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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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Microsemi Announces Successful Completion of Acquisition of Zarlink

Microsemi Corp. , a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. announced that 0916753 B.C. ULC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsemi, has accepted the tender of and is acquiring 123,438,737 Zarlink shares, representing approximately 96 percent of Zarlink’s outstanding shares,...
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Agilent's New Wireless Link Analysis Software Accelerates Troubleshooting

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced its 89600 WLA software, a MAC-layer complement to the company’s industry-leading 89600 VSA software. The seamless combination of vector signal analysis and wireless link analysis gives system-integration engineers and verification engineers greater visibility into the increasingly complex and dynamic interaction between the MAC and physical...
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Harris Corp. Receives $16 M Order for Multiband Manpack Radios

Harris Corp. has received a $16 M order from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for additional Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radios systems. The radios will supply DoD forces with networked line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight tactical communications. The field-proven AN/PRC-117G delivers unprecedented situational awareness to the battlefield through voice,...
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