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Teledyne Technologies Inc. , a leader in the design and manufacture of custom electronic components and systems, announced that it has acquired Labtech Microwave , a leader in custom microwave packaging solutions and microwave components, as part of the acquisition of Intelek plc. Labtech Microwave Packaging Group, founded in...

Bird Technologies Group (BTG), a supplier of radio frequency measurement and management technology, has acquired X-COM Systems of Reston, VA. X-COM, founded in 1994, manufactures RF test equipment, deployable RF signal sources, and military digital communications equipment, primarily sold to the US Department of Defense and other government agencies....

Teledyne Technologies Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Intelek plc . Teledyne was the beneficial owner of, or had received valid acceptances in respect of approximately 93 percent of Intelek’s ordinary shares. Teledyne declared its offer to Intelek shareholders wholly unconditional, as all closing conditions of...

Auriga Microwave announced that it has received the contract for Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award N093-221: Highly Efficient Transmitter for High Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) Waveforms. Under a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), Auriga will design a compact, highly efficient transmitter...

Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola Inc. have entered into an agreement under which Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the majority of Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for $1.2 B in cash. The companies expect to complete closing activities by the end of 2010, subject to customary closing conditions including...

Roke Manor Research claims to have developed the world’s first 3G Wide Area Coverage Femtocell capability. Using picoChip ’s technology as the development platform, Roke’s reference design has a 40 km range, which delivers more than 40,000 times the area covered by most other femtocells. It is also said...

NEC Corp. will provide Norkring Slovenia, a Slovenia-based commercial broadcaster, with PASOLINK NEO, NEC’s ultra compact microwave communications system, through NEC Eastern Europe. As a result of this agreement, the company now provides the PASOLINK system to 16 countries throughout Eastern Europe, in addition to the systems it has...

RF Engines Ltd. (RFEL) has extended the range of its Digital Down Converter (DDC) technology so that it can now process up to 1 GHz of bandwidth (2 Gsps ADC rate) input and provide a narrower band output. This technology can operate with fixed frequencies and bandwidths or be...

Avago Technologies , a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, has announced the availability of its MGA-634P8 ultra LNA for base station (BTS) RF front-end design. With the addition of the 1500 to 2300 MHz MGA-634P8, the company expands its LNA series to cover...

AML Communications Inc. , a designer, manufacturer and marketer of microelectronic assemblies for the defense industry, announced it has received a $3.7 M order for integrated microwave assemblies to be deployed in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also known as UAVs. AML has developed the assemblies exclusively for this specific UAV...