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Mentor Graphics Corp. announces that Bombardier Aerospace, a leading manufacturer of business jet aircraft, has implemented a complete digital development process for the Learjet 85* aircraft’s electrical distribution system. Adherence to the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 25 Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) mandate is now necessary for certification of new civil aircraft. With the FAA’s and Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) EWIS mandate as a goal, Bombardier achieved very significant process and quality improvement objectives. Bombardier Aerospace accomplished these by adopting innovative technology delivered by the Mentor Graphics® Capital® product family.

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. introduces the industry's first surface-mount, four-terminal Power Metal Strip® current sensing resistors in the compact 2726 and 4026 case sizes to provide an operating temperature range to +275 °C. The Vishay Dale WSLT2726 and WSLT4026 combine their high-temperature performance with 3 W power ratings and extremely low resistance values down to 0.002 Ω.

dB Control, a defense electronics manufacturer, was awarded a large contract by a major Asian military customer to design and manufacture high-power traveling wave tube (TWT) transmitters for an airborne program. Terms of the contract prohibit dB Control from naming the customer and product specifications.

Signal Hound announced the Signal Hound BB60C, successor to the popular Signal Hound BB60A. The Signal Hound BB60C is a real-time spectrum analyzer and RF recorder. It has significantly enhanced performance compared to the BB60A. The BB60C has a frequency range of 9 kHz to 6 GHz, an instantaneous bandwidth (IBW) of 27 MHz, and the ability to sweep the RF spectrum at 24 GHz per second. It costs just $2,879.

API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, will showcase a wide variety of the company's latest high reliability, engineer-friendly products during the 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium.  API will be in Booth 1515 during the exhibition, which takes place June 3-5 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.

Remcom is pleased to announce several new features and enhanced capabilities in XFdtd, which will be previewed at IMS 2014 in Tampa Bay, Florida.  Visit our at booth 1105 to see new time-saving features coming soon in XF.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it will attend IMS 2014 (Booth 1133), June 1-6, in Tampa, Fla. The company will demonstrate over 20 of its newest design and measurement solutions.

API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, has received a strategic microwave systems order for a fast-deployable Air Traffic Control (ATC) platform used for global military missions, including humanitarian aid and disaster response.

The MoI of Qatar and Airbus Defence and Space have agreed to partner to develop a Terrestrial Trunked Radio Group Communication over LTE service using the existing LTE and Professional Mobile Radio communication networks of the MoI.

e2v inc will exclusively market and sell ApisSys BBSP products in the USA, enabling e2v to expand its product offering in the USA, providing flexible, off the shelf digital RF signal processing solutions that customers can configure to their specific requirements.