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U.S. private equity firm Advent International has agreed to pay 4 billion pounds ($5 billion) to buy Cobham, the British defense and aerospace group known for its pioneering air-to-air refueling technology.

Skyworks Solutions unveiled two new high-reliability solutions for demanding military and space applications: an LNA and general purpose gain block.

Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has demonstrated the capability of passive radar for air traffic control, during a comprehensive measurement campaign using Twinvis, a passive radar system developed by HENSOLDT.

Nano Dimension Ltd. introduced its new DragonFly Lights-Out Digital Manufacturing (LDM) printing technology, a comprehensive additive manufacturing platform for round-the-clock 3D printing of electronic circuitry.

Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions were awarded a $7.2 million prototype agreement by the Defense Innovation Unit to develop a new multi-band, multi-mission (MBMM) prototype phased array, part of a broader initiative to modernize the existing Air Force Satellite Control Network.

Link Microtek has developed an X-Band microwave rotary joint to meet the extremely demanding requirements of a satellite tracking system that transmits at a high pulsed power of 100 kW, with a mean power of 4 kW, over a wide frequency band of 2 GHz.

Highland Technology has announced a new member to its line of precision aerospace sensor simulators.