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Raytheon Co.’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) has been awarded a three-year, $26.9 M Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract with a potential award value of $59.4 M if all program options are exercised. The program will optimize and refine the use of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors for use...

Raytheon Co. has received a $200 M contract from the US Air Force for continued production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air missile (AMRAAM). The contract, originally announced by the Department of Defense on December 22, 2004, includes 434 AMRAAMs. “This contract award demonstrates a continued resolve to insure...

TIPS industries has received a NATO contract to the value of €23 M to move the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme forward. The contract will address issues such as interoperability, NATO airborne early warning and control harmonisation, and potential cost saving measures in parallel to the programme’s upcoming design...

BAE Systems plc. has completed the EuroSystems transaction agreed with Finmeccanica SpA. Under the transaction BAE Systems Avionics Ltd. has merged with Galileo Avionica SpA to form a new Avionics business owned 75 percent by Finmeccanica and 25 percent by BAE Systems. At completion BAE Systems received the adjusted...

Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has signed a framework contract with Siemens to supply a total of $265 M worth of network technology. Under the terms of the contract, Siemens Communications will expand the capacities of the MTS GSM/GPRS mobile networks in Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine over the course of...

Nokia and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) celebrated the five-year anniversary of their global youth development initiative — Make a Connection — with the addition of the Netherlands as the 20th country joining the programme. This new addition brings the company’s total financial commitment to the programme to close...

Belgium’s Interdisciplinary Institute for BroadBand Technology (IBBT) has joined the Alcatel Research Partnership Program. The programme fosters the company’s technology innovation through strong relationships with best-in-class universities and research institutes. The programme facilitates collaboration and offers the opportunity for the partners to complement and strengthen research programmes, share visions...

EADS is to supply the German army with software valued at €23 M for its modern army command and control information system (FüInfoSys Heer), a system designed to equip the army with a comprehensive range of highly mobile battlefield and command-post facilities over the next few years. This is...

The IEEE has approved work to begin on an amendment to the IEEE 802.11™ standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN). The project under development involves a wireless LAN standard amendment for WLAN devices to support protection of management frames. IEEE P802.11w, “Amendment to Standard for Information Technology –...

According to In-Stat, the enterprise WLAN equipment market is at an interesting crossroads. While Symbol and a variety of start-up vendors have pioneered an overlay “WLAN switch” architecture for centralized management of so-called “thin APs,” they are now being increasingly challenged in the market by large Ethernet switch vendors,...