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EADS and ND SatCom Join Forces in Germany

ND SatCom, together with its partner EADS Space Services, has won a major contract for the next step of the German Armed Forces’ satellite communications programme, SATCOMBw Stufe 2. The project comprises the delivery of two military communication satellites, several fixed and transportable ground stations of various sizes as...
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Saab to Acquire Ericsson Defence Business

Ericsson has agreed to sell its defence business, Ericsson Microwave Systems (EMW), and its 40 percent holding in Saab Ericsson Space to Saab, subject to approvals from relevant competition and defence authorities. Under the agreement Ericsson will retain the National Security and Public Safety business and parts of the...
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e2v Meets X-ray Specs

e2v technologies has been selected to participate in the industrialisation phase for a key part of the X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) research project based at DESY (the German Electron Synchrotron) in Hamburg, Germany. DESY’s partner, the LAL Orsay Laboratory of CNRS (the National Centre for Scientific Research), is...
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China Will Be Largest IC-consuming Country by 2010

China is becoming the world hub for both semiconductor manufacturing and consumption, reports In-Stat. China consumed about 20 percent of total global semiconductor products in 2004; by 2010, it will consume one-third, making it the world’s largest semiconductor consumer, the high tech market research firm says. “China’s government policy...
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UWB Shipments to Reach Nearly 300 Million in 2011

Several formidable-looking barriers appear, at first glance, to pose serious obstacles to widespread commercial success for ultrawideband (UWB). But closer examination reveals that few of them will drastically inhibit the market which, a new ABI Research study forecasts, will see nearly 300 million UWB shipments in 2011. According to...
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Around the Circuit

Industry News Rosenberger of North America LLC and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Rosenberger to purchase assets and to license technology used by Agilent at its Santa Rosa, CA, cable assembly shop. Upon completion of the sale, Agilent will obtain these products and...
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Agilent to Acquire Xpedion Design Systems

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Xpedion Design Systems Inc. announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire Xpedion, a privately held company that provides software for wireless and high speed digital circuit and systems design in the communications industry. The transaction is subject to standard closing conditions....
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