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As part of its continued global expansion Elektrobit has announced the availability of its Wireless SW Test Factory in Beijing, China. For the company’s customers the test factory will provide comprehensive and well-processed software testing services across the entire lifecycle of mobile terminal development. The facility consolidates the mobile...

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), Turkey's largest government-owned city planning and public services authority, has contracted Harris Corp. to supply its TRuepoint™ microwave radios as part of a major upgrade of the local voice and data infrastructure. With the continual growth of the district's public services infrastructure, which includes transport,...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that it has received a $2 M contract award to provide the avionics for an advanced domestic target program. This contract represents a follow-on order to Micro Systems Inc. , Herley's Center of Excellence for all command and control systems. "Our Micro Systems division is...

Ducommun Inc. announced that its Ducommun Technologies Inc. (DTI) subsidiary has acquired the capital stock of WiseWave Technologies Inc. , a privately held company based in Torrance, CA. WiseWave is a manufacturer of custom microwave and millimeter-wave products for both aerospace and non-aerospace applications. WiseWave’s sales for the last...

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Fairchild Semiconductor marks its entrance into the high performance amplifier market with five operational amplifiers (op amps). The 210 MHz FHP3x50 and the 50 MHz FHP3x30 families allow designers to target a broad range of high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) video applications including set-top boxes, digital TVs...

CSR plc has announced that it has selected Agilent Technologies Bluetooth Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) test solution for design verification and quality assurance within its Cambridge, UK facility. The company’s customer application support teams will also use the test solution extensively worldwide. This new agreement coupled with the announcement...

CSR plc announced it has chosen Anritsu 's MT8852B EDR test set for integration into its "Bluetooth Characterization Systems" for automated testing of standard rate and EDR Bluetooth devices. The MT8852B is the first Bluetooth EDR test set to fully implement v2.0 standard test mode signaling. This will expedite...

Planar Electronics Technology (PET) has won a $1.4 M production contract for an Airborne Military Surveillance RF Distribution Subsystem. This production contact was awarded by a prime US Government contractor that PET has been working with on the design and development of this subsystem....

The European Commission is funding a €6.5 M, three-year programme aimed at reducing the costs and risks associated with designing, prototyping and manufacturing integrated microsystems. Known as INTEGRAMplus, this new Framework 6 Integrated Project will be coordinated by the UK’s QinetiQ and draw on the complementary expertise and facilities...