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Agilent Technologies Inc.  unveiled ADS 2012, the next major release of its Advanced Design System (ADS) flagship RF and microwave EDA platform.

RFMW Ltd. and EMC Technology/Florida RF Labs, a Smiths Interconnect business, announced a distribution agreement effective June 13, 2012 adding Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to franchised RFMW territories. EMC Technology/Florida RF Labs is an internationally recognized leader in the development and manufacture of high quality thin film microwave resistive products, high reliability RF and microwave coaxial cable assemblies and high performance couplers for military, space and commercial applications.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has selected Agilent’s Electromagnetic Professional (EMPro) software for use in development of ESD structures based on advanced CMOS process technology.

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has received a $297 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to deliver Falcon® tactical radio systems to the U.S. Navy.

Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, announces the launch of their new Chinese language website on emersonconnectivity.com.

Endicott Interconnect Technologies Inc. (EI) announced the promotion of Rajinder Rai to the position of chief technology officer (CTO) reporting to James J. McNamara Jr., president and CEO. In his new position, Raj will be responsible for monitoring new technologies, overseeing the selection of research projects, generating a technology road-map and ensuring its progress and assessing the potential of new product introduction.

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) is offering developers a comprehensive portfolio of cognitive radio solutions based on its TMS320C66x DSP generation. 

The French National RFID Centre (CNRFID), the national organization dedicated to RFID solutions deployment, and NRFLab, a company specialized in testing active and passive RF components, announced their collaboration and ability to offer neutral testingof ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and early comparisons of different EPC tag-compliant options.

Cornell Dubilier Electronics Inc. announced that it has acquired the Orange Drop® film capacitor product lines and all other radial product lines from capacitor maker SBE Inc. (dba SB Electronics) of Barre, VT.   

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its Signal Studio for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) software (N7609B) has been enhanced with real-time and basic mode capabilities designed to allow engineers to simulate Galileo signals for receiver testing and to address the needs of the manufacturing test market.