MB Technology Holdings, LLC, the parent company of xG Technology, announced today that telecom and technology industry veteran Jack Grubman has been appointed to its board of directors, effective immediately.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Grubman said, "I am pleased to join the board of directors of MBTH. I look forward to working with and advising xG Technology, as well as the opportunity to work with George Schmitt, who is one of the most highly respected leaders in the wireless industry. I see a lot of tech business plans that attempt to solve problems that don't exist. In contrast, xG has leading-edge products, solutions and capabilities in cognitive radio that solve a very real and growing concern. Everyone realizes that the demand for wireless spectrum capacity is outstripping its supply. If unresolved, this problem may cause issues such as increased interference, dropped calls and slow data rates. xG will allow more of this traffic to flow on unlicensed spectrum or eventually over spectrum shared between operators. The explosive proliferation of bandwidth-consuming devices will only accelerate the need for the cognitive radio technology xG is pioneering."

Commenting on the announcement, George Schmitt, xG Director and CEO of MB Technology Holdings, said, “We are very pleased that Jack Grubman has accepted our offer to join the MBTH board. It is truly gratifying that such a prominent telecom industry veteran not only recognizes the game-changing potential of xG’s solution from a business and technology perspective, but is also anxious to get directly involved in propagating these solutions throughout the wireless ecosystem.”

Jack Grubman's bio can be viewed here.

The full press release can be viewed at this link.
 

Daniel Carpini
Marketing Director
xG Technology, Inc.

xG Technology will be a featured presenter at Military Wireless Conference 2012 which is being held May 15-17, 2012 in Washington, DC.

The theme of the conference is developing and deploying next-generation wireless C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) capabilities. This is critical for meeting the net-centric communications, command and control, situational awareness, force tracking, intelligence dissemination, and targeting challenges facing the future warfighter.

The conference will feature over 30 experts from the armed services, government and industry who are involved in identifying the requirements and developing the wireless capabilities of the future. Rick Rotondo, xG’s Vice President of Marketing, has been invited to present at the conference at a session on Tactical Cognitive Radios and Networks.

xG will be taking part in the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, which is being held Oct. 10-12 in Washington, DC. 

The AUSA Annual Meeting is one of the largest land warfare expositions and professional development forums in the world. Each year over 38,000 attendees, including senior leaders from the Army, DoD and Congress, as well as foreign dignitaries, participate in the Annual Meeting. The meeting consists of informative presentations, panel discussions on pertinent military and national security subjects, workshops and important AUSA business meetings.

The three day event also includes over 600 industry and military exhibits. Presentations on the state of the Army and related defense subjects are given by the Secretary of the Army, the Army Chief of Staff and other senior Army and Department of Defense representatives.  xG Technology will be in booth #6843.

xG Technology was a featured exhibitor at two key military-focused venues in August. First was at the DISA Customer and Industry Forum in Baltimore, MD. The Forum brought together decision-makers and subject-matter experts from the military services, combatant commands, industry, and academia to share information and ideas that are critical to helping the DoD achieve mission success. xG appeared as part of the AFCEA Technology Showcase. There was considerable interest from attendees in knowing more about xG’s technology offering. We noted increased awareness of xG as a result of recent coverage in the military media, particularly the excellent article showcasing xG in Signal Magazine, as well as growing interest in the topic of cognitive radio technology.

This was followed by our appearance at the LandWarNet conference in Tampa, FL. The conference had significant participation by senior Department of Defense and Army military and civilian leadership, as well as heavy commercial industry representation. xG representatives also attended sessions where speakers noted several times that the Army lacks a communications system that addresses the capability gaps in traditional cellular – shortcomings that the xMax cognitive radio network system is highly qualified to address and resolve.

Images from the two events can be viewed at this link.

Daniel Carpini
Marketing Director
xG Technology, Inc.

xG Technology recently participated in an invitation-only event in which the xMax cognitive radio network system was tested at the Dam Neck Base near Virginia Beach, VA. The event, billed the Mobile Unified Communications Experiment (MUC), was convened to assess the ability of commercial mobile technologies to enhance US Air Force and Army operations.

The Air Force and Army currently lack rapidly deployable mobile cellular networks to support their respective missions. The purpose of the Dam Neck exercise was to assess the technical feasibility and military utility in establishing tactical cellular networks using existing, affordable commercial technology. xMax offers a unique solution to this challenge, providing a communications system that is extremely mobile, scalable, frequency agile and cost-efficient, while having highly flexible deployment schemes. This allows maximum access to the fullest array of C2 (command and control) services.

Dam Neck is part of Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana and is home to the Fleet Combat Training Center, Atlantic along with 13 other tenant commands. Founded in 1941 as an anti-aircraft range, the base still boasts the Navy's only open-ocean, live firing training facility featuring major caliber weapons. xG images from the exercise can be viewed at this link.

xG Technology will be a featured exhibitor at the upcoming AFCEA Fall Intelligence Symposium, which is being held at the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly, VA, Oct. 12-13, 2011.

This security-focused classified program is being presented by government and industry members of the AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) Intelligence Committee. The program will explore the issues surrounding the development of a multi-source collection architecture. While intelligence remains the nation’s first line of defense, the question of where to focus new investments or where to redirect current dollars continues to receive high-level attention.

xG will have a display presence in the venue exhibit area, where technologies impacting the Intelligence Community today will be showcased.

Daniel Carpini
Marketing Director
xG Technology, Inc.