RF & Microwave Industry News

SCITECH PUBLISHING TO ACQUIRE NOBLE

SciTech Publishing Inc. , Raleigh, NC, and Noble Publishing , Thomasville, GA, have reached an agreement whereby SciTech will acquire all assets of Noble. Closing is subject to standard terms and conditions. SciTech will assume operation of Noble on January 2, 2006. "We are delighted to add Noble's impressive...
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JOINT VENTURE BEGINS OPERATION IN INDIA

On 12 December NEC Corp. , Japan, and India's HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), inaugurated their new facility – NEC HCL System Technologies Ltd. – in Noida, India. The two companies first announced joint investment in this Center of Excellence for Product Engineering in June 2005. With capital of $5...
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MALAYSIAN MOD ORDERS EADS RADAR SYSTEM

EADS will supply Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar Systems (TRML-3D) to the Malaysian Ministry of Defense (MoD) . The letter of acceptance signed with EADS to meet the defense artillery local warning radar requirements of the Malaysian Government promises the delivery of two such TRML-3D systems slated for the...
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RFMD TO EXPAND ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS IN CHINA

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC) for wireless communications applications, announced that the company's Board of Directors has approved the expansion of RFMD's assembly operations. The expansion, which is projected to be on line during the June quarter of 2006, is...
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FRAUNHOFER AND ARC ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

The Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft , Germany, has announced a wide-ranging partnership with ARC International that expands Fraunhofer's use of configurable processors to further the development and commercialization of consumer products based on Digital Video Broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) technology. The Digital Video Broadcasting Project is an industry-led consortium of...
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SUN SHINES ON KOREA TACONIC FOR RIBBON CUTTING

Taconic , Petersburgh, NY, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site of its new manufacturing facility in Cheonan, Korea. The company could not have asked for a nicer day as company CEO Andrew Russell kicked off events with sincere congratulations to everyone involved. Awards for outstanding performance were then handed out...
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ALCATEL SETS SIGHTS ON CHILEAN PROJECT

Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a €147 contract with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to supply 25 antennas for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project. The project is aimed at setting up an array of radio telescopes to study the origins of galaxies and the formation of stars...
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SOUTH AFRICAN ACQUISITION FOR SAAB

Saab has signed an agreement to acquire Aerospace Monitoring and Systems (Pty) Ltd. (AMS) in South Africa. AMS focuses on proprietary aircraft monitoring and recording systems for the global aerospace and defense market. The company is based in Midrand, has a turn over of 58M Rand and employs 75...
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