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Tektronix Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the RSA7100A wideband signal analysis solution that combines 800 MHz of real-time bandwidth with up to 2 hours of streaming storage at full bandwidth in one solution. The new instrument’s 16 kHz to 26.5 GHz frequency range covers a broad range of analysis needs for critical wide-bandwidth applications.

Saab has completed a successful two-day seminar in Brussels, Belgium to explore potential co-operation and partnerships with Belgian companies active in the aeronautics sector.

Teledyne Technologies Inc. and e2v technologies plc jointly announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition to be made by Teledyne for the ordinary share capital of e2v by means of a Scheme of Arrangement. It is expected that the acquisition will be completed in the first half of calendar 2017.

Blighter Surveillance Systems has unveiled the Blighter^® C400 series coastal security radar that features advanced Doppler signal processing, low power PESA and FMCW technologies for coastal security detection.

xG Technology Inc. (xG) business unit Integrated Microwave Technologies (IMT), a leader in advanced digital microwave systems serving the law enforcement, broadcast, sports and entertainment markets, announced it has received a $450,000 order from a state investigation bureau located in the South Atlantic region (“ the Bureau”) for the IMT Airborne Video Downlink System (AVDS).

Microsemi Corp. announced six new monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) products, including four wideband low noise MMIC amplifiers (MMA040AA, MMA041AA, MMA043AA and MMA044AA) and two wideband GaAs MMIC switches (MMS006AA and MMS008AA). The new MMIC products are ideally suited for test and measurement, electronic warfare and radar applications.

BAE Systems has opened the £15.6 million Academy for Skills & Knowledge training academy, marking the single largest investment in skills for the UK’s aerospace sector.

In a filing with the SEC, Cree stated that Infineon’s acquisition of Cree’s Wolfspeed subsidiary is proceeding through the regulatory review process, including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Cree and Infineon believe the transaction will close in February 2017.

Pentek Inc. announced a new member of its popular family of Talon® RF/IF signal recording and playback systems. The Model RTR 2727A rugged portable recorder targets applications needing to record and reproduce high-bandwidth signals. A complete PC workstation, the RTR 2727A provides high data capacity and aggregate recording rates of up to 4.0 GB/s in a four-channel system.