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M/A-COM Technology Solutions announced that it has acquired privately held Optomai, Inc. Optomai is a fabless semiconductor company that develops high performance integrated circuits and modules for next generation 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps fiber optic networks. Based in Silicon Valley, CA, Optomai’s product portfolio and expertise in GaAs...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $58.3 M contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, missiles. The US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Redstone Arsenal, AL, issued the contract to upgrade 131 Patriot Advanced Capability-2 missiles to the GEM-T configuration. This is a follow-on contract as part...

Raytheon Co. received a $173 M US Army fiscal year 2010 contract for the production of Excalibur precision-guided projectile rounds for in-theater use. This contract marks the beginning of full rate production for Excalibur Ia-2. Successfully fielded in 2007, Excalibur is a 155 mm precision-guided artillery round with extended...

Microwave Journal is a media sponsor of Computer Simulation Technology ’s worldwide series of free workshops that begins in Bangalore, India, on 21 March and concludes in London, UK, on 22 June. Extensive in its geographical reach, the workshop series will visit France, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Portugal,...

TiaLinx Inc. , a developer of remotely controlled miniaturized object detection radars, announced the launch of the Viper60-A. The ultra fine radio frequency beam is capable of detecting very small objects concealed under clothing. The lightweight sensor system with polarized arrays provides an ultra-wideband (UWB) fine beam that can...

Monthly Military Update: Expert Insights View in Web browser April 21, 2011 Get Agilent's free application notes focused on T/R module test, antenna and RCS measurements, radar signal simulation, advanced analysis techniques and more As technology evolves so do the challenges in detection, avoidance, electronic warfare and countermeasures. Testing...

National Instruments released a high bandwidth PXI digitizer, complementing the rapidly expanding suite of performance instrumentation available in PXI. Co-developed with Tektronix , the NI PXIe-5186 digitizer employs Tektronix, Enabling Technology to achieve up to 5 GHz bandwidth and 12.5 GS/s sample rates. The company also announced the NI...

Freescale Semiconductor introduced two LDMOS RF power transistors that allow wireless base station amplifiers to cover all channels in an entire allocated frequency band. The high-efficiency transistors help reduce capital and operating expenditures, and their wide instantaneous bandwidth allows operators to increase network flexibility. Most of today’s amplifier systems...

Fujitsu Semiconductor America Inc. (FSA) announced that Hiroyuki Hojo has been named President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2011. He replaces Shinichi “James” Machida, who will return to Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. (FSL) in Japan as Corporate Vice President in June. Hojo joined the Fujitsu organization in September...

After reporting a 13 percent sales growth in the last year, e2v has also announced significant investment in additional research, development and expanded production at its Chelmsford, UK, headquarters. This project, backed by a £6.2 M grant from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) administered by the UK Department for...