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After recent successes in Italy, Canada and Singapore, the Finmeccanica Security and Information Systems Division will provide Air Traffic Management/Air Traffic Control systems in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Morocco.

Antenova Ltd., manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M, is targeting the fast increasing 3G mobile device market with two new flexible printed circuit board antennas for 3G and MIMO.

AS9100 and Mil-Spec certified companies, Electro Plate Circuitry (EPC) and Dragon Circuits (DCI), have announced the merger of printed circuit operations effective February 1, 2016.

Advancing semiconductor technology, X-FAB Silicon Foundries is putting itself at the vanguard of wideband gap semiconductor production by announcing the availability of its silicon carbide (SiC) offering from its wafer fab in Lubbock, Texas.

Pasternack, a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, debuts a new line of flexible precision VNA test cables rated to 50 and 67 GHz depending on the series. Designed for use as VNA test port extenders, these highly durable and flexible test cables are able to withstand the rigors of test lab use where these cables are constantly flexed during common testing situations.

AR has assembled a board of directors with a diverse group of professionals to help assure that the organization remains on its path of success well into the future. This group has varied expertise in the fields of finance, consulting, and manufacturing. Each member was chosen for the skills in their respective fields which will further the company's goals in this advisory capacity.

In his keynote speech at a Federal Communications Commission workshop on 5G wireless technology, pioneering researcher Theodore (Ted) Rappaport announced that New York University is making its channel model simulator and measurement data free and open to all—potentially short-circuiting years of millimeter wave (mmWave) development time for companies hoping to vastly increase the transfer of data through the air.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of high-performance RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, announced the MAOP-L284CN, a silicon photonic integrated circuit integrated with lasers (L-PIC™) for a 100G transmit solution for CWDM4 and CLR4 applications.

Teledyne LeCroy, Coherent Solutions Ltd., Anritsu Co. and Oclaro Inc. announced a new joint effort to demonstrate the highest performance single-carrier 16 QAM signal generation and analysis capabilities available at 56 Gbaud. The demonstration of the partners’ latest optical communications test equipment platform takes place at OFC 2016 in Anaheim, Calif. in the Teledyne LeCroy Booth #1115.

SWISSto12 and Cobham Antenna Systems collaborate on ESA funded ARTES program to develop and test additive manufactured satellite user antennas.