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RFMD, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, announced it has successfully completed a recently announced expansion of its test, tape and reel, and assembly facility, located in Beijing, China. In addition to newly qualified internal assembly capacity for power amplifiers (PA), switch-based products, and antenna control solutions, RFMD is also qualifying advanced flip chip capabilities for its 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE and TD-LTE products.

Cobhamis taking direct aim at the growing market for rapidly deployable mobile cellular communications with the release of Cobham SATCOM’s new EXPLORER Mobile Net system.

Alcatel-Lucentis building on its leadership in microwave transmission technology with the addition to its portfolio of the ETSI-optimized 9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR) long-haul system.

Idea Cellular has selected Ceragon Networks Ltd. to modernize thousands of wireless backhaul connections around India to support the data growth visualized from 3G and future technologies.

Astriumand OHB System AG have signed a €344 million contract for the development, construction and launch of a high performance radar satellite for the ‘SARah’ satellite-based reconnaissance system.

Lark Engineering announces that Dr. Purna C. Subedi has joined the company as the new Chief Technology Officer. Subedi comes to Lark with a wealth of experience in RF designs, product development and management. 

The highlight of the Link Microtek stand at EuMW 2013 will be a new broadband dual-channel coaxial rotary joint that employs special contacting technology to give it long life in commercial and military satellite communications applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new RF single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switches from Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (Peregrine).

On the modern battlefield, the use of electronic warfare (EW) is essential to deceiving and jamming enemy radar. As part of a program known as Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC), BAE Systems will develop technology for a next-generation EW algorithm suite that will enable existing EW systems to operate against emerging radar threats, providing an essential capability to achieve air dominance. The company was awarded phases 1A and 1B of a three-phase, $34.9 million five-year effort.

Custom MMIC, a developer of performance-driven monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), announces the addition of the CMD173P4 to their growing MMIC library of standard products.