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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received $1.5 M of orders from a domestic prime contractor to supply broadband, solid-state, high power radio signal jamming amplifiers. These amplifiers, which include the latest solid-state transistor technology and provide for very broad...

AWR® , a leader in high-frequency design software, and Rohde & Schwarz Japan K.K. , the Japanese subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz, a leading test and measurement manufacturer, announced a partnership in Japan to deliver customized hardware/software solutions. AWR software and Rohde & Schwarz test equipment will be combined...

China’s high speed Shijiazhuang-to-Taiyuan railway (the Shi-Tai line) will include a wireless network for all passengers to use, thanks to coverage and capacity solutions from Andrew, the CommScope Inc. division that is a leader in wireless communication systems and products. Andrew will supply its RADIAX® radiating cables to support...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, announced that it is developing a WiMAX device production test solution for two 802.16e WiMAX devices from Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd. This WiMAX RF SISO/MIMO manufacturing test configuration features Keithley's award-winning RF test solutions, the model 2820 RF...

Avago Technologies , a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, announced a highly integrated GPS low noise amplifier (LNA) with high performance levels. The ALM-1712 effectively integrates a sophisticated GPS LNA and two FBAR filters. This results in a complete, compact and high-performance GPS...

MI Technologies has signed a distribution agreement with Bluetest AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, to distribute and support Bluetest’s products in North America, Italy, the United Kingdom and India. This agreement broadens MI Technologies’ test and measurement capabilities for the wireless marketplace and strengthens Bluetest’s sales and support channels for...

inTEST Corp. , an independent designer, manufacturer and marketer of semiconductor automatic test equipment (ATE) interface solutions and temperature management products, announced its acquisition of privately-held Sigma Systems Corp. Sigma Systems, founded in 1956, is located in El Cajon, CA, and is a manufacturer of thermal platforms, custom configured...

MCL Inc. , a MITEQ Company , Bolingbrook, IL, a global supplier of satellite communications (SATCOM) and instrumentation equipment, has received a $1.4 M+ contract to design and develop an airborne Ka-band high power traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) for the United States Air Force. This contract has been...

ABI Research’s optimistic forecasts for the penetration of high-powered RF integrated circuits into the mobile wireless base station market have been borne out by the latest market developments. According to research director Lance Wilson, “Compared to the discrete devices they can replace, high-power RFICs take up less circuit board...