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Haute cuisine, chic cafés, restaurants and, of course, fine wines are the staple diet for Parisians. Last October, however, the city also served up a mouth-watering array of technology and innovation as the 8th European Microwave Week was staged at the CNIT La Défense, International Conference and Exhibition Centre....

Raytheon Co. received a $1.3 B contract modification from the US Army for system development and demonstration of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS). Raytheon’s Integrated Defense System (IDS) JLENS provides a long-duration, wide-area cruise missile defense capability, while also providing elevated communications...

The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a contract to begin production of the next five RQ-4B Global Hawk aerial reconnaissance systems. The new $60 M contract will allow the company to start purchasing long-lead parts for the unmanned air vehicle, the enhanced integrated sensor suites for...

Harris Corp. announced that it has been awarded a six-month, $2.8 M program definition and risk reduction (PDRR) contract by the Boeing Co. for the ground processing segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) geostationary operational environmental satellite – series R (GOES-R) program. When ready to launch...

L-3 Communications announced that its Communication Systems-East (L-3 CS-East) division has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to design and develop the TRANSEC COMSEC Unit (TCU) for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communication system that will provide significantly improved and assured voice...

In a landmark agreement aimed at creating a harmonized information and communication technology (ICT) market, regulators from 15 West African nations have agreed to a common regulatory framework for their national ICT markets. The agreement marks a significant step forward for the region, which is seeking to create a...

Alcatel Alenia Space has entered into partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) in the frame of the SpaceForScience programme. This is aimed at providing telecommunication and multimedia satellite services for education and research institutes in South Eastern Europe....

Toshiba Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. have agreed to collaborate on the development of CMOS logic process technology for the 45 nm generation. As advances in semiconductor process technologies become more complex, time consuming and expensive, the joint development will allow the companies to share burdens and accelerate development,...

Against the backdrop of the UK government’s continued emphasis on using innovation to drive economic growth, QinetiQ announced the creation of the UK’s first professorship in technology transfer in the physical sciences. The £1 M professorship, which is jointly funded by QinetiQ and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...

Following the publication of the first EECA-ESIA European Semiconductor Industry: 2005 Competitiveness Report a high level meeting was held to highlight and discuss its findings. Europe’s Enterprise and Industry Commissioner, Günter Verheugen and the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) discussed the report and how the semiconductor industry in Europe...