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Mercury Systems Inc. announced that it has acquired Lewis Innovative Technologies Inc. (LIT).

Ethertronics, the leader in ultra-high performance smart antenna system solutions, announced today a complete Wi-Fi Active Steering™ antenna system solution that improves network performance by up to 3 dB for a wide-range of Wi-Fi devices including access points, set-top boxes, smart gateways and the Internet of Things.

The United States and allied military forces will upgrade their missile defense capabilities under a new $1.1 billion contract for production and delivery of Lockheed Martin-built Patriot Advanced Capability-3 ( PAC-3 ) missiles and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement ( PAC-3 MSE ) missiles.

COMSOL, the leading provider of multiphysics modeling, simulation, and application design software, today announced the expansion of its office in Shanghai, China. A larger facility enables continued expansion and recruitment of technical and sales staff to keep pace with the growing COMSOL® software user base in China and increasing demand for COMSOL Multiphysics® and COMSOL Server™ products.

EDI CON USA 2016, taking place September 20-22 in Boston, Mass. at the Hynes Convention Center, is pleased to announce their Call for Papers. Authors are invited to submit technical oral session abstracts/proposals describing work in RF/microwave, EMC/EMI and high-speed digital electronic component or system-level design, modeling or testing. The EDI CON Technical Advisory Committee will review all submissions based on quality, relevance, impact and originality.

ANADIGICS Inc. announced that, on December 15, 2015, its board of directors, after consultation with its financial and legal advisors, has unanimously determined that an offer from a third party to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ANADIGICS common stock for $0.48 per share in cash pursuant to an all-cash tender offer and second-step merger constitutes a "Superior Offer" within the meaning of the previously announced agreement and plan of merger with affiliates of GaAs Labs LLC (the “Merger Agreement”).  

Keysight introduced measurement application software designed to help engineers quickly and accurately measure and quantify PAM-4 (pulse amplitude modulation with four amplitude levels) signals. The software is used with the Keysight S-Series, 90000A, V-Series, 90000 X- and Z-Series real-time oscilloscope platforms and the 86100D DCA-X Infiniium sampling oscilloscope.

MACOM acquired Cobham Aeroflex's diode and transistor business for $38 million in cash, combining the #1 and #2 suppliers of RF/microwave diodes.

Tektronix Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, introduced a more convenient and flexible way for engineers to control signal sources and generate waveforms. The new PC-based SourceXpress platform allows users to easily setup, synchronize, and remotely control multiple arbitrary waveform generators and introduces a versatile plug-in architecture for waveform creation modules that will span a wide variety of applications from high speed serial and coherent optical to RF and wireless.

The Navy’s Avionics Component Improvement Program (AvCIP) is prepared to accept proposals, from NAVAIR program offices, to award more than $10 million in funding toward fiscal 2017 projects, officials announced in December.