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Lockheed Martin has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sikorsky Aircraft, a world leader in military and commercial rotary-wing aircraft, for $9 billion. The price is effectively reduced to approximately $7.1 billion, after taking into account tax benefits resulting from the transaction. 

Agile Microwave Technology Inc., a product innovator in RF and microwave component and sub-system market is pleased to announce the appointment of MC Microwave Inc. as its sales representative for Northern California, Nevada and Hawaii. MC Microwave is based out of San Jose, Calif. established in 1981 and has been supporting high quality RF and microwave components & systems to the commercial and military markets.

Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG has taken shares in the telematic company CE+, located in Timelkam, Austria.

Novelda announced the appointment of Trionic Associates Inc. as its engineering and technical sales representative for the New York, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania region of the U.S.

Bangladesh mobile telecommunications operator, GrameenPhone, has selected Anite’s Nemo Xynergy, Nemo Invex II and Nemo Walker Air for collection and analysis of wireless voice quality and broadband network data.

Renesas Electronics and Audi have established a strategic relationship as part of the Audi Progressive SemiConductor Program (PSCP) to accelerate automotive innovation.

Telecom satellites are set to enter a new age, as the European Space Agency (ESA), Eutelsat and Airbus Defence & Space collaborate in the Quantum programme, which departs from the traditional, custom, one-off approach to building satellites by offering a new and generic payload design.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its automotive business to Autoliv ASP Inc. (Autoliv). The automotive business represented approximately 18 percent of MACOM’s consolidated revenue in its second fiscal quarter ended April 3, 2015.

Rice University engineers have demonstrated the first system that allows wireless data transmissions over UHF channels during active TV broadcasts. If the technology were incorporated into next-generation TVs or smart remotes, it could significantly expand the reach of so-called "super Wi-Fi" networks in urban areas.