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Organizations Industry Periodicals Educational & Technical Resources				The Howland Company Projects on the Web THC Technical Papers

Organizations 3GPP2: 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 "Developing the next generation of cdma2000 wireless communications" ACEC of Georgia American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) AMTA 2008, November 16-21, Boston Cellular Telephone & Internet Association (CTIA) CITEL - Inter-American Telecommunication Commission Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society IEEE Communications Society IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society ITU - International Telecommunication Union National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder Labs Electromagnetics Division: Metrology for RCS Systems Metrology for Wireless Systems Antenna Theory and Applications Antenna Near-Field Measurements National RCS Measurement Facilities Certification Program - details about the program at signaturemeasurements.org Telecommunications Industry Association The Range Commanders Council - the DOD agency tasked to coordinate the development and operation of the Navy, Air Force, and Army RDT&E ranges. WiMedia Alliance				The Howland Company projects on the web: Advanced Systems Integration Lab (ASIL) Boeing EA-18G Program Completes INCANS Verification Testing, Demonstration (Boeing press release & photo, Nov. 2005) CNO Visits NAVAIR, Gets Update on Improved Readiness (US Navy press release, Aug. 2002) Fleming Steel Company (description & photo of ASIL shielded hangar door, the largest RF-shielded door ever built)- Deep Space Network, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Deep Space Network Antennas - (describes the sizes & types of antennas used by the DSN) Electromagnetic Vulnerability Assessment Facility (EMVAF), White Sands Missile Range " New Research Facility Opens at WSMR," Army Public Affairs news release, 23 Nov 2007 New Electromagnetic Vulnerability Assessment Facility at White Sands, TechNews Daily "New Facility to Focus on Electromagnetic Vulnerability," Almogordo Daily News F-22 Production RCS Test Facility Lockheed Martin's Affordable Stealth (Paper presented at the National Press Club by Dr. Brett Haisty, LMAS Manager of Special Technologies NOTE: 500k PDF file) Air Force's F-22 Program Clears Way for Production Decision (US Air Force press release, Feb. 2001) F-35 RCS Acceptance Test Facility TeamJSF Press Release TeamJSF website Hughes Aircraft RCS Measurement Facility Raytheon Antenna Test Facility (ATF) Missile System Evaluation Arena (MESA) MESA Homepage - "Who We Are-What We Do" DoD TechMatch Facility Description "China Lake" at GlobalSecurity.org Nippon Antenna R&D Center Nippon Antenna Europe - Homepage IBB - A/E firm for the design of the parent building Hahlbrock - Supplied the 26m diameter radome for the parent building "The Future Begins Here" (Press announcement of opening of the R&D Center, Nov. 2004) Note: This page is in German. Click here for an English translation. Outdoor RCS Ranges IMINT & Analysis: US Restricted and Classified Test Sites "Holloman AFB" at GlobalSecurity.org (Scroll down to " The Radar Target Scatter [RATSCAT] Division is a one-of-a-kind facility ...") Primary Standards Lab, Sandia National Lab PSL Homepage Radar Reflectivity Lab, NAWC Pt. Mugu Radar Reflectivity Lab Homepage - This site has some excellent background information on RCS measurements and ranges. Facility Descriptions - Provides specs & capabilities of the Bistatic Anechoic Chamber and the Large Anechoic Chamber THC Technical Papers (coming soon) A selection of technical papers by Howland Company authors, listed in descending order by publication date (i.e., newest first):

Industry Periodicals Antenna Systems & Technology Magazine Conformity Magazine EETimes Evaluation Engineering IEEE Spectrum ITEM - Interference Technology Microwave Engineering Europe Microwave Journal Microwaves & RF Nasa Tech Briefs RF Design Test & Measurement World

Educational & Technical Resources DTIC - Defense Technical Information Service: The Scientific & Technical Information Network (STINET) is an online collection of open source technical information, including US and international military research and development Microwaves101.com - Microwave encyclopedia, calculators, and acronyms NASA Technical Reports Server - online access to over 100,000 technical reports, images, and videos, including thousands related to antenna measurements, radar, communications, anechoic chambers, ... NTIS - National Technical Information Service searchable online collections of technical documents covering a wide range of topics RF Cafe - "Resources for Radio, Radar, RF, Microwave, & Wireless Engineering" RF Globalnet - online product directory, technical library, discussion forum, and more... Standards organizations (alphabetically): ANSI Standards Store ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials AWS - American Welding Society Defense Standardization Program - (US) military standards, specifications, and handbooks Ecma International EIA - Electronic Industries Alliance ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute Federal Standards - (US) government standards, specifications, and Commercial Item Descriptions HFES - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE Standards Association IHS/Global - Distributor for ASME, EIA, MIL, UL, and many other standards IPC - Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits ISO - International Standards Organization NASA Technical Standards Standards.gov - US government site for standards used in federal regulatory and procurement activities UL - Underwriters Laboratories TechXtra - powerful search service for books, articles, websites, careers, and more for engineering, computing, and mathematics Telecommunications Glossary - online version of US Federal Standard 1037C, "Glossary of Telecommunication Terms" US Army Picatinny Arsenal Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Team - useful glossary of electromagnetic concepts and terms, plus an online RF conversion factor calculator WebEE - online resources from Electronic Design magazine

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