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Smiths to develop satellite based antenna system for Japanese space agency


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miths Interconnect, provider of technically differentiated multi- function RF systems, subsystems, antennas, RF and MW components, connectors and cable assemblies,


announced receipt of a contract from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation to participate in the development of a G-band satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Smiths Interconnect will design a component


with dual band millimeter wave antenna and receivers as a part of the advanced microwave scanning radiometer 3 (AMSR3). The AMSR3 is designed to receive microwave radiation from the earth and will be mounted on the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW). These microwave radiation measurements will assist in preventing disasters attributed to global warming and climate change, and to advance scientific and technological methods that enable more accurate prediction of climate change. The fully integrated antenna and receiver is an integral part of the system which


will provide the frequency and the bandwidth that the GOSAT-GW mission requires. Among very few companies with both millimeter wave component and subsystem expertise combined with heritage in both space applications and antenna system design, Smiths


Interconnect is uniquely positioned to provide first-class technical support and a reliable, lightweight, and compact system solution. “We are proud to partner with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and be a part of this important satellite mission. Our extensive


knowledge in the area of millimeter wave solutions for space applications perfectly aligns us to support our customers’ current and future needs,” said Ralph DeMarco, vice president of business development and sales at Smiths Interconnect.


COVID-19 pandemic accelerates adoption of video analytics


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ideo Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) provider AVA Security found that more than four out of every five (82%) of IT, Operations, Facilities


Management and Security systems decision makers employed by medium and large-sized businesses, see a potential role for their workplaces’ video monitoring systems in supporting corporate plans for ‘a safe return to the workplace post-lockdown’. This was perhaps the most significant finding of the security industry’s first multi-national study of COVID-19 video monitoring system usage and upgrade impacts. Questionnaires for this reached decision makers during March when many of them were in the midst of making final arrangements for the safe return of staff to organisations’ offices and work premises later this summer.


In the US, 90% of respondents saw a role for video monitoring systems in supporting a safe return to the office, whilst that percentage fell to 72% in the


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UK and went up to an average of 94% across Norway and Sweden. AVA Security’s research also uncovered an acceleration in cloud migration of IT services which looks set to positively impact VSaaS adoption. Nearly four out of every five US firms (79%) have already accelerated their cloud migration plans during the pandemic. More than half of those have already secured increased IT budget in financial year 2020/21 for moving additional services into the cloud. In the UK, over half (51%) have accelerated cloud migration of services over the last year, again with over half of those already benefitting from increased budgets to complete cloud migration projects. Sweden and Norway together had an average of 84% seeing an acceleration of cloud migration of services, with over two- thirds of this group confirming new budget had already been assigned to this activity.


AVA Security also revealed that four out of every five businesses captured in its multi- national study, predict an increase in remote monitoring of assets, processes, and people on their work premises over the 12 months. There is no doubt that the spike in demand for remote management of systems and


premises (because so many of us having to work from home) is set to continue apace: 78% of firms predicting that it was likely they would increase their remote management capability over the next 12 months. That figure was slightly higher in the US at 83% and only slightly lower in the UK at 72%.


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