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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Orlando, FL-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems Inc., received an order for $11 M from an international prime contractor for transportable troposcatter systems to be used by a middle eastern government. This is the first material troposcatter equipment contract with this foreign government. The order...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced a cost-effective complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) front-end module (FEM) for general packet radio service (GPRS) handsets. Skyworks’ newest device, the SKY77555, offers handset OEMs industry-leading architectures...

Agilent Technologies Inc. expanded its digital communications analyzer (DCA) portfolio with the introduction of the 86100D DCA-X wide-bandwidth oscilloscope. The DCA-X provides engineers with the tools needed to characterize their high-speed digital designs easily and accurately. The DCA-X mainframe platform will allow engineers to make next-generation measurements that include...

Tektronix Inc. and Fluke Corp. announced that they have donated $100,000 to DeVry University for a five-year scholarship program. In the program, $20,000 will be awarded each year in $1,000 scholarships to 20 students each in the name of Tektronix and Fluke. "We are very pleased to be able...

AWR® Corp. , a leader in high frequency EDA, announced AWR Connected™ for Cadence® Allegro®, which enables PCB and RF co-design, simplifying the design process for high performance printed circuit board (PCB) design and significantly shortening cycle times. AWR Connected for Cadence Allegro is an interface between Cadence’s Allegro...

Short range wireless ICs, including Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi have been widely adopted in computing, communication and consumer products in recent years. "The market for short range wireless ICs is booming in 2010," says ABI Research analyst Celia Bo. "Total shipments will increase approximately 18 percent compared...

October 2010 HSPICE Enhances Speed and Capacity By David Vye, MWJ Last month, Synopsys announced HSPICE® Precision Parallel (HPP) multi-threading technology would be a significant enhancement to the next release of the analog/mixed-signal circuit simulator HPICE 2010. The new capability, which utilizes a scalable multi-core engine, delivers up to...

The investment of €1.5 M has enabled EADS Defence & Security (DS) to extend the clean-room capacity of its Microwave Factory (MWF) in Ulm, Germany, for the production of microwave modules, to approximately 2,000 square meters. The extension increases the factory’s high-tech capacity for specialized high-performance electronics, e.g. next...

Eutelsat Communications has selected Thales Alenia Space to build a 40-transponder Ku-band satellite enabling a 50 percent increase in capacity operated at its 21.5° East location in geostationary orbit. Scheduled for launch in the third quarter of 2012, the satellite will replace Eutelsat's W6 craft at a core neighborhood...

Investment holding company Sekunjalo Investment Ltd. , led by its chairman M. Iqbal Survé, has become a new strategic partner to Saab AB and has taken up a shareholding in Saab South Africa (PTY) Ltd. It is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and a majority black-owned and black-controlled...