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Advanced Antenna Systems This completely revamped Web site features the company’s next generation advanced antenna systems. The site provides focus on areas of greater interest to its customers and easier navigation to the various pieces of information. This site offers a basic introduction to the company’s antenna design development...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has formed a team to compete for the prime role at the US Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Joint National Integration Center (JNIC). With a decade of experience supporting the JNIC, Northrop Grumman is well positioned to partner with the government and other missile defense companies to...

Lockheed Martin has achieved a major milestone with the completion and delivery of a sophisticated, high performance communications subsystem integral to the infrared payload of the first Space-based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite. SBIRS High, the nation’s next-generation missile warning system and a critical element...

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...