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The following list is complete as of August 12, 2009. Exhibitors in bold have an ad in this issue. 2comu — 508 ABF Elettronica SRL — 911 ACCEL-RF — 917 Acreo AB — 103 Advanced Control Components — 517 Aeroflex — 308 Aeroflex/KDI Inc. — 715 AFT Microwave GmbH...

A consortium of leading companies in microelectronics announced a European initiative to improve the efficiency of engineering reliable electronic components as miniaturization reaches the nanoscale. The project, called NanoInterface, has won funding under the Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development (FP7) of the European Union in the...

ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has received the approval for replication at eight additional sites across Europe of the NATO Air Command and Control System Level of Operational Capability 1 (ACCS LOC 1) programme. Currently deployed at five sites in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, ACCS LOC 1 will replace...

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Qualcomm Inc. have reached an agreement to improve emergency communications for disaster preparedness and to coordinate relief activities in the aftermath of a disaster. Under the agreement, Qualcomm will donatea Qualcomm Deployable Base Station (QDBS), which will enhance the ITU’s capacity in deploying...

BAE Systems and Kongsberg Protech Systems have signed a teaming agreement to sell and support Kongsberg’s Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) in Australia. Kongsberg is a market leader in Remote Weapon Stations development and production with more than 10,000 systems sold with deployment in 16 countries, including on the Australian...

The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has taken the next step in setting up the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UK IIF), a venture capital fund of funds to support the UK’s technology companies. Capital for Enterprise Ltd. will release the Request for Proposals (RFP) for prospective Fund...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Varian Inc. announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Agilent of Varian, a worldwide supplier of scientific instrumentation and associated consumables for life science and applied market applications. Agilent will pay $52 cash per share of common stock for Varian...

The economic downturn has impacted governments, industries, companies (large and small) and individuals. The RF and microwaves industry is no exception and while its diversity means that some sectors have faired better than others, very few have remained unscathed. Unfortunately, for many companies the terms restructuring, rationalisation and cost...

Bob is asked to develop a new radio system design, with some tough goals on RF performance and power consumption. Like many RF engineers, Bob has never really been comfortable with mixers. There is something mysterious about how they convert one frequency to another, and his formal education only...

HRL Laboratories LLC announced it has received Phase 2 funding to continue developing the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System, or CT2WS. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the goal of the CT2WS program is to improve warfighter situational awareness in a variety of operations, including reconnaissance,...