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 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. 

 NI (formerly AWR Corporation) has added Korea (September 30) to its list of venues in Asia Pacific as well as finalized the agenda and opened registration for itsJapan venue.  

 Boeing and Turkish Airlines finalized an order for 15 additional 737 MAX 8s, valued at $1.6 billion at list prices. The order follows the announcement in May 2013when the Turkish flag carrier placed the largest Boeing order in the airline's history for 50 737 MAXs and 20 Next-Generation 737s. 

 Anritsu Co., a global leader in microwave and RF test solutions, announces a partnership with Elliptika to create Eductika, an original and innovative microwave teaching kit for students at colleges and universities. Anritsu's VNA Master™ series of handheld vector network analyzers is part of the complete turnkey solution that can be used by professors to teach the fundamentals of RF and microwave technologies. 

 KOA Speer Electronics introduces its new TLR, 3W current sensing metal plate chip resistor in a 2512 package.  The TLR3AP provides an ultra low resistance of 0.5mO ~10mO.