AVX Corp., a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, has expanded its range of high reliability C0G (NP0) dielectric multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). Available in case sizes spanning 01005 to 2225, voltages up to 500 V, and capacitance tolerances as low as ±0.1 pF, AVX’s C0G (NP0) MLCCs provide one of the most stable capacitor dielectrics available in today’s market, making them ideal for resonant circuit applications requiring superior stability or a precise temperature coefficient, such as: matching circuits, handheld devices, and GPS, among others.
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CTT Inc. announces a new family of compact, GaN-based solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) operating in the 7 to 11 GHz frequency range for a wide variety of commercial, industrial and military microwave applications. CTT’s latest compact SSPA designs offer as much as 100 watts of output power in a compact package. 
Skyworks Solutions Inc. introduced a 0.7 to 1.2 GHz, single-die cascode, GaAs, PHEMT LNA for cellular infrastructure applications such as tower-mounted amplifiers, remote radio units, repeaters and base stations. The LNA offers very low noise figure and high linearity along with excellent return loss and gain flatness.
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a three-year, $171 million contract to continue providing engineering and integration support to its Fleet Ballistic Missile Program. The work will focus on the Navy’s Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
Exelis has received a contract valued at more than 
Delcross Technologies announced the first commercial release of Signa, a software toolkit for advanced radar signature analysis. Signa delivers efficient EM simulation of complex radar cross sections (RCS) for targets that are tens to thousands of wavelengths in size.