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The enhanced capabilities of a new global satellite communications (SATCOM) system were successfully tested recently by MIT Lincoln Laboratory , representing a major step forward in improving communications among US Department of Defense commands around the world. In March, Lincoln Laboratory completed its portion of the on-orbit testing of...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that its Micro Systems subsidiary located in Fort Walton Beach, FL, has been awarded production orders totaling $2.8 M on two long-term production contracts. A major defense prime contractor has ordered target control transponders for a total of 17 full scale aerial target drones under...

telent has acquired the Alan Campbell Group (ACG), a communications infrastructure provider in the UK telecommunications and broadcast sectors. The acquisition is in line with the company’s strategy to broaden its service offering to both existing and new customers, and to enter complementary adjacent markets. Established in 1980, ACG...

Indra has been awarded an €18 M contract to implement the integrated maritime border surveillance system in Romania. The contract adjudicated by the Romanian Ministry of Finance is to be concluded in 12 months and includes the implementation and start-up of an integrated system for the surveillance of the...

SUSS MicroTec , supplier of innovative solutions for the 3D, MEMS, advanced packaging and nanotechnology markets, has shipped and installed a Gamma coating cluster at Replisaurus Technologies, a provider of a metallization technology called ElectroChemical Pattern Replication (ECPR™), which offers a simple and cost-effective integrated solution eliminating several traditional...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, introduced a highly integrated RF subsystem for GSM, GPRS and EDGE femtocell base stations and cellular repeaters. The RF subsystem supports femtocell base station and cellular repeaters in GSM850, EGSM900, DCS1800 and...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, and Rubicon Technology , a manufacturer of sapphire substrates and other advanced technology materials, announced that Rubicon has begun initial production of 8” sapphire wafers for supply to Peregrine for its UltraCMOS™ Silicon-on-Sapphire (SOS) semiconductor...

AWR® , a leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), announced that its Microwave Office high-frequency design suite fully exploits a breakthrough in filter design recently released from its partner Nuhertz Technologies® , whose filter synthesis and analysis software, Nuhertz Filter, can be seamlessly integrated within Microwave Office software....

MIPS Technologies Inc. , a provider of industry-standard architectures, processors and analog IP for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, introduced a new generation of its Global Positioning System (GPS) RF Tuner IP solution. The silicon-proven, integrated low-noise RF front-end for GPS receivers in the L1...

Trilithic Inc. announced that it has acquired Online Security Service, an expert provider of managed Internet security solutions based in Cooper City, FL. “With the market for managed security services at over $1 B annually – and demand on the rise – there couldn’t be a better time for...