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 Vista Research, a subsidiary of Raven Aerostar, has been awarded an operations and maintenance contract for the upgrade and replacement of currently-fielded radar systems in support of the U.S. Army's Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems (PGSS) Program. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has been awarded for $8,381,917 and details an expected completion timeline of December 2014. 

"For the automotive industry the emergence of the IoT constitutes a disruptive and transformative environment characterized by value chain and business model upheaval and a ‘collaborate or die’ ecosystem friction reality prompting it to redefine and reinvent itself in order to capitalize on the huge opportunities in the new IoT economy. The absorption of the automotive industry in the wider IoT is driven by new connected car use cases such as EVs as a mobile grid and vehicles used as delivery locations. As this IoT revolution unfolds, automotive innovation and value creation will be shifting to the boundaries with other verticals such as home automation, smart grids, smart cities, healthcare and retail,” says ABI Research VP and practice director Dominique Bonte. 

 Teledyne Paradise Datacom, a business unit of Teledyne Microwave Solutions, announced the launch of the Q-FlexV™ broadcast satellite modem/modulator, a solution designed specifically for ASI and IP DVB video broadcasts.  Q-FlexV now gives broadcasters a “single-box” modem and modulator solution packed with all the advanced features they need, and with an unmatched Performance-to-Price ratio in comparison to competing alternatives on the market. 

 Coaxial Components Corp. announces that they recently completed their AS9100 audit and are being recommended for certification/registration by NSF. They will have the certificate in a few short weeks.  

 UltraSource, Inc. announced that it has developed a reduced cost plugged via option called PolyVia.  PolyVia was recently showcased at the IEEE-IMS, Tampa Bay, on June 3-5.  The PolyVia product is a polyimide-based plugged via option that customers can add to their plated-through hole designs in order to stop epoxy or solder bleed-thru during assembly operations. 

 Advantech Wireless, a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems announced that it is successfully supporting the live transmissions of the sports tournament in Brazil with its award winning 400W C-Band and 200W Ku-Band SapphireBlu™ Series of UltraLinear™ GaN technology based high power amplifiers. 

 Exelis has completed the acquisition of Celestech, a privately held technology development and engineering firm, with locations in Chantilly, Virginia and Phoenix, Arizona. Celestech's acquisition does not materially impact Exelis financial results for the second quarter of 2014.

 Guerrilla RF, Inc., a leading provider of high performance MMICs, announces the introduction of two new families of broadband low noise amplifiers. These low noise, linear gain blocks have been designed for small cell, wireless infrastructure and high performance general purpose applications.  

 The WhiteSpace Alliance (WSA) ®, a global industry organization enabling sharing of underutilized spectrum, today announced that NuRAN Wireless™ has joined the organization. 

 Remtec Inc., the leading manufacturer of substrates and packages using Plated Copper On Thick Film (PCTF®) metallization, has completed a new, comprehensive web site www.remtec.com that strengthens Remtec's position as the leader in providing ceramic solutions for DC power electronics, optoelectronics and RF/MW applications.