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 Narda Microwave is celebrating its 60^th year in business in 2014. 

 ViaSat Inc. has been awarded $54 million from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) for co-development and qualification of Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) capabilities for the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS).  

Cambridge Pixel has supplied its radar tracking technology to Blighter Surveillance Systems for use as part of a persistent surveillance capability along the Korean Demilitarised Zone.

Mercury Systems, Inc., announced that its Mercury Defense Systems (MDS) subsidiary has received a $2 million follow-on order against its five year sole source basic ordering agreement (BOA) to deliver advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to the U.S. Navy.  

 Lockheed Martin, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the University of Notre Dame, has demonstrated the airworthiness of a new beam control turret being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and AFRL to give 360-degree coverage for high-energy laser weapons operating on military aircraft. 

 Raytheon Co. has received a $109 million engineering services contract for its Patriot Air and Missile Defense System.  

 Isola Group S.à r.l., a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs), announced that its European subsidiary, Isola GmbH, complies with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) specification for a cleaner class of base materials.  

 Harris Corp. has received an $88 million order to provide a country in the Middle East with Falcon III ® wideband tactical radios and accessories as part of an overall modernization effort. 

 ViaSat Inc. has been awarded $54 million from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) for co-development and qualification of Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) capabilities for the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS).