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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $94 M contract by the US Army Aviation and Missile Command Redstone Arsenal. Under the contract, Agilent will deliver its AN/PRM-35 Radio Test Set (RTS) over six years, beginning in 2008, to the US Army Product Manager Test, Measurement...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded an $84.6 M contract to produce upgrade kits for its Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, or SMART-T, for the US Army and Marine Corps, and Canada and the Netherlands. The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) kits expand by a factor of four times...

LNX Corp. announced that it has been recently selected by BAE Systems and MiKES to supply sophisticated RF/microwave control components, valued in excess of $2 M, for the Self-Protection Electronic Warfare System (SPEWS II). LNX president and CEO Lamberto Raffaelli stated, “Congratulations to the entire technical team and staff...

Sonnet Software Inc. , a provider of High Frequency Electromagnetic (EM) Simulation Software, introduces the latest SONNET® Suites Professional™ Release 11. One of many new features in Sonnet Release 11 is an industry first: Co-calibrated™ Ports. Co-calibrated Ports are based on a new de-embedding technology that enables perfect calibration...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) jointly organized a workshop in Bangkok, Thailand to plan for the implementation and development of Next Generation Networks (NGN) in the region. Over 180 experts from 24 countries representing APT and ITU members, international organizations and the private...

To show its commitment to be a leading test provider to ensure the performance of next generation networks, Anritsu participated in the second public mobile WiMAX Forum® PlugFest, an interoperability showcase hosted by AT4 wireless Labs in Malaga, Spain. The PlugFest provides Mobile WiMAX equipment suppliers an open environment...

Design Solutions Inc. (DSI) is opening a new design center in Munich, Germany, Design Solutions GmbH . The state-of-the-art facility provides engineering, design, simulation and prototype manufacturing services to the electronics industry. The center also includes a high-level FPGA and ASIC development group. The company currently has seven locations...

By obtaining a ZigBee Compliant Platform (ZCP) certification for its TinyOne™ ZigBee OEM module, One RF Technology has become the first European company to offer a ZCP with an in-house ZigBee stack based on the latest ZigBee 2006 specification. The company’s R&D manager, Xavier Tatopoulos, explained, "After following the...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that it has received a $2.4 M contract award from Composite Engineering Inc. (CEi), Sacramento, CA, for its avionics suite for the BQM-167A Air Force Sub-scale Aerial Target (AFSAT). The contract includes Gulf Range Drone Control System (GRDCS) transponders, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders,...

Aeroflex Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately-held MicroMetrics Inc. , Londonderry, NH. MicroMetrics is a design and full service manufacturer of both standard and application specific RF/microwave diodes and semiconductor devices. “We believe the acquisition of MicroMetrics is strategic and strengthens our hi-reliability, hi-performance RF/microwave...