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 Building on their long-standing  relationship, Freescale Semiconductor and Continental announced plans to integrate Freescale’s next 77 GHz radar technologyinto Continental’s next generation short- and mid-range automotive radar modules. This effort represents the next step in the evolution of Continental’s comprehensive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) radar solutions, helping automakers meet safety mandates and extend ADAS safety benefits to more vehicles. 

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced  the availability and full design support capabilities for a family of DOCSIS 3.1 active components from M/A-COM Technology Solutions. 

 NI (formerly AWR Corporation) announces that NI AWR Design Environment™ will be on display within the Academic Forum, 5G/RF Pavilion and two technical sessions - High-Efficiency PAs for High PAR Signals Using an NI-Based Platform and Improving the Semiconductor Design-to-Test Flow Panel - during NIWeek 2015, August 3-5 in Austin, Texas.  

Pasternack, a leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has expanded their portfolio of general purpose VNA calibration kits with new 50 and 75 Ohm versions. These new cal kits offer excellent performance characteristics that are specially designed for the fine-tuning and calibration of sensitive test equipment in engineering labs, production environments and quality testing facilities. All of Pasternack’s calibration kits are built to withstand years of rigorous use and provide accurate RF equipment calibration for the life of the product.

Mercury Systems Inc., a leading high-tech commercial provider of more affordable secure and sensor processing subsystems powering today's critical defense and intelligence applications, announced it received $5.2 million in orders from a leading defense prime contractor to provide radar subsystems and related digital processing technologies for a missile defense application. The orders were booked in the Company's fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and are expected to be shipped over the next several quarters. 

The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command's Nanosatellite Program, or SNaP, will be a small satellite communications, or SATCOM, constellation. This will allow communication across great distances using existing UHF tactical radios.

 Indra will supply two Lanza 3D long-range deployable air defence radars (LTR-25) to NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency). The amount of this contract, with an execution period of 38 months, stands at €22 million, and includes options for a third radar and some optional equipment, which could rise the price up to €36 million. 

Resonant Inc., a late-stage development company creating innovative filter designs for radio frequency front-ends (RFFEs) for the mobile device industry, announced it has added Thomas R. Joseph, Ph.D., 65, to its board of Directors, bringing the number of independent board members to four and the total number of board members to six. 

Analog Devices, Inc. introduced the HMC1127 and the HMC1126 MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) distributed power amplifiers. Covering the frequency range of 2 to 50 GHz, these new power amplifier die simplify system design and improve performance by eliminating the need for RF switches between frequency bands.

Santier, a leading custom thermal management solutions provider with a full range of heat sinks for electronic packaging, announced the addition of Mansoor Mosallaie as vice president of operations.