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Willtek / Aeroflex Mobile Phone Testers

Save on Willtek / Aeroflex Mobile Phone Testers If you have software written for the Willtek line of mobile phone testers then we have several units in stock you may have interest in. When Willtek was acquired by Aeroflex in … Read More

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Free Insulation Testing Booklet

Free Megger Insulation Testing  Booklet A Free 28 page booklet containing guidelines for insulation testing above 1 kV, and Megger product information. Download HERE Megger MIT520/2 The MIT520/2 measures to 15 T½, replacing the ambiguous “infinity” reading with an actual … Read More

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SynchroPhasor Not the Startrek Kind

North American SynchroPhasor Initiative The mission of the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative is to improve power system reliability and visibility through wide area measurement and control. Synchrophasors are precise grid measurements now available from monitors called phasor measurement units (PMUs). … Read More

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BlueChip Energy Signs 10 MW Solar Power Purchase Agreement in Florida

Company To Develop One Of The Largest Solar PV Farms In The State Lake Mary, FL., March 31, 2010 – BlueChip Energy, a provider of complete solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, government and utility applications, today announced a power … Read More

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Demand Response-Ready Smart Grid Solution

Lockheed Martin and Itron Provide Demand Response-Ready Smart Grid Solution for Utilities TAMPA, Fla. — Lockheed Martin and Itron, Inc. today announced an agreement to integrate Lockheed Martin’s SEEload Demand Response Management Solution with Itron’s smart grid platform. The integrated … Read More

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Argonne Helps the Grid get Smart

Technology, analysis can better meet America’s energy needs President Barack Obama has called for one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to hit the road by 2015. If the demand for PHEVs skyrockets, a flood of new electric cars could … Read More

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US Navy is Updating their Vintage CASS Testing System

The Navy recently awarded an $83 million contract for e-CASS development, production and testing. The AN/USM-636(V) Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) is the US Navy’s standard automatic test equipment family. It provides intermediate, depot and factory level support, both ashore … Read More

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New Industry Forum Advocates Collaboration and Interoperability of Vendor Test Tools

Network Test Automation Forum brings together commercial testing vendors, test equipment vendors, and other industry experts to create interoperable testing solutions for service providers, network equipment manufacturers, and other enterprise organizations with large network deployments. Fremont, Calif. – March 16, … Read More

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Mobile Radio Tags Trending Up in Korea

Korea Sets Trend in Mobile Radio Tags Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology was introduced during the first decade of the new millennium with much fanfare. But the radio tags were practically limited to just replacing conventional barcodes. In this climate, … Read More

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United Launch Alliance Launches Solar Observatory

United Launch Alliance Launches Solar Observatory Mission for NASA A United Launch Alliance Atlas V with NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory launches from its Space Launch Complex-41launch pad at 10:23 a.m. EST here today. SDO is the first satellite of NASA’s … Read More

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