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Aeroflex Ltd. has received orders from 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications for a significant number of its 7100 LTE Digital Radio Test Sets. The initial order has been shipped and will be used across a range of applications in research and development of Sequans LTE chips and software, in LTE...

Integral Systems Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which it will be merged with a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction for an enterprise value of approximately $266 M. Kratos is a specialized National Security technology business providing...

A.T. Wall Co. , a supplier of superior precision tubing and fabricated metal components, announced that it is celebrating its 125th anniversary in business. From its founding in 1886 as a jewelry finding manufacturer, A.T. Wall has grown and expanded to become a global supplier of seamless cold drawn...

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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced shipment of the latest release of its device modeling software platform, Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program. IC-CAP 2011.04 provides significant improvements in the modeling flow of semiconductor devices by enabling the IC-CAP Wafer Professional automated measurement solution to link with IC-CAP’s CMOS model extraction...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has received a $10 M order to provide RF-310M-HH multiband handheld software-defined radios to a central Asian nation in support of interoperable secure communications with coalition partners. The RF-310M is the first tactical radio certified by the National Security Agency...

AMETEK Inc. announced that it has acquired Coining Holding Co. , a supplier of custom-shaped metal preforms, microstampings and bonding wire solutions for interconnect applications in microelectronics packaging and assembly, for $148 M in cash. Coining, acquired from an investor group led by Chattanooga, TN-based River Associates Investments LLC,...

Rogers Corp. will be well represented at the PCIM Europe 2011 by two of its divisions offering practical power solutions: Rogers BVBA Power Distribution Systems Division and Rogers Thermal Management Solutions Division. Recently acquired Curamik Electronics GmbH will also be in attendance at PCIM. Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM)...

The International Microwave Symposium (IMS), the annual conference and exhibition of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), is now offering a Graduate Student Challenge. This new competition encourages graduate student members attending the conference to form teams, conduct brain storming meetings, develop new ideas and propose practical...