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Telecom satellites are set to enter a new age, as the European Space Agency (ESA), Eutelsat and Airbus Defence & Space collaborate in the Quantum programme, which departs from the traditional, custom, one-off approach to building satellites by offering a new and generic payload design.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its automotive business to Autoliv ASP Inc. (Autoliv). The automotive business represented approximately 18 percent of MACOM’s consolidated revenue in its second fiscal quarter ended April 3, 2015.

Rice University engineers have demonstrated the first system that allows wireless data transmissions over UHF channels during active TV broadcasts. If the technology were incorporated into next-generation TVs or smart remotes, it could significantly expand the reach of so-called "super Wi-Fi" networks in urban areas. 

NI (formerly AWR Corp.) released its version 12 Analyst-MP™ 3D multiphysics finite element method (FEM) electromagnetic (EM) analysis software. This latest version delivers up to 10X improvement in speed from the previous version, making it even faster for analyzing extremely complex high-frequency, multiphysics structures.

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for satellite broadband communications solutions, announced today the release of the Second Generation GaN Technology based 200W/250W Ku-Band BUC. 

Anaren Inc., a world leader in high-frequency technology deployed in space, defense, wireless infrastructure and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, announced that it has named Diane E. Moore as the company’s new vice president of human resources, effective June 29, 2015.

Crystek's CVCO55CC-3400-3400 VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) operates at 3400 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.3 V~4.9 V. This VCO features a max. phase noise of -112 dBc/Hz @ 10 KHz offset and has excellent linearity. 

 Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced the availability and full design support capabilities for the portfolio of high-performance analog products from M/A-COM Technology Solutions. 

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced a new version of its U1092A AcqirisMAQS Multichannel Acquisition Software. This application, providing unique features for massively multichannel acquisition systems, evolved together with all Keysight’s latest technologies, including the newly introduced M9709A AXIe 8-bit high-speed digitizer.