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Rigelsford, J. (2003), "Internet page", Sensor Review, Vol. 23 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.2003.08723bag.001

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Keywords: Radar, Sonar, Sensors, Radio

http://www.getradar.comMcEwan Technologies, LLC

McEwan Technologies owns and licenses over 150 issued and pending US and foreign patents relating to micropower impulse radar (MIR). They provide pulse Doppler motion sensors, TDR fuel level sensors, wideband RF graphics tablets, 6 GHz and 24 GHz pulse echo radar rangefinders and wideband and ultra-wideband (UWB) radar sensor technology. To aid license take-up they provide 60 day evaluation kits.

http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

This is the on-line resource to visit if you are involved with or interested in developing products that comply with the Bluetooth™ specification. Bluetooth™ is a short-range wireless specification which includes both link layer and application layer definitions for product developers. The specification supports data, voice and content-centric applications, and operates in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band, ensuring worldwide communication compatibility. Bluetooth SIG is a trade organization comprised of leaders of the telecommunications, computing, and network industries that are driving the development of a low-cost short-range wireless specification for connecting mobile products. The Bluetooth SIG promoters include 3Com, Agere, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, and hundreds of Associate and Adopter member companies.

http://www.semsmfg.com/Silicon Valley Electronics Manufacturing Systems

Established in 1989, this Silicon Valley based Consortium, aims to provide a cohesive and interactive team of designers and manufacturers together to serve the needs of OEMs. Their 28 engineers have a combined experience of 340 years in design products, circuits and test hardware, and writing specifications. They provide adaptive beam; switched beams and active antenna design and testing; RF and mechanical design; digital hardware design; enclosure design; structural optimisation and consultancy.

http://www.delphi.com/Delphi Corporation

The Delphi Corporation supplies the automotive industry with systems technology, mobile electronics and transportation components. Their main business sectors are dynamics and propulsion; safety, thermal and electrical architecture; and electronics and mobile communication.

Delphi's telematics module integrates a wireless phone, global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and microprocessor-based controller, to enable safety and security features. It allows customer service centres to access a vehicle's database to provide navigation assistance, remote diagnostics and remote door lock/unlock. This is an impressive Web site. It contains lots of product and corporate information, with many brochures available to download.

http://www.geophysical.comGeophysical Survey Systems, Inc.

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar systems. Their subsurface interface radar (SIR^®) systems, and electromagnetic induction (EMI) instruments can be used to non-destructively explore the subsurface of the ground for civil engineering, construction, geology, mining, archaeology and environmental.

http://www.salco.com/SALCO

Founded in 1971 SALCO delivers turnkey system solutions for demanding security and control applications to industrial, commercial, and government establishments. Their products include: long and short-range wireless security systems; museum and out-door perimeter security systems; man-down and portable rapid deployment systems; and voice reporter systems.

A disappointing Web site, having poor presentation and limited information.

http://www.ericsson.com/microwave/Ericsson Microwave Systems AB

Established in 1956, Ericsson Microwave Systems AB supplies airborne, ground-based and marine radar sensors and information networks to the defence market. Their products include: Erieye, the first high performance, long range airborne early warning and control (AEW and C) system based on active phased-array pulse-Doppler radar; GIRAFFE AMB, an agile multi-beam air defence search radar utilising the latest in true 3D-radar technology; PS-05/A, advanced multimode fighter radar; and ARTillery HUnting Radar (ARTHUR) developed to perform as the core element of a brigade or division level counter battery sensor system.

This is another superb site which is well worth visiting.

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http://www.northgrum.com/Northrop Grumman

Founded in 1939 as the Northrop Aircraft Company, the Northrop Grumman Corporation is now a global aerospace and defence company. They are the world's largest shipbuilder and provide defence technology, commercial electronics, information technology, and systems integration. Their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology includes AWACS, Joint-STARS and a variety of ground-based radar systems. They currently employ almost 96,000 people in 25 countries.

This is a superb Web site that is well worth visiting.

http://www.tms-sonar.comThales Underwater Systems

A member of the Thales Group, Thales Underwater Systems is a world leader in undersea warfare. They have supplied sonars and allied systems to navies and air forces in over 50 countries, and are currently pursuing civil applications.

Their products and systems are designed for submarines, surface vessels, mine counter measures vessels, and aircraft, and include a range of sonar systems; torpedo homing heads; communication masts and antennas, and a complete range of customer support services. Products developed and supplied for civil applications include intruder alert systems, and seismic arrays for offshore oil exploration.

Jon Rigelsford