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EADS Defence & Security (DS) and Atlas Elektronik (AE) have consolidated their position in the maritime safety and security market by merging their subsidiaries Sofrelog , acquired by DS in 2006, and Atlas Maritime Security , a spin-off of AE. Named Sofrelog Atlas Maritime Security, this joint venture will...

EB has announced the availability of the EB Propsim F8 Aerospace and Satellite channel emulation Option (ASO) for the aerospace and defense markets. This new option enables realistic, reliable and repeatable end-to-end testing of airborne and aerospace wireless communication links in laboratory conditions. With EB Propsim F8, the developers...

Defence and security company Saab has received an order worth MSEK 190 from the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) for provision of the Giraffe AMB radar system and related services. Giraffe AMB is a flexible series of modular surveillance systems. Fully fitted, the system includes capabilities for simultaneous air...

Indra has concluded the modernization of the first two radar stations of the air traffic surveillance network in Turkey. Bahçe station will serve the control center of Ankara, the country’s capital; the station located in Antalya will serve the control center located in this region, which is an important...

NEC Corp. has launched the ePASOLINK compact wireless transmission system, which enables mobile network operators to build a cost-effective, IP-based mobile backhaul network that meets the high-capacity data demands of mobile broadband technologies such as HSPA, WiMAX and the anticipated LTE. "We expect that as mobile operators deploy 4G...

Cornell Dubilier has acquired the Panasonic electrolytic foil formation facility in Knoxville, TN. Last year this facility produced 10 percent of the world’s electrolytic foil with the industry’s most modern and efficient equipment. “This acquisition guarantees Cornell Dubilier a consistent supply of our most critical raw material. With this...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced the availability of the RF6515 front-end module (FEM). RFMD's feature-rich RF6515 FEM improves the performance of 2.4 to 2.5 GHz ISM band wireless applications requiring longer-range operation at high efficiency, including WLAN, Zigbee®, Smart Energy/Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Home Area Networks (HAN)....

Renaissance Electronics Corp./HXI announced that HXI’s E-band Gigalink system has received (ICASA) Independent Communications Authority of South Africa operational approval certification to deploy in South Africa. This E-band radio system is used in wireless backhaul applications. High performance 1.25 Gbps E-band Radio Link with a frequency range of 71...

Microwave Vision announced the upcoming installation in Asia of a StarLine system, a hybrid planar Near-Field (NF) scanner with a 3 m vertical linear probe array. Hybrid systems are composed of SATIMO 's high-performance probe arrays paired with ORBIT/FR ’s high-precision mechanical positioners. The StarLine product line combines mechanical...

In response to market needs, HUBER+ SUHNER has developed a new series of RF board-to-board connectors that can cope with significantly greater axial misalignment. The new series of connectors addresses the fact that continuing miniaturization and tight space constraints have resulted in the need for more board-to-board connections. Owing...