Crane Aerospace & Electronics has recently been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply power converters for the Mars 2020 mission. The contract was awarded by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. 

 Watch episode 18 (July 28, 2014) of the bi-weekly industry update video series, Frequency Matters. Editors David Vye and Pat Hindle are joined by Event and Online Media Manager Kristen Anderson to discuss the recent news and summer events including EMC 2014 and EDI CON 2015. 

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a multi-channel antenna calibration reference solution for calibrating and characterizing large, multi-channel phased-array antennas during integration and manufacturing.  

 TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, announced that it has reached a defense production milestone, successfully completing the Defense Production Act Title III Gallium Nitride on Silicon Carbide Production Capacity program. 

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the acquisition of XS Embedded GmbH (XSe), a technology leader in the creation of automotive system architectures and hardware reference platforms.