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ASTRIUM , Europe’s leading space company, has been selected by DIRECTV to design and manufacture DIRECTV 15, a new high power telecommunications satellite to provide back-up capacity and fleet expansion for television services to US customers in homes and businesses. The satellite is scheduled for launch in 2014. Based...

Mercury Computer Systems Inc. , a provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems for defense prime contractors, will debut its new FM021814 digital frequency discriminator (DFD) with phase modulation on pulse (PMOP) detection at the 48th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention November 13 to 16 in Washington, DC, in...

Brendan O'Connell has been named President of Harris RF Communications' International business. He had been President of Harris RF Communications' DoD business. George Helm was named as his successor. The two will lead Harris' RF Communications US Department of Defense (DoD) and International tactical communications businesses. "George and Brendan...

RF Industries' RadioMobile Division announced the award of a $2.6 M contract from the Los Angeles County Fire Department for the implementation of a wireless system upgrade to the County Fire Department's existing remote communications equipment. "This is a major step forward for RadioMobile's wireless offerings in the public...

DragonWave Inc. plans to acquire Nokia Siemens Networks' microwave transport business, including its associated operational support systems (OSS) and related support functions. Under the terms of the agreement, as well as acquiring the business, DragonWave would also become the preferred, strategic supplier to Nokia Siemens Networks of packet microwave...

Thales Alenia Space and Thales Australia have announced their sponsorship of a new Masters Degree program in satellite systems engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. The investment reflects Thales’s ongoing commitment to the country, and leverages a decision by the Australian Government to support the...

A research team from Chalmers , a university in Sweden, has developed new techniques of cancer diagnosis and treatment with the aid of microwaves, which could play a pioneering role in the battle against cancer. These techniques could save many lives and are more effective, less invasive and simpler...