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Denmark’s two leading defense industry companies, Terma and Systematic , have entered into a cooperation agreement to cooperate on national and international defense tasks. Consequently, the partners will bid together on Danish Army contracts, which are expected in the coming months. With the Danish market as the platform, the...

QinetiQ has secured the first phase of a contract to supply an electronic warfare (EW) system to the Australian Department of Defence. The system will be based on the company’s well-established range of EW sensor technology and hardware including the SHARK® wideband communications EW sensor and ANALYST® EW command...

Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a leading research and development, technology and innovation institution in South Africa, to consolidate global cooperation in the space market and to leverage their respective competencies and knowledge. Under the...

Wavecom SA and Infosys Technologies have signed a partnership agreement to address the growing machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless connectivity market. As part of this agreement, Infosys becomes a Wavecom Certified Competence Center and the first in the Asia-Pacific region. As such the company will offer design, development and integration services...

Renaissance Electronics recently was awarded a significant follow-on production order (for P/N 2J8NO) in support of the Navy’s Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). Renaissance Electronics maintains an excellent quality and delivery performance profile on this project, which is instrumental in the issues of this contract to Renaissance. The company's...

Valpey Fisher , a distributor and manufacturer of custom and standard frequency control products, announced it has been awarded a $250,000 design win from a leading provider of wireless fire detection systems for their low cost surface-mount voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) line of products. “This business came as a direct...

Spirent Communications announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SwissQual , a test and measurement company for wireless network operators. The company made the acquisition for a consideration totaling up to $70.5 M USD (including performance incentives) on a cash and debt-free basis. The acquisition of...

Emerson & Cuming Microwave Products HK Ltd. has announced the opening of its new Hong Kong operation. These expansion plans are expected to better position the company to increase its business presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The sales and administration office, managed by Brent Ng, is located at Unit...

Amphenol RF announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to join the Quick Lock Formula® Alliance . In keeping with its tradition of innovation and customer focus, Amphenol RF signed a QMA and QN license agreement with Huber+Suhner AG and Radiall SA and soon will join the alliance....