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Ultra-precision Service This company’s Web site offers a complete ultra-precision service for grinding, lapping, polishing, diamond sawing, laser machining and sizing a wide variety of metals (ferrous and non-ferrous). The company also offers carbide, ceramic, sapphire and other materials for industrial and scientific applications in the telecommunications, semiconductor, communications,...

The US Missile Defense Agency announced the award of an eight-year contract for the design, development and build of the kinetic energy interceptor (KEI) missile defense system to a Northrop Grumman and Raytheon team, supported by Rockwell Collins. The KEI system is intended to provide the US with the...

The US Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin one of two industry contracts valued at approximately $20 M each to enter the next development phase of an advanced Global Positioning System, to be known as GPS III. The present awards are for the Phase A element of the program during...

The US Air Force Space and Missile Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Mission System sector a contract to define the requirements needed to build a communication network for military, intelligence and space agencies. The Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) network, which will be based on a single overarching communications architecture,...

The US Air Force has exercised the Lot 5 production contract option with Raytheon Co. to produce AGM-65H/K Maverik missile guidance and control sections. The $49.7 M option includes more than 1000 tactical guidance and control sections, 35 training guidance and control sections, and pilot and maintenance training and...

In the scope of the European Union MAESTRO Research and Development project (Mobile Applications and sErvices based on Satellite and Terrestrial inteRwOrking), Alcatel Space will coordinate an international consortium of 20 partners addressing the whole mobile multimedia value chain. This partnership will enable the development and implementation of the...

Royal Philips Electronics and IBM have announced a major initiative to jointly develop customer systems for radio frequency identification (RFID) and smart card applications. Working together, the companies will combine their industry expertise to address the growing need for advanced high security smart cards and RFID technology in day-to-day...

Initially focusing on radar technologies, Lockheed Martin has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Poland’s leading defence electronics company, Przemyslowy Instytut Telekomunikacji (PIT), to pursue industrial cooperation related to missile defence. The MoU outlines the areas of cooperation between the two companies, agrees on ways to exchange proprietary...

In collaboration with Nokia, TELESTET has brought commercial 3G services to Greece with the launch of the country’s first WCDMA network. It will initially operate in the greater Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra and Irakleion areas with other major cities to follow shortly. The launched WCDMA 3G network uses equipment provided...

In what is the company’s first acquisition of a controlling stake in an Asian semiconductor company, Infineon Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire ADMtek Inc., a fabless, integrated circuit design company based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, for around €80 M. The new company will focus on developing broadband customer...