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Nokia Foundation and the Fulbright Center have announced the creation of a new Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair. The initiative will support American scholars in Information and Communications Technologies to lecture in Finnish Universities. The first recipient is expected in Finland for the academic year 2010-2011. The Nokia Foundation was formed...

3M and SUSS MicroTec have agreed to expand access to 3M Wafer Support System (WSS) equipment for temporary wafer bonding of ultra-thin wafers required for 3-D packaging. As part of this non-exclusive agreement, SUSS MicroTec becomes an authorized equipment supplier for the 3M WSS and will manufacture and sell...

L-3 Communications announced that its MPRI division has been awarded a follow-on contract by the US Air Forces Europe (USAFE). This five-year IDIQ contract consists of a base year plus four option years, with a total contract potential of $375 M. Under this contract, L-3 will provide the USAFE...

Aeroflex and w2bi (Wireless to Business Integration) announced that they have entered into an agreement to pool their test expertise and technology for the joint development of a network certification platform for LTE mobile devices. “LTE is fast becoming the mobile broadband technology of choice worldwide for next-generation networks...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a family of miniature, passive oscilloscope probes and accessories with bandwidths from DC to 1.5 GHz. Compact 2.5 mm probe head diameter, low input capacitance, and various fine-pitch probe-tip accessories make the Agilent N2870A Series passive probes ideal for probing densely populated IC components or...

Tahoe RF Semiconductor Inc. announced that it has received an STTR Phase I award from the US Navy for the development of Novel Phase Shifterless RF Phase Array Antenna Systems (N09-T035). The STTR Program provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding directly to small companies working cooperatively with...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced the company has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) Foundry Services business unit to supply high reliability, high performance and price-competitive GaN semiconductor technology into multiple RF power markets. The RFMD GaN...

Lockheed Martin has entered into a US Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Agreement with M2 Global Technology Ltd. San Antonio, TX, a small business supplier to Lockheed Martin’s F-16, F-22 and F-35 programs. Over the one-year period of the Mentor-Protégé relationship, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics will assist and guide M2 Global,...

CalAmp Corp. has entered into an exclusive agreement with EADS Defence & Security (EADS DS) to supply a customised version of its WiMAX-based Sentry 4G™ Wireless IP Router, a new rugged broadband communications and networking platform for mission critical broadband communication applications. The custom high power mobile data terminal...