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Tensolite , of Carlisle Companies Inc., announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-owned Carlyle Inc. , a provider of sophisticated aerospace and network interconnection solutions. With annual sales of approximately $125 M, Carlyle is focused on manufacturing wire and cable harnesses, rack and panels, and...

AWR® and TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. , a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced Project JumpStart, a program designed to provide first-time AWR and TriQuint customers with a low cost introduction to the benefits of design and fabrication of gallium arsenide (GaAs) microwave monolithic integrated circuits...

The CVD Materials business of Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) introduces high-purity silicon carbide (SiC) sputtering targets for physical vapor deposition (PVD) applications. The MAC SiC sputtering targets enable the deposition of high-purity SiC thin films for demanding applications such as the manufacturing of magnetic disk drive heads. Dielectric SiC...

EADS Defence & Security (DS) together with its local partner Integrated Energy Systems & Resources Inc. (IESRI), Manila, Philippines, has been awarded a contract to deliver one of the most advanced secondary radar systems for air traffic control purposes to the Philippine Air Transportation Office (ATO). The system, which...

C-MAC MicroTechnology , a leader in high-reliability electronic systems, modules and components for the automotive, aerospace, defense, high-reliability industrial, specialized communication and medical electronics industries, has enhanced its accredited UK testing facility with significant investment to provide a new solderability testing capability. Component failure at board level is often...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and NextWave Wireless Inc. , a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, announced that NextWave will use Agilent’s Wireless Networking Test Set to help accelerate the deployment of Mobile WiMAX devices based on NextWave’s chipsets. The two companies will collaborate to optimize the...

Elcom Technologies Inc. announced the receipt of a new contract for $1 M from a major United States Aerospace - Defense military contractor, for a high performance VME based synthesized RF source and synthesized broadband downconverter. Elcom was initially selected due to its ability to integrate synthesizer and tuner...

Cadence Design Systems Inc. , a leader in global electronic-design innovation, announced that Japan's Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) has incorporated the Cadence® Encounter® Timing System as part of its PRIDE V2.0 Reference Design Flow. The inclusion of the Cadence Encounter Timing System in the reference flow is...

Merrimac Industries Inc. announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nitronex Corp. to develop new highly integrated power amplifiers using Merrimac’s proprietary Multi-Mix® multilayer circuit technology and high-power gallium nitride (GaN) transistor technology from Nitronex. GaN device technology is highly sought as a higher-power...

Mentor Graphics Corp. , a leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design solutions, and Agilent Technologies Inc. , a leader in radio frequency (RF) design solutions, announced a jointly developed solution that can significantly improve productivity for the design of RF circuits on printed circuit boards. The industry-first solution...