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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received orders totaling $9.5 M on its Movement Tracking System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army. The total includes $8.9 M of MTS program orders and $0.6 M in follow-on orders for the Army National Guard's...

Thales Technical Unit Control and Display Systems (CDS) uses electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) simulation to reduce testing costs on each new cockpit instrument. EMC is a major design challenge in cockpit instruments because they have a clear face which makes them difficult to shield. FLO/EMC electromagnetic simulation software from Flomerics...

Silicon Laboratories Inc. , a leader in high performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits (IC), announced a definitive agreement with NXP , formerly Philips Semiconductor. NXP will purchase the Aero transceiver, AeroFONE™ single-chip phone and power amplifier product lines, for $285 M in cash, with additional earn-out potential of up...

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Anaren Inc. has been selected to receive a contract valued in excess of $8 M from Alcatel-Alenia Space (France) for development and production of integrated beamforming assemblies that will be deployed on the Globalstar-2 satellite payload. The contract award, expected to be finalized within 90 days, covers design services...

Published February 7, 2007 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan's RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...

Provigent , a provider of system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for the broadband wireless transmission market, has moved its offices from Los Altos to Santa Clara, CA. “This move reflects the accelerated pace at which the market is adopting Provigent’s point-to-point system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions,” stated Guy Nathanzon, Provigent’s CFO. “Provigent’s growing...

Untitled Page First Things First: The RF to Light 100 rose 2.3%, YTD +3.4% ending 2542 as of 2/2/07. NASDAQ up 2.5% YTD. The merger between Stratex and the microwave communications division of Harris Corp called Harris Stratex Networks (HSTX) created an about $ 650m company claiming to be...

NEC Corp. has been selected by Norway's leading telecom service provider, Telenor , as one of two main suppliers of microwave communication systems. The contract resulted from a tender process that began in November 2006, which was based on a global framework contract covering all of the 14 majority-owned...

Continuing the execution of its strategy to grow its North American operations, QinetiQ Group plc has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Analex Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, which is conditional upon regulatory clearance in the United States, QinetiQ will offer to acquire all of the...