[Industry News] Company News Compiled by John Curley | ED Online ID #15101 | March 2007 CONTRACTS Herley Industries, Inc.—Announced that its Farmingdale, NY subsidiary has been awarded a $4.9 million contract for continued development and initial production of microwave phase shifters for an advanced phased-array radar. This seaborne application has been in development for almost two years. Herley also announced that its Israeli operation has been awarded a production order totaling $8.3 million to produce microwave sources and integrated microwave assemblies for an international customer. WPCS International, Inc.—Has recently been awarded a variety of new contracts totaling approximately $3.1 million. Some of the new contracts awarded to WPCS, through its subsidiaries, include projects to be completed for GlennColusa Irrigation District, Dunmoore Croftwood ADT, TMobile, Capital Region Council of Governments, Harrah's Casino Hotel, New Jersey Natural Gas, and the VCI Group. FRESHSTARTS
Iridium Satellite LLC—Announced plans to open a new telemetry, tracking, and command/control (TTAC) earth station in Norway. The TTAC opening is part of a continuous improvement plan to enhance Iridium's constellation reliability and global mobile satellite-communications service quality. Expected to open in the third quarter of 2007, the Iridium TTAC facility will be located in Svalbard, Norway under an agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT). KSAT, the owner and operator of the KSA Svalbard Satellite station (SvalSat), the world's largest ground station dedicated to supporting polar orbiting satellites, will provide operations and maintenance support for the site. Initially, it will include two Iridium dedicated tracking command transmission and data reception antennas. Iridium expects to add up to three additional antennas at a later date. Agilent Technologies, Inc.—Announced plans to expand the company's investment in its Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP) device modeling software. The company will establish a new research and development modeling center in Beijing, China, to better serve the industry's leading semiconductor foundries and to respond to advancements in complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) modeling in particular. Silicon Laboratories, Inc.—Announced a definitive agreement with NXP, formerly Philips Semiconductor. NXP will purchase the Aero transceiver, AeroONE™ single-chip phone and power-amplifier product lines, for $285 million in cash, with additional earn-out potential of up to an aggregate of $65 million over the next three years.
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