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Technical Communities Inc. , a service provider for technical organizations that sell to US government agencies and prime federal contractors, has completed a Series D Convertible Preferred financing. While specific terms were not disclosed, the privately held company announced the financing included participation by all previous leading venture investors...

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StratEdge , a leader in the design and production of semiconductor packages for microwave, millimeter-wave and high speed digital devices, announced that one of its SE20 power amplifier packages is playing a key role in transmitting signals with information gathered from Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity back to...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received orders totaling $24.3 M in support of ongoing Movement Tracking System Program activities. The orders were received on the company's Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract with the US Army. Total orders received to date against the...

QUALCOMM Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced an expansion in their relationship. In addition to collaborating on CDMA2000®, the two companies will now be working together to bring UMTS handsets to global markets. Motorola Mobile Devices has approved QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem™ (MSM™) chipsets for incorporation into future UMTS handset...

Comarco Wireless Test Solutions , a supplier of wireless test systems for field applications, and Ascom , a specialist in wireless onsite communication solutions, announced that the two companies have formed a cooperative alliance to develop and market 3G and 4G wireless network Quality of Service, optimization and test...

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division has awarded a five-year contract valued in excess of $6.3 M to Triton Electron Technology Division , Easton, PA, for the repair, remanufacture or replacement of traveling wave tubes in support of the AN/ALQ-126B ECM system....

Strategy Analytics’ RF & Wireless Component service has released “RF Component Industry Review: April - June 2006,” which notes that more than half of the leading suppliers of RF components reported significant profits in Q2, about the same industry financial performance as reported in Q1. In the second quarter...

Amplifier Synthesis Software ACS has recently added new amplifier synthesis software to its line of circuit synthesis products. The wizard-like GUI quickly and effortlessly guides the user through the process of entering the specifications for the automatic synthesis of a wide variety of amplifier circuits, including single or multistage...

Thick Film Attenuator The model IMA2391 is a surface-mount thick film 1206 attenuator especially suited to RF/microwave applications and communications-oriented circuitry. This thick film attenuator is operational to 15 GHz in a properly matched continuous 50 Ω system. It is available from 1 to 70 dB in 1 dB...