freescale has been active developing chips for military radar.On its website, the company says its radio frequency products meet the requirements for applications in “avionics, radar, communications, missile guidance, electronic warfare and identification friend or foe”.Last June it announced it was creating a team of specialists dedicated to producing “radio frequency power products” for the defence industry.And on March 3, it announced it was releasing 11 of these new gadgets for use in “high frequency, VHF and low-band UHF radar and radio communications”.The company did not respond to questions from Express Online, including whether any of its missing employees had been working on the defence products.freescale semiconductor, malaysian airlines, electronic warfare, flight mh370, radar systems, malaysian plane, carlyle group, osama bin laden, saudi bHull University student Yue Wenchao, 26, who is reported to be one of the passengers on board [ENTERPRISE].It neither provided any responses to the latest bizarre conspiracy theory being widely published on the comments sections of newspaper websites and other internet forums.The comment reads: “It reads: “Have you pieced together the puzzle of missing flight 370 to Beijing China? If not, here are your missing pieces.Although a Freescale patent does exist under number US8650327, none of the names listed actually appear on the passenger manifest released by the Malaysian authorities.The search continues for Flight MH370 but speculation surrounding its fate grows by the day.Some experts believe the plane was hijacked–possibly by the pilots–or that there was a struggle on board which led to a catastrophic decompression.However, no seat cushions or luggage that would have been expected to float have yet been found in the vast Indian Ocean where it might have crashed.
Invisible Planes: China, US Race for Cloaking Tech-bae cloaking 428x285-Fox News | Dec 17, 2013 | by Gene J. Koprowski-MILITARY.COM
New stealth technology makes airplanes invisible not only to radar, it renders them hidden to the human eye as well -- just like an invisibility cloak in a Hollywood sci-fi thriller.News reports from China last week touted the country's work on a "cloaking" technology that uses a hexagonal array of glass-like panels to bend light around an object, obscuring it from view as though hidden by an invisibility cloak. Experts say the technology is legit -- and not unlike American and European projects from the past few years."The general public … might not hear about how far the U.S. has really come, because it is and should remain classified," firearms expert Chris Sajnog, a former Navy SEAL, told FoxNews.com. "Other countries are still playing catch-up -- but they're closing the gap."But while classified work progresses, several public projects from universities and military supply companies show just how real this futuristic technology is.
How to disappear completely
Professor Chen Hongsheng at China's Zhejiang University demonstrated a device that made a fish invisible and a cat disappear, according to the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong daily.The professor's team is one of 40 funded by the Chinese government during the last three years, the paper reported. Some projects use materials that shuttle light away from an object; alternatives create electromagnetic fields that bend it away -- truly high-tech camouflage."The idea isn't new, but materials enabling the technology are becoming more available," David R. Ricketts, professor of engineering at North Carolina State University, told FoxNews.com. "It's like we see in the movies. If you tape a picture of an empty hallway to a security camera, the person looking at the camera sees an empty room -- even though you could be walking through the hallway. The ‘cloaking' approach simply takes the light on one side of the object and transmits it on the other so that you don't see the object in between."Another Chinese professor, Ma Yungui, an optical engineer at Zhejiang University, is working on a device that prevents objects from being detected by heat sensors or metal detectors, the Post said. As small as a matchbox, it interferes with infrared camera detection, too -- allowing troops to move secretly in the night.The Chinese professors did not return calls from FoxNews.com seeking comment."A few years ago we had a demonstration of these technologies here in San Diego," Sanjog said in an email. "The mirrors currently being used are large and easily detectable, while the use of wavelengths is limited to a very narrow spectrum, i.e. visible light, but not radar or thermal. Also, both of these technologies only work well when viewed from one angle, and in warfare your security is nothing if it's not 360."Major arms developers such as BAE Systems readily acknowledge work on this kind of technology, such as the Adaptiv program, which aims to hide armored vehicles."The U.S. military is among many who have expressed interest in Adaptiv, which could be transferred to other platforms, such as ships and helicopters," said Mike Sweeney, a spokesman for BAE.
Pixel perfect
BAE's technology, similar to what the Chinese are now touting, deploys sheets of hexagonal "pixels" that can change temperature very rapidly. On-board cameras pick up the scenery and display it on the vehicle, which can allow a moving tank to match its surroundings.Research is concentrated mainly on the infrared spectrum, a pressing concern for the Swedish government group funding the work. But BAE has combined its pixels with technologies that camouflage other parts of the electro-magnetic spectrum to provide all-round stealth.But most camouflage used by the military is not as high-tech as these tools. Take for example the "ghilie suit," a garment designed to resemble heavy foliage and popular with the military and hunters."As a former lead instructor for the Navy SEAL sniper program, I've taught many of our current warriors the art of passive camouflage. For example, wearing a well-made ghillie suit in the proper environment can render its user virtually invisible, and this is a cloaking device that works 360, with no batteries needed," Sajnog said.Some experts dispute that these new technologies can work in battlefield conditions at all."Invisibility cloak is a poorly chosen term," Thomas Way, associate professor of computing science at Villanova University, wrote to FoxNews.com in an email. "Invisible to what? We already have stealth aircraft that are invisible to radar (usually), but there is absolutely no way given our current understanding of physics that something could be made invisible to the naked eye.""If that's what they are claiming, it's a hoax."
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/12/17/invisible-planes-china-us-race-for-cloaking-tech.html
A LOT OF GOOD AND BAD THINGS HAPPENED TO FREESCALE IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO AS YOU WILL READ FROM HERE ON.DO WE HAVE A COMPETITOR THAT WANTS FREESCALE ELIMINATED OR BROKE.WHY WOULD JP MORGAN GIVE FREESCALE A BAD CREDIT RISK.WHY TESSERA AND FREESCALE SETTLED.
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Freescale Semiconductor - JAN ZAN SHAH & AINOL HASLIDA ISMAIL-Posted: March 30, 2014 in Berita Dunia-20 of its employees were passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
A division of Motorola, which became Freescale Semiconductor, supplied thousands of semiconductor devices, ground-based tracking and checkout equipment, and 12 on-board tracking and communications units. An "up-data link" in the Apollo's command module received signals from Earth to relay to other on-board systems. A transponder received and transmitted voice and television signals and scientific data.It has also been mentioned in a statement by a company spokesperson that the employees who were aboard MH370, were extremely talented and valuable in the technological field.Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. is primarily owned by the Blackstone Group, i.e. Lord Jacob Rothschild, the same group responsible for spraying the highly-toxic Corexit 500A into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the months following the BP oil spill as reported early on by Intelihub News. Shockingly, we also see the Carlyle Group listed as a secondary investor adding another layer of suspicion for investigators.The official entry listed under Freescale Semiconductor’s “financials” section on Wikipedia states:
On September 15, 2006, Freescale agreed to a $17.6 billion buyout by a consortium led by Blackstone Group and its co-investors, Carlyle Group, TPG Capital, and Permira. The buyout offer was accepted on November 13, 2006 following a vote by company shareholders. The purchase, which closed on December 1, 2006, was the largest private buyout of a technology company until the Dell buyout of 2013 and is one of the ten largest buyouts of all time.As a journalist, I have to point out the vast amount of monies invested into this technology firm. It’s not like $17.9B is a drop in the bucket by any means, likely signifying the true importance of this corporation. I also have to question why so many Freescale employees were on the same flight at the same time, as four of them were reported by several sources to have been U.S. patent holders of a new technology. This would likely have been a breach of protocol, but at the least a costly oversight.In fact it’s been reported that Peid Ong Wang, Suzhou, Zhijun Chen, Suzhou, Zhihong Cheng, Suzhou and Li Ying, Suzhou, Freescale employees from China who were said to have been onboard flight 370, were each 20% holders of U.S. Patent #US008671381B1.Shockingly, the remaining 20% has been reported to be held
by Freescale Semiconductor Ltd., which now after the disappearance of flight 370 becomes the sole patent holder. In laymen’s terms, Lord Jacob Rothschild is now the patent holder by virtue of invested interest into Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.To bring things further into perspective, putting the icing on the cake, the Rothschild dynasty owns the Malaysian Central Bank which in-turn is heavily invested into the Malaysian government and Malaysian Airlines ~ INTELLIHUB
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News Release-Freescale Shrinks World’s Smallest ARM-Based MCU by an Additional 15 Percent-Smaller than a golf ball dimple, new Kinetis KL03 unleashes design innovation for Internet of Things applications
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFDxnmXgGjc
http://cache.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/fact_sheet/KINETISKL03CSPFS.pdf
NUREMBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2014-- Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) announces a breakthrough addition to its Kinetis mini portfolio with the introduction of the Kinetis KL03 MCU, the world’s smallest and most energy efficient 32-bit MCU based on ARM® technology. The Kinetis KL03 MCU builds on the previous generation Kinetis KL02 device with new features, advanced integration, and greater ease-of-use – all in an even smaller 1.6 x 2.0mm2 package. The new capabilities of the Kinetis KL03 device help customers to achieve lower power in a smaller form factor, saving on product design time and cost.Leveraging advanced wafer-level chip scale packaging, the Kinetis KL03 MCU is more than 15 percent smaller than the previous generation Freescale KL02 device, and 35 percent smaller than competing 32-bit ARM MCUs. The new SoC is ideally suited for space-constrained designs, including a wide range of applications in the consumer, healthcare, and industrial markets. It is ideal for the fast- growing Internet of Things (IoT) market, where edge nodes increasingly require more intelligence in ever-smaller form factors.“When size is no longer a barrier to incorporating microcontrollers into edge node devices, we can start to redefine what’s possible for the Internet of Things,” said Rajeev Kumar, director of worldwide marketing and business development for Freescale’s Microcontrollers business. “We see the miniaturization of MCUs as a key driver of IoT evolution. With the groundbreaking form factors of the new Kinetis KL03, systems designers for edge node products now have the technology they need to develop entirely new product categories capable, quite literally, of changing the world.”
Advanced functionality, power efficiency and integration
The Kinetis KL03 MCU combines the power efficiency of the Kinetis L series based on ARM® Cortex®-M0+ cores with enhanced low-power functionalities including register files, SRTC, low power UART, and additional low power wake up pins.Additionally, the new product offers greater ease of use over the previous generation. An added ROM-based boot loader allows factory programming and on-line system firmware upgrades without adding circuitry to the board, reducing programming-related costs for customers. An internal, highly accurate voltage reference (Vref) delivers improved analog performance by supplying an embedded 1.2 volt reference for the ADC, enabling several use cases for applications requiring high ADC accuracy.
The Kinetis KL03 MCU integrates:
48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core, 1.71-3.6V operation
Bit manipulation engine for faster, more code-efficient handling of peripheral registers
32 KB flash memory, 2 KB RAM
8K ROM with on-chip boot loader
High-speed 12-bit ADC
Internal voltage reference for high ADC accuracy
High-speed analog comparator
Low power wake up
Low-power UART, SPI, I2C (high speed)
Secure real time clock
Powerful timers for a broad range of applications including motor control
-40 °C to +85 °C operation
The Kinetis KL03 MCU is code compatible across 900+ Cortex-M products. In addition, a FRDM-KL03Z Freescale Freedom development platform, as well as Processor Expert development system, Solution Advisor guide, and comprehensive Freescale and third-party enablement support in the ARM-ecosystem will be available to support development targeting the new MCU. Customers can begin evaluation immediately with the FRDM-KL02Z board.Tweet this: @Freescale shrinks world’s smallest #ARMPowered #MCU. Next gen #KinetisKL03 for #IoTinnovation
Availability
Initial sampling of the Kinetis KL03 MCU will begin next month, with full production planned for June 2014. Suggested resale pricing is $0.75 (USD) in 100K-unit quantities.
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AND JP MORGAN PULLED OUT OF FREESCALE.JUST A WEEK OR 2 BEFORE THE PLANE WENT MISSING ALSO.
Next-Generation, GaN-based Power Amplifiers for Radar Applications
http://www.rfmd.com/cs/documents/Aichele_GaNPAs_Jan09_MPD.pdf
JP Morgan call on Freescale adds confusion-By Natalie Harrison and Lynn Adler-Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:47pm EST
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (IFR/RLPC) - JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon delivered a confident message at the bank's global high-yield conference this week, telling attendees it would be no more cautious than any other Wall Street bank when it comes to lending, according to investors present at the event.But the bank's decision not to extend a revolving credit facility for Freescale Semiconductor earlier this month, a move confirmed by two market sources, appeared to send a very different message to the market.It was deemed an unusual decision mainly because revolvers are usually private deals with relationship banks. By not extending the maturity of the revolver, JP Morgan passed up fees, which some bankers said did not make sense as it still had to honor the existing facility.
JP Morgan declined to comment.
The revolver got done - and at a larger size. Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Morgan Stanley all committed to the deal, which was increased by up to USD50m to a total of up to USD450m.The decision demonstrates how carefully banks are scrutinizing which loans, and how many, they will commit to - and there is clearly a ripple effect from the leveraged lending guidance issued about a year ago by regulators.Some reckon JP Morgan made the correct bet on Freescale, which was taken private by sponsors Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG and Permira in 2006 in one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of all time.Although the company listed five years later, its leverage remains high."You could say JP Morgan has been smart," said one senior banker at a rival bank. "Maybe it made a judgment and thought the company was not a big client, and therefore, not worth doing. The bank's the largest underwriter of leveraged loans in the market, so this is only natural."Freescale and its private equity owners were either not immediately available or declined to comment.
SUBSTANDARD REPORT CARD
The rationale behind JP Morgan's decision, the sources said, was that the loan could have been considered "substandard" - one of the definitions that regulators have applied to "criticized" or "non-pass" loans under their guidelines.Another category - "special mention" - is more common. Considered less risky, those loans are also less likely to rile regulators, bankers said."It's a bit like a report card. If you're going to have bad marks, you'd rather have more Bs than Cs," said the banker. "The Freescale revolver, a C grade, was substandard already."A loan may be criticized if companies are not able to amortize or repay all of their senior debt from free cashflow or half of their total debt in five to seven years. Leverage levels exceeding six times debt to Ebitda after asset sales are also viewed as problematic.According to Moody's latest report on Freescale, even after it pays down debt with proceeds of a recent share offering, adjusted debt to Ebitda will still remain in the low seven times range.The guidelines aim to prevent a return to reckless underwriting practices, but until recently the market believed regulators would be more focused on new leveraged buyouts. In fact, the implications of the greater scrutiny are far wider than that."The guidance does capture refinancing, though not necessarily an amendment," said Tess Virmani, assistant general counsel at the Loan Syndications and Trading Association.The Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller were either not immediately available or declined to comment.
FRUSTRATION BUILDS
Even so, some argued JP Morgan was being too conservative, and said its decision was more about the bank wanting to be seen to be toeing the line, and a desire to keep out of the headlines after paying a USD13bn fine last year to settle multiple government claims over dealings in mortgage securities."When he was asked at the conference whether JP Morgan would react differently because of its recent issues, Dimon said he expected all banks to behave the same," said one investor who attended the leveraged finance gathering in Miami.There is, nonetheless, growing annoyance among bankers who are convinced that regulators have not thought through the whole process."They have said that they don't want us to stop lending to companies that are in trouble and need financing. But there are lots of grey areas, and it's very frustrating," said the banker.How this will all play out remains to be seen. The regulators publish report cards on banks' loans in what is known as a Shared National Credits Program to help communicate what are, and what are not, quality loans.The SNC last year showed criticized and classified assets remained at elevated levels at 10% and 6.2% respectively in 2013. The volume of criticized assets increased 2.4% to USD302bn, but as a percentage of total commitments, the criticized asset rate fell from the year before.One banker said it would be interesting to see the reaction to fines doled out if banks are too reckless. Others said that fines were unlikely."I don't think the punishment will be fines. There are lots of ways for regulators to turn up the heat. Just coming into the bank to meet the risk people, and telling them they are unhappy would be enough to get banks to stop," said a banker.
August 27, 2013
Tessera and Freescale Settle Litigation
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) ("Tessera" or the "Company") today announced its Tessera, Inc. subsidiary has reached a settlement with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. ("Freescale"). In exchange for being released from the litigation, Freescale will make a payment to Tessera, Inc."We are pleased to have settled this matter with Freescale," said Jim MacDonald, executive vice president, intellectual property and business development, Tessera Intellectual Property Corp. "We believe this settlement reflects well on the strength of our intellectual property, as well as our commitment to protecting our innovations and intellectual property."The companies have not disclosed the full terms and conditions of the settlement agreement. Tessera, Inc. agreed to dismiss its claims against Freescale relating to Tessera, Inc.'s patent infringement action pending in the United States District Court, Northern District of California. The Company is making no adjustment to its third quarter of 2013 financial guidance given on July 31, 2013.
Safe Harbor Statement
This document contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those projected, particularly with respect to the Company's guidance and the settlement agreement and payment from Freescale. Material factors that may cause results to differ from the statements made include the plans or operations relating to the Company's businesses; market or industry conditions; changes in patent laws, regulation or enforcement, or other factors that might affect the Company's ability to protect or realize the value of its intellectual property; the expiration of license agreements and the cessation of related royalty income; the failure, inability or refusal of licensees to pay royalties; initiation, delays, setbacks or losses relating to the Company's intellectual property or intellectual property litigations, or invalidation or limitation of key patents; the timing and results, which are not predictable and may vary in any individual proceeding, of any ICC ruling or award, including in the Amkor arbitration; fluctuations in operating results due to the timing of new license agreements and royalties, or due to legal costs; the risk of a decline in demand for semiconductor and camera module products; failure by the industry to use technologies covered by the Company's patents; the expiration of the Company's patents; the Company's ability to successfully complete and integrate acquisitions of businesses; the risk of loss of, or decreases in production orders from, customers of acquired businesses; financial and regulatory risks associated with the international nature of the Company's businesses; failure of the Company's products to achieve technological feasibility or profitability; failure to successfully commercialize the Company's products; changes in demand for the products of the Company's customers; limited opportunities to license technologies and sell products due to high concentration in the markets for semiconductors and related products and camera modules; the impact of competing technologies on the demand for the Company's technologies and products; and the reliance on a limited number of suppliers for the components used in the manufacture of DOC products. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2012, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, include more information about factors that could affect the Company's financial results. The Company assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. Although this release may remain available on the Company's website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that the Company is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.
About Tessera Technologies
Tessera Technologies, Inc. is a holding company with operating subsidiaries in two segments: Intellectual Property and DigitalOptics. Our Intellectual Property segment, managed by Tessera Intellectual Property Corp., generates revenue from manufacturers and other implementers that use our technology. Our DigitalOptics business delivers innovation in imaging systems for smartphones. For more information call 1.408.321.6000 or visit www.tessera.com.Tessera, the Tessera logo, DOC, the DOC logo, and Invensas Corporation are trademarks or registered trademarks of affiliated companies of Tessera Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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AWACS
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737 BOEING EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL
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737 Airborne Early Warning and Control--JANUARY 2013
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/ic/aewc/index.page
Description and Purpose:
737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) is a state of the art system providing powerful airborne surveillance, communications and battle management.
Customers:
The Australian Defence Force selected the 737 AEW&C system in July 1999. A contract
for Project Wedgetail was signed in December 2000 for four 737–700 aircraft and six AEW&C systems plus options for three additional systems. In 2004, Australia exercised options to purchase two additional 737-700 aircraft. Two of the aircraft were modified in to the AEW&C configuration at a Boeing facility in Seattle. The other four were modified by Boeing Defence Australia in a company facility at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base Amberley.Boeing delivered the two aircraft in Nov ember.2009 and has been supporting RAAF training on the AEW&C system, which includes the aircraft as well as the Operational Flight Trainer, Operational Mission Simulator and Mission Support System.In May 2010, the aircraft were initially accepted by the Commonwealth of Australia into the RAAF fleet. This major milestone demonstrated that the 737 AEW&C system was ready for operational training and use. It also represented the culmination of years of design, development, modification and testing by the Boeing - led team.Since then, four more Wedgetail aircraft were delivered to the RAAF
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In Nov. 2012, the program reached a major milestone when the RAAF declared Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the fleet. IOC means the Wedgetail aircraft is ready to be operationally deployed anywhere in the world and takes into account not only the aircraft, but also logistics and sustainment, training of air crews, ground crews and technical support staff.In November 2000, the Republic of Turkey selected a Boeing -led team to begin contract negotiations on developing a new AEW&C system. A contract was signed in June 2002 and officially started in July 2003. The program, known as Peace Eagle, includes four 737 AEW&C aircraft plus ground support segments for mission crew training,mission support and system maintenance support.Verification testing of the system began in 2011 in labs and on the aircraft on the ground and in flight and is proceeding as planned.Verification testing will continue in Puget Sound, and Turkey. Delivery of the first Peace Eagle aircraft is scheduled for the first half of 2013.
Boeing signed a contract in November 2006 to provide four 737 AEW&C aircraft for the Republic of Korea’s EX program, known as Peace Eye. The Boeing team’s solution also includes ground support segments for flight and mission crew training, mission support and aircraft and system modification support. Peace Eye aircraft #1 was delivered to the Republic of Korea Air Force in September 2011 followed by delivery of the second aircraft in Dec. The third Peace Eye aircraft was delivered to the ROKAF in May 2012.The fourth and final aircraft in the fleet was delivered in Oct. 2012.737 AEW&C gives Korea a powerful capability for airborne surveillance, communications and battle management. It also provides increased security for the Korean peninsula against today’s threats and threats in the future.
General Characteristics:
•737-700 increased gross weight (IGW) airframe
•Northrop Grumman “MESA” electronically scanned array radar system−360 degrees/Air and Maritime modes/200 + nmi range/All Weather−IFF: 300 nmi
•Open system architecture/COTS
•6 to 10 multi-role/purpose consoles
•Precision Tracker
•Communications include, but are not limited to, (3) HF, (4) VHF/UHF, (4) UHF and Link 11 &
16 (Customer selects encryption capability) (2) Have Quick
•Operational ceiling: 41,000 ft
•Range: 3,500 nm
•Flight Crew: 2
•Mission Crew: 6 to 10
Miscellaneous:
The platform is the Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 featuring 21st century avionics,navigation equipment and flight deck. Because of its high technology, the aircraft requires minimal downtime for maintenance.The 737 series is one of the most popular and reliable jet aircraft in the world. Its popularity has resulted in a worldwide base of suppliers, parts and support equipment.The Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar is the critical sensor aboard the 737 AEW&C. The steerable beam, L-band electronically scanned array is designed to provide optimal performance in range, tracking, and accuracy. The radar is able to track airborne and maritime targets imultaneously and can help the mission crew direct the control of fighter aircraft while continuously scanning the operational area.The so-called ’top hat’ portion of the MESA radar provides a practical solution for fore and aft coverage while maintaining the low drag profile of the dorsal array system. This allows the system to be installed on the mid-size 737-700 platform without significant impact on aircraft performance. Another innovation is the integrated Identification Friend or Foe sharing of the primary radar arrays to further reduce weight, improve reliability,and simplify target correlation. In addition, the 737 AEW&C has an advanced open system architecture with a standards-based design for cost-effective commonality and maximum flexibility.
Measures-Authored by Lee Pucker-Chief Technology Officer-Spectrum Signal Processing
[ Introduction ]
The generic functional reference design for an Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) system is shown in the figure below. This system is used to lock onto and jam threat signals emitted by an enemy. These include both sensor signals, such as are used in RADAR, and communications signals. This system typically works in conjunction with an electronic support measure system performing wideband spectral analysis and direction finding to identify threat signals. In addition, the ECM system may target a single frequency band, jamming all threat signals within that band, or it may employ a search strategy where the RF front end will step through a larger frequency band in a pre-defined manner.
Electronic Counter Measures Application ]
Processing in an ECM system is generally broken into three sections: IF Conversion, Spectral Analysis, and Channel Processing. The primary purpose of the IF conversion section is to provide wideband analog to digital conversion of the IF signal from each RF front end to be used in target acquisition, and wideband digital to analog conversion for the jamming signal.Transmit and receive elements within the IF Conversion section are gated to support "look through", allowing shut down of receiver functions during jammer transmission. This gating function is also distributed across multiple channels when jamming is employed over multiple bands. In addition, the converted data from the receive channel is time-stamped to allow
synchronization of threat signals with the time of day.
The IF Conversion block interfaces directly to the spectral analysis and channel processing sections. The spectralanalysis section is used to allow a "fast follower" approach, allowing the system to detect active signals in the target band. This is typically done using a large FFT and windowing function with follow-on processing to identify the exact center frequency and bandwidth of the target signal. Channel processing is then used to isolate the active signals from each digitized IF channel, and then correlate these signals against the current threat database received from the wideband analysis system or user input to identify active threat signals. If a threat signal is identified, a jamming signal is then created and sent out to the IF conversion section. The latency between the time a signal is detected and the time that the jammer signal is transmitted must typically be very small, often times less than a few microseconds, to provide effective jamming of short duration of frequency agile signals. As a result, the delay buffer utilized in this system to allow for the latency associated with the spectral analysis process is typically very small.Coordination of these three processing sections is facilitated through an operational control element consisting of a finite state machine and a number of control ports. This control element typically maintains the threat database,and is used to dynamically load and unload jamming modulation schemes. In addition, when used in conjunction with electronic support measures, the operational control element must provide a gating mechanism to these other systems to coordinate "look through".
[ Implementation on Spectrum’s
Support for this application at 160 MHz IF is provided two modules: the XMC-3311 Dual Channel Analog IO Module operating at 213.33 MSPS and the ePMC-8120 VirtexII Processing Engine. These modules are hosted on PRO-1900/1901 carriers as illustrated in the figure below. The XMC-3311 provides the IF Conversion and Channel Processing functions of the ECM application, maintaining tight integration between transmit and receive processes.Threat and jamming signal parameters are stored in the local SRAM associated with each FPGA processor,minimizing the latency associated with each "look up" of this data. Time-stamping of each IF channel is supported through the 1PPS interface, and coordination of multi-channel "look through" between multiple XMC-3311 modules is supported through a front panel gating connector. The ePMC-8120 modules provides for the spectralanalysis section, with support provided for up to a 32K point FFT per IF channel while maintaining real-time performance. Operation control of this system is distributed, with local control shared between the XMC-3311 FPGA processors and the embedded MPC8240 processor on the PRO-1900.
