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Breaking the EDA Interoperability Barrier

Electronic design automation (EDA) tools have traditionally been developed as separate sets of tools offering little or no interoperability with third-party tools. As the design of next-generation communications products evolves and becomes increasingly complex, the need for a more integrated tool flow is elevated, and it has become obvious...
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DANISH DEFENSE COMPANIES JOIN FORCES

Denmark’s two leading defense industry companies, Terma and Systematic , have entered into a cooperation agreement to cooperate on national and international defense tasks. Consequently, the partners will bid together on Danish Army contracts, which are expected in the coming months. With the Danish market as the platform, the...
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QINETIQ AUSTRALIAN CONTRACT HAS REAL TEETH

QinetiQ has secured the first phase of a contract to supply an electronic warfare (EW) system to the Australian Department of Defence. The system will be based on the company’s well-established range of EW sensor technology and hardware including the SHARK® wideband communications EW sensor and ANALYST® EW command...
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CSIR AND ALCATEL SIGN SPACE MOU

Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a leading research and development, technology and innovation institution in South Africa, to consolidate global cooperation in the space market and to leverage their respective competencies and knowledge. Under the...
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TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP FOR WAVECOM AND INFOSYS

Wavecom SA and Infosys Technologies have signed a partnership agreement to address the growing machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless connectivity market. As part of this agreement, Infosys becomes a Wavecom Certified Competence Center and the first in the Asia-Pacific region. As such the company will offer design, development and integration services...
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RENAISSANCE ELECTRONICS SUPPORTS ESSM PROGRAM

Renaissance Electronics recently was awarded a significant follow-on production order (for P/N 2J8NO) in support of the Navy’s Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). Renaissance Electronics maintains an excellent quality and delivery performance profile on this project, which is instrumental in the issues of this contract to Renaissance. The company's...
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VALPEY FISHER AWARDED DESIGN WIN FOR VCO PRODUCTS

Valpey Fisher , a distributor and manufacturer of custom and standard frequency control products, announced it has been awarded a $250,000 design win from a leading provider of wireless fire detection systems for their low cost surface-mount voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) line of products. “This business came as a direct...
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SPIRENT ACQUIRES SWISSQUAL TO ENHANCE PORTFOLIO

Spirent Communications announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SwissQual , a test and measurement company for wireless network operators. The company made the acquisition for a consideration totaling up to $70.5 M USD (including performance incentives) on a cash and debt-free basis. The acquisition of...
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