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The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Co. a $31.8 million contract to produce and deliver 464 Excalibur Ib extended-range precision projectiles.

Custom MMIC, a leading developer of performance driven monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC), has added another new amplifier to its growing product line, the CMD233 2 to 20 GHz distributed low noise amplifier.

Southwest Antennas has released four new L-Band 1.35 to 1.4 GHz, 2.15 dBi Ultra Flex Omni antennas, available with several RF connector options. These new L-Band options complement the existing line of S & C-Band Ultra Flex Omni Antennas.

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract worth €450 million with the European Space Agency to build the Sentinel 3C and 3D satellites for the European Copernicus program.

US senators recently introduced the Electronic Warfare Enhancement Act to refocus US EW effortsand this renewed emphasis will also be reflected in developing and maintaining conventional Electronic Warfare Support (EWS) capabilities to enable operations in a congested and contested spectrum environment. This will drive spending and also underpin demand for new systems as well as upgrading existing capabilities.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, today announced a new, significant advance in solid state power amplifier (SSPA) technology with the release of its SapphireBlu™ Solid State Power Amplifier/Power Block (SSPA/SSPB), based on second generation gallium nitride (GaN) technology.

ViaSat Inc. and Eutelsat Communications announced an agreement to create a joint venture combining Eutelsat's current European broadband business with ViaSat's industry-leading broadband technologies and consumer Internet Service Provider (ISP) business expertise.

e2v and Peregrine Semiconductor announce strategic reseller agreement, where e2v will be the worldwide supplier of Peregrine’s high-reliability RF products for the space market. The agreement extends e2v's broad product offering from RF to the back end, including data converters, memory and high-performance data processing.

Honeywell has completed the acquisition of COM DEV International, a leading satellite and space components provider of switches and multiplexers.

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Defense and Security business to Arlington Capital Partners for up to $45 million in total consideration, including a contingent payment based on achieving certain milestones.