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 For the fifth consecutive year, Raytheon has presented Mini-Circuits with the 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award at its annual supplier conference.  The award recognizes top supplier performance based on overall quality and on-time delivery throughout the year.  Mini-Circuits proudly accepts this honor as a significant achievement in our commitment to meeting customer needs with the highest standards of quality. 

 San-tron Inc., (www.santron.com), a leading manufacturer of RF and microwave coaxial connectors and cable assemblies, has announced the hiring of a new sales representative, Cornerstone Technical Sales (CTS) to handle customer relationships in Florida. 

 Avago Technologies Ltd. and PLX Technology Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Avago will acquire PLX, a leader in PCI Express silicon and software connectivity solutions, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $309 million, or $293 million net of cash and debt acquired.  

HUBER+SUHNER has continued to develop the SENCITY^® Road antenna family and now offers two models featuring MIMO technology.

e2v announced that qualification has been completed on several devices in the Maxim Life Extension Program, including CMOS analog switches and multiplexers.

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a commercial and technological partnership agreement with EBlink to expand its capabilities for 4G LTE ultra-broadband mobile access networks and small cells.

Selex ES has signed a contract worth approximately €12 million with the NATO support agency NSPA to modernise three RAT 31 DL three-dimensional air defence radar systems, which are currently in active service in Turkey.

 Drone Aviation Corp. (DAC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of specialized lighter-than-air aerostats and tethered drones, has announced that aerostat systems provided to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)/Army Forces Strategic Command have successfully completed operations in the U.S. Army's Network Integration Experiment ("NIE") 14.2 at Fort Bliss, Texas and White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The Army requested that the two Winch Aerostat Small Platforms (WASP) return to NIE 14.2 as a carryover System following their successful evaluation at NIE 14.1 as a system under evaluation. The Army's NIEs evaluate and integrate current and prospective systems thereby driving changing requirements, procurement, and field recommendations. 

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that the Agilent EEsof EDA W1462 SystemVue FPGA Architect now supports on-board FPGA design and simulation with the Agilent M9703A AXIe wideband digital receiver/digitizer.  

 Diamond Antenna, provider of high performance RF/Microwave rotary joints couplers, announced the release of its next generation Ka-band dual channel rotary joint in a low profile/compact package.