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Covering topics from the historical to the development of technology for the future the first meeting of the ARMMS RF & Microwave Society in 2015, sponsored by e2v and held in Oxford, UK was a sell-out.

The SICRAL 2 military telecommunications satellite was successfully launched on April 26 with an Arianespace launch vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. SICRAL 2 is a joint program between the Ministry of Defense in Italy and Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) in France for the benefit of Italian and French armed forces, with stakes of 62 percent and 38 percent respectively. It is conducted by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, the two companies in the Space Alliance created by Finmeccanica and Thales.

For applications where fast electronic signals in the GHz range need to be remotely acquired and analyzed Spectrum Systementwicklung GmbH has extended its digitizerNETBOX series of LXI based instruments and released eight new models.

Finmeccanica – Selex ES has been awarded a multi-million Euro contract from Cobham Aviation Services in Australia to supply a number of Seaspray 5000E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) surveillance radars.

The Certification Center Svyaz-Certificate in Russia is now using the Rohde & Schwarz R&S CMW500 to certify ERA-GLONASS systems in line with the TR CU 018/2011 technical guideline.

AMCAD Engineering, a supplier of new RF & Microwave solutions for advanced design, announced the launch of its STAN tool University Program.

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent announce their intention to combine to create an innovation leader in next generation technology and services for an IP connected world. The two companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will make an offer for all of the equity securities issued by Alcatel-Lucent, through a public exchange offer in France and in the United States, on the basis of 0.55 of a new Nokia share for every Alcatel-Lucent share.

Alcatel-Lucent has been named by China Telecom as one of its top three suppliers for the rollout of mobile ultra-broadband services across China. The network will cover 40 cities in 12 provinces, including Shanghai and Suzhou, cities with the highest GDP in China.

Saab has received an order from the Norwegian Defence Logistic Organisation for a prototype of the Mid-Life Upgrade of its current Arthur weapon-location radar system.

Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology, announced that an Anite-led task group within the METIS project has finalized the world’s first 5G radio channel models. This is the first radio channel model proposal to be delivered by an international project consisting of key industry players and universities.