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Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a $32,140,168 modification (P00014), to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (W31P4Q-12-C-0100), for the extension of recertification and repair services in support of the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 Missile Support Center program. The cumulative total face value of this contract is $91,045,833. Fiscal 2013 Operation and Maintenance funds are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.

General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $22,237,386 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0045) to exercise an option for the procurement of six F414-GE-400 install engines for the EA-18 G aircraft. Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass. (59 percent); Hooksett, N.H. (18 percent); Rutland, Vt. (12 percent); and Madisonville, Ky. (11 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2015. Contract funds in the amount of $22,237,386 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Varactor
The MAVR-000120-1411 is designed for customers who need a versatile, low cost, ultra-small varactor solution for Police Radar, Point to Point, Electronic Warfare and Aerospace and Defense applications. The device is a package-less varactor with contacts that allows for standard solder reflow manufacturing processes. It is fabricated using a GaAs process which provides customers full passivation for increased performance and reliability.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions
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Anechoic Chamber
AWT Global’s new ATC series low PIM anechoic chambers are designed for measuring antennas from 700 MHz to 6000 MHz. Besides the high shielding coefficient of more than 90 dB, ATC series antenna test chambers generate lowest residual passive intermodulation (PIM). The combination of chamber geometry, specifically designed pyramidal electromagnetic absorbing material and innovative manufacturing techniques result in remarkable characteristics.

AWT Global
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VCO
Z-Communications, Inc. announced a new RoHS compliant VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) model CRO0419A-LF for P25 mobile radios and base station equipment. The CRO0419A-LF is designed to operate between at 390 and 440 MHz within a tuning voltage range of 0.5 to 5 Vdc. This VCO features phase noise of -117 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset and a typical tuning sensitivity of 17 MHz/V.

Z-Communications
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