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Micro-Ant Inc. is relocating its operations to a larger facility in Easton, MA. The additional space is required to accommodate the company’s growing staff and manufacturing department, and will include a 40-foot, fully-instrumented anechoic test chamber for antenna measurements. Micro-Ant is an established leader in the design and manufacture...

electronica 2006 upheld its reputation as the world's leading trade show for electronics when the fourteen halls of the New Munich Trade Fair Centre attracted a large international audience eager to discover the latest trends and developments. The biannual event took place between 14 and 17 November and occupied...

The RF to Light 100 rose 2.4% last week, YTD +15% at 2466. Nasdaq up 2.3% at 2446. Freescale shareholders approved $ 17.6b sale to private equity firms led by Blackstone Group at $ 40/share. Antitrust OK'd Level 3 Communications acquiring Broadwing Corp. Motorola's mobile devices business is very...

ITT Corp. announced it will provide comprehensive spectrum engineering support to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Joint Spectrum Center (JSC) on the Electromagnetic Spectrum Engineering Services Contract. Under the contract, ITT will provide engineering systems support, technical analysis, test support and long-term strategic planning as JSC meets national...

Technical Communities Inc. , a service provider for technical organizations that sell to US government agencies and prime federal contractors, has completed a Series D Convertible Preferred financing. While specific terms were not disclosed, the privately held company announced the financing included participation by all previous leading venture investors...

StratEdge , a leader in the design and production of semiconductor packages for microwave, millimeter-wave and high speed digital devices, announced that one of its SE20 power amplifier packages is playing a key role in transmitting signals with information gathered from Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity back to...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received orders totaling $24.3 M in support of ongoing Movement Tracking System Program activities. The orders were received on the company's Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract with the US Army. Total orders received to date against the...

QUALCOMM Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced an expansion in their relationship. In addition to collaborating on CDMA2000®, the two companies will now be working together to bring UMTS handsets to global markets. Motorola Mobile Devices has approved QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem™ (MSM™) chipsets for incorporation into future UMTS handset...

Comarco Wireless Test Solutions , a supplier of wireless test systems for field applications, and Ascom , a specialist in wireless onsite communication solutions, announced that the two companies have formed a cooperative alliance to develop and market 3G and 4G wireless network Quality of Service, optimization and test...

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division has awarded a five-year contract valued in excess of $6.3 M to Triton Electron Technology Division , Easton, PA, for the repair, remanufacture or replacement of traveling wave tubes in support of the AN/ALQ-126B ECM system....