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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received a $3.7 M contract for broadband, solid state, high power RF microwave amplifier systems from a major international OEM. The amplifier systems, which include the latest solid-state switching and transistor technology and provide for...

Fairchild Semiconductor , a global supplier of power semiconductors, announced the successful completion of the previously-announced tender offer by one of its wholly owned subsidiaries to acquire up to 100 percent of the outstanding shares of System General Corp. for NT$93 per share. 65,459,517 shares of System General stock...

Nurad Technologies , a division of Cobham Defense Electronic Systems, announced the recent acquisition of a new 10 foot diameter by 20 foot length autoclave. This autoclave will provide Nurad with the capability to manufacture large RF composite structures (up to 8’ x 18’), as well as providing additional...

Harris Corp. , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a three-year, $66 M contract by the US Navy for pre-production and test of the Ku-band Common Data Link (CDL) Hawklink system for the MH-60R Light Airborne Multi-purpose System (LAMPS) helicopter. Hawklink is a high speed...

NetFires LLC, a company composed of Raytheon Co. Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully passed a joint critical design review (CDR) for the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision Attack Missile and Container Launch Unit. The Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System, which is one of the 18 Future...

The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Co. two contracts worth a total of $254 M for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The contracts cover work on the Joint STARS Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) sustainment andJoint STARS Extended Test Support (JETS) programs....

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has announced that the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) of its Falcon“ III AN/PRC-152(C) has been reviewed and tested by the Joint Program Executive Office of the Joint Tactical Radio System Test and Evaluation Laboratory (JPEO JTEL) and certified with waivers...

Set to have a major impact on the semiconductor industry is Surrey NanoSystems, a new company resulting from leading UK technology venture company IP Group teaming up with scientists from the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and CEVP Ltd., a leader in plasma tool manufacture. The new...

The European Commission has selected a consortium led by Thales to develop OSIRIS—Open architecture for Smart and Interoperable networks in Risk management based on In-situ Sensors, the first integrated service of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. GMES will create an EU-wide capability to acquire, analyse,...

Diamond Microwave Devices (DMD) is a new subsidiary set up by Element Six (E6), a world leader in the development of Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) diamond technology. The new company aims to develop novel diamond semiconductor materials and processing technology that will help create the next generation of high...