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ITT Receives $27 M Contract to Equip Norwegian Armed Forces

ITT Corp. announced that it has received a $27 M contract from the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation to further equip the Norwegian Armed Forces with Generation 3 night vision systems. The contract is composed of ITT’s latest technology regarding monocular night vision devices and related accessories and includes options...
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C-MAC Enters Russian Space Industry Market

To meet the growing demand from Russian space industry, C-MAC MicroTechnology has signed an agreement with Petersburg Electronic Co. to distribute electronic components and modules including radiation-hardened power conditioning products and a range of high reliability MIL-STD-1553 products in Russia. In 2011, the Russian government will spend $3.8 B...
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Switch to Smoothwall RF Feeder Cable in India is a Good Idea

Idea Cellular Ltd. , India’s third largest wireless operator, is replacing most of its traditional corrugated copper cabling in its network with CommScope’s HELIAX® FXL smoothwall RF feeder coaxial cable, which will be utilized in the operator’s base station sites across India. The FXL smoothwall cable, already installed in...
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Lowering the Risk of Bringing Advanced Technology to the War Fighter: The Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF)

How the Services and Several DoD Agencies are initiating a new Advancing Product & Technology Program to Develop Hardware and System Prototypes to Reduce System Development Risks
The DoD Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF): Formerly The Rapid Innovation Program For those of us close to the acquisition game and following the contentious debate on lowering both the technical and financial risk of DoD Weapons and Technology development programs, along comes an initiative that has been hovering just...
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Bliley's New Apollo OCXO Yields Unparalleled Phase Noise Performance

Bliley Technologies Inc. , a worldwide leader in crystal controlled frequency generation solutions, introduces the Apollo OCXO series featuring unparalleled phase noise performance in a low profile, 1.0" x 1.0" package. Electronics engineers find excellent frequency versus temperature stability, design flexibility with customizable frequencies from 30 to 130 MHz,...
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