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Walleye™ Technologies and the Harmonix Division of Terabeam Corp. have formed an alliance to develop a next-generation, hand-held, portable imaging technology capable of “seeing” into and through solid objects. The Walleye Imaging System is a patent-pending technology platform that generates high quality digital images that can be readily displayed,...

American Technical Ceramics Corp. (ATC), a manufacturer of high performance electronic components, including capacitors and thin film circuits for a broad range of commercial and military applications, announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with AVX Corp. (AVX) pursuant to which all of the outstanding equity interests...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the expansion of technologies in its Advanced Design System (ADS) and GENESYS design platforms to provide a full spectrum of software tools for microwave and RF designers. The company is increasing investments in RF/microwave design and simulation technologies to help designers of monolithic microwave integrated...

Millitech Inc. has received a $3.7 M award for the design and development of a next generation Satellite Communications on the Move (SOTM) antenna system. The award is from the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), and includes the delivery of five prototype systems. The antenna systems...

Researchers at Infineon have unveiled details of a new transistor architecture in Japan that removes many of the barriers to the production of smaller, more powerful electronic devices and circuits. Known as multi-gate field-effect transistor technology, these transistors are part of the company’s energy-efficiency performance goals. Infineon has completed...

Aeroflex and the Beijing StarPoint Telecommunication Software Co. have agreed to jointly develop the first full TD-SCDMA protocol conformance test system. TD-SCDMA is the 3G technology standard being developed by the Chinese Academy of Telecommunication Technology (CATT) that is expected to be the primary 3G technology in use during...

ARC International has acquired Tenison Technology EDA Ltd. , a privately held company that is a leading provider of software tools used to help develop system-on-chip (SoC) designs. The acquisition includes key members of Tenison's engineering team, patents and products such as the VTOC™ software suite and IP eXchange...

Elektrobit Corp. (EB) has strengthened its position in the WiMAX Forum® by upgrading its membership level from regular to principal level. The company has been a regular member of the WiMAX Forum since 2005, but now as a principal member it can participate in PlugFest events and actively affect...

Sirenza Microdevices announced the production release of two new additions to Sirenza’s line of high performance products for Mobile WiMAX (802.16 e) and WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) applications. The SZM2166Z and SZM3166Z are new, high linearity power amplifiers increasing the linear power for WiMAX and WiFi Terminals to over +27...

Boeing has awarded a contract to Harris Corp. to provide the data link system for the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) precision-guided weapon. Boeing and Lockheed Martin won one of two US Air Force contracts for the competitive risk-reduction phase of the SDB II program in April...