RF & Microwave Industry News

SAAB AND TIETOENATOR CREATE JOINT VENTURE IN FINLAND

Saab and TietoEnator will form a joint venture company called TietoSaab Systems Oy, with the intention of becoming a major supplier in defense and civil security solutions in Finland. Additionally, Saab will get access to long-term IT support from TietoEnator. The joint venture will launch operations on 1 January...
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SAGE LABORATORIES CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEW FACILITY

Sage Laboratories Inc. recently celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hudson, NH. The 55,000 square foot facility was completely renovated to accommodate the RF/microwave production flow of Sage products. From standard catalog components to highly sophisticated integrated subsystem and multi-function assemblies, products follow an efficient...
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PUTIN WITNESSES SIGNING OF DUTCH/RUSSIAN MoU

On 2 November, Hans Huis in 't Veld , chairman of the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) board of management, and Nicolai Platé , vice-chairman of the Russian Academy of Sciences, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Russian president Vladimir Putin, during his...
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MODELITHICS MODELS DIELECTRIC LAB'S CAPACITORS

Modelithics™ has completed the first phase of substrate-scalable models for Dielectric Laboratories ' (DLI) Opti-cap®, Milli-cap®, Ultra High-Q and other surface-mounted capacitors. Modelithics is now distributing free S-parameters for the components from its Web site to the DLI landing page http://www.modelithics.com/mvp/DLI/ . Modelithics also announced the availability of new...
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VALPEY FISHER ADDS TO TIMING SOLUTIONS PLATFORM

Valpey Fisher Corp. now offers a complete line of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) and phased-locked loop (PLL) modules, adding to its extensive platform of high frequency, low phase noise timing solutions. With a frequency range of 200 to 5010 MHz, wide tunability and broad selection of package options, these VCOs...
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ESA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR GALILEO PROGRAM FINANCING

The agreement of the European Space Agency 's industrial policy and navigation program committees regarding the additional financing of Galileo's first industrial phase has been widely applauded. This initial phase consists of placing four satellites into orbit to validate the key technologies of this complex system. In its full...
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QINETIQ AND L-3 SIGN MoU COVERING ISTAR AND ISR PROGRAMS

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by L-3 Communications ' subsidiary Integrated Systems (L-3/IS), QinetiQ and QinetiQ Inc. , to collaborate on technology development around Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) and ISR programs of mutual interest. The MoU aims to capitalize on the expertise in...
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AGILENT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH AURIGA

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with Auriga Measurement Systems to jointly develop and market integrated device-modeling systems for the semiconductor industry. The companies plan to pair Agilent's IC-CAP parameter extraction and device-modeling software and instrumentation with Auriga's test instrumentation. The first system planned is a pulsed-bias/pulsed-RF solution for...
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