However, the new satellites had a dozen additional performancespecifications to make them useful to tactical commanders, intelligence analysts and other users.
ParkerVision explains that its radio frequency processing is a novel technology for the cellular handset market and that its chipset is particularly well adapted for the size and performancespecifications of 3G and 4G smartphones.
The General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin versions of the new radios are in better shape, partly because they came later and benefited from mis-steps that Boeing made in executing what experts agree was a very demanding set of performancespecifications.
Nor have stifling safety standards that continue to emphasise detailed design specifications rather than set minimum levels of performance and then leave the methods of achieving those performance targets up to the designers.