Aeroflex has announced it has expanded its flexible PXI modular test platform with the addition of two new 3020 Series high-power and compact RF signal generators. The 3020 Series are compact, high-precision PXI modular RF signal generators with integrated dual-channel arbitrary waveform generators ideally suited for R&D manufacturing and design verification of RF components and systems. The addition of the 3021C and 3026C extend the output power...

Aeroflex has announced that its IFF-45TS Avionics Test Set has received official certification from the U.S. Department of Defense International AIMS Program Office. The IFF-45TS test set is now AIMS certified to perform testing and validation on identification, friend or foe (IFF) Mode 4 and 5 transponders and interrogators. In addition, the IFF-45TS will perform testing on DME/TACAN interrogators.

Aeroflex has announced it has added IFF test modes 1, 2 and TACAN as standard features to the IFR 6015 Ramp Test Set, the company’s next generation of avionics test equipment. Compact, lightweight and weatherproof, the IFR 6015 is a battery-powered portable unit designed to test the operation of aviation transponder modes 1, 2, 3A/C/S including European Elementary and Enhanced Surveillance (ELS and EHS), TCAS I, II and Military E-TCAS, TIS and ...

Readers of Test and Measurement World have selected VI Technology’s Multimedia Test System (MMTS™) as the winner of the prestigious Best in Test Award for the “Audio/Video and Multimedia” category.

Aeroflex has announced it is expanding its communications test capabilities with the strategic acquisition of VI Technology, Inc., a leading provider of integrated baseband test solutions, specialising in audio, video and multi-media test.

Aeroflex claims a world first with the addition of UE CAT3 and UE CAT4 support to its market-leading TM500 LTE test mobile. LTE CAT 3 and CAT 4 data channels provide data rates of up to 150Mbps on the downlink and 50Mbps on the uplink, supporting the delivery of the bandwidth-hungry applications increasingly being demanded by users. The UE CAT 3 and UE CAT 4 support on the TM500 LTE now enables infrastructure vendors to fully verify and validate...

Aeroflex has announced commercial availability of its Synthetic Multifunction Adaptable Reconfigurable Test Environment (SMART^E) 5200 Series, a new, synthetic Satellite Payload Test Environment that includes hardware, software, test practices and support required by customers for a complete test solution.

Aeroflex has announced an agreement with Icom Inc. to provide automated test and alignment capabilities for Icom radios on the Aeroflex 3920 Digital Radio Test Set. Initial test capabilities will be focused on the IC-F9010/F9510 APCO Project 25 Conventional and Trunked Radios and the IC-F4029SDR Series dPMR Portable Digital Radios. The test programs will be expanded to include Icom’s IDAS Series NXDN compatible radios and D-STAR digital amateur...

Aeroflex unveiled its new 3250 Series of spectrum analyzers designed to offer impressive RF and microwave capabilities, exceptional connectivity and many ease-of-use features in a smaller package and with a lower price tag than ever before available. With RF frequency ranges spanning 1KHz to 26.6GHz, the 3250 Series is ideal for wireless design, research, development and production test engineers in numerous applications including military commun...

Aeroflex has announced the expansion of the XTS-5000 Auto-Test II Automated Test and Alignment Option for the 3920 Digital Radio Test Set. This option provides automated test and alignment of Motorola XTS and XTL Series Radios. The latest version includes support for additional Motorola portables such as the XTS-1500, XTS-2500, XTS-4000, SSE-5000 and MT-1500. It also includes support for the XTL-1500, XTL-2500 and XTL-5000 mobiles.

Aeroflex has announced support for new NXDN radios being developed for the land mobile radio market. As a member of the NXDN Forum, Aeroflex is leading the way with new test features that aid in the research and development of this exciting new radio technology.

Aeroflex has announced the latest software features for the 3500 Series hand-held Radio Test Set. Software version 3.5.1 includes new features to extend the test capabilities of the 3500 Series, such as a new Tracking Generator Option which allows users to test and align duplexers quickly in the field. The updated software also provides support for the P25 Testing Option.

Aeroflex has announced it has enhanced its Auto-Test II test function for the Aeroflex 3920 Digital Radio Test Set. The Auto-Test II application now performs test functions as prescribed by the EIA/TIA-603 standard for testing any FM Land Mobile Radio. This option allows development groups, manufacturers and field service operations to verify that FM Land Mobile Radios perform to specifications.

With 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE) fast becoming a global phenomenon, Aeroflex has announced that it is to accelerate the roll-out of the new features planned for 2009 for its recently launched Aeroflex 7100 Digital Radio Test Set for LTE mobile device test.

Aeroflex has announced that it has secured a series of sales for the recently launched TD-LTE version of its market-leading TM500 test mobile from various leading suppliers of cellular mobile infrastructure equipment in China. These orders for the new TM500 TD-LTE further strengthen Aeroflex's position as the leading provider of test mobiles for LTE, HSPA and WCDMA.

Aeroflex has launched the TM500 TD-LTE test mobile designed to support Time Division Duplex for 3G LTE (TD-LTE). Complementing Aeroflex’s highly successful TM500 LTE-FDD for 3G LTE Frequency Division Duplex, which has been successfully deployed worldwide since 2007, the TM500 TD-LTE test mobile is designed to enable infrastructure equipment vendors match the demanding timescales for TD-LTE trials in China.

Aeroflex has introduced the new, lightweight 3500A 1GHz hand-held Radio Test Set. The Aeroflex 3500A improves upon the success of the Aeroflex 3500, the industry’s first 1GHz hand-held test set. With improved audio analysis and operation, the Aeroflex 3500A offers lighter weight, integrated audio test connections and a new microphone interface for easier operation.

Aeroflex has announced the release of a new option that enables the Aeroflex 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set to test and align a wide range of digital mobile radio devices. DMR, a new digital radio format replacing analog private mobile radio, offers advanced communications features specified by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute technical standard 102-361. DMR technology is currently under development or being released by a n...

Aeroflex has launched an LTE version of its industry-standard TM500 multi-handset (multi-UE) test mobile designed to enable infrastructure equipment vendors accelerate the pace of their LTE development projects. At the same time Aeroflex has announced that it has won a contract to supply a major European infrastructure equipment vendor with the TM500 LTE Multi-UE test mobile.

Aeroflex has announced the release of new Motorola Auto-Test II test and alignment support for Motorola XTS-5000 radios. This new capability allows users of the Aeroflex 3900 Series to automatically test and align radios with minimum user intervention. The new software is available for all Aeroflex 3900 Series products currently in the field, including the 3901, 3902 and the new 3920 Series.