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 Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. announced that on June 11, 2014 its board of directors appointed Don C. Bell to serve as a member of the company's board. Mr. Bell will also serve as a member of the board's compensation committee. 

 Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a portfolio of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) hardware and software test solutions for generating and analyzing signals up to a bandwidth of 192 MHz. The test solutions are used by R&D engineers to test transmitters, receivers and components against the requirements set forth in the DOCSIS 3.1 specification. 

 Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that, in April 2014, its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., received an order from an existing customer valued at $5.3 million for state-of-the-art 500W Ka-band high-power amplifiers to be used in the High Throughput Satellite (HTS) market. 

Lockheed Martin received a contract from the U.S. Air Force with an initial value of $109 million for sustainment of the reentry subsystem for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $6 million study and demonstration contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to further develop an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). Raytheon's EASR concept leverages proven Radar Modular Assembly (RMA) architecture matured on Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). EASR's flexible approach meets the performance needs of different candidate ship classes for ship self-defense, situational awareness, air traffic control, and weather monitoring.

 Watch episode15 (June 16, 2014) of the bi-weekly industry update video series, Frequency Matters. Editors David Vye and Pat Hindle review IMS 2014 in Tampa, FL including a look at the trends and collaborations they came across at the show. A short picture gallery runs at the end of the video. 

NXP Semiconductors announced that the TEF510x, the second product from the RoadLINK™ range, is now available to automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers for design-in.

At the international Automotive Testing Expo 2014 in Stuttgart Rohde & Schwarz will exhibit its test solutions for wireless applications such as vehicular radar, intelligent transport systems, eCall and automotive Ethernet interfaces.

Huawei hosted the Ireland Broadband Forum in Dublin– an event which brought together leading names from across the telecoms world to discuss the future of high-speed connectivity in Ireland.

A consortium composed of Airbus Defence and Space and Belgacom has been awarded a major renewal contract for the Belgian nationwide Tetra network that aims to strengthen crucial components of the core network.