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Northrop Grumman Receives $142.7 Million Worth Order for LLDR

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a delivery order award from the U.S. Army valued at $142.7 million to provide over 500 Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinders under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.

24 Mar 2010

JDSU Continues to Expand its Optical Networking Product Portfolio

JDSU today announced that it is continuing to expand its family of reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer (ROADM) and tunable XFP optical products to increase the agility of optical networks. JDSU will introduce a series of these new products over the next six months to network equipment manufacturers (NEMs).

24 Mar 2010

Palomar to Deliver High Resolution Display Kits to DRS

Palomar Display Products Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a firm fixed price contract by DRS's Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Group's Florida Operations to deliver thermal sight display kits and spare electronics assemblies.

24 Mar 2010

Newly Developed Laser System for Digital Information Security

A British computer hacker equipped with a "Dummies" guide recently tapped into the Pentagon. As hackers get smarter, computers get more powerful and national security is put at risk. The same goes for your own personal and financial information transmitted by phone, on the Internet or through bank machines.

24 Mar 2010

ilumisys, Seesmart Sign Patent Licensing Agreement for LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has partnered with Seesmart LED, a commercial LED lighting leader based in Simi Valley, Calif., and that the cooperative agreement includes a license for ilumisys' patents on light-emitting diode (LED) fluorescent tube replacements.

24 Mar 2010

New Pocket-Sized Fiber Optic Tester Introduced by Specialized Products

The Fiber OneShot™ Tester, an innovative, pocket-sized fiber optic tester that simplifies the traditionally complex task of fiber testing at the telecom central office, node, hub, residence or business, has been added to the Specialized Products Company 2010 Source Book, a catalog featuring over 10,000 competitively priced installation, field service and repair solutions.

24 Mar 2010

Texas Instruments Launches Fingerprint Development Kit

Today, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is launching the TMS320C5515 Fingerprint Development Kit, a complete signal chain solution at only $79 USD for easy integration of fingerprint biometric features in reduced time to market.

24 Mar 2010

Marvell Launches New Optical Ethernet Transceivers for Datacenters, Carrier Networks

Marvell, a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today introduced the newest members of its Alaska® family of secure optical Ethernet transceivers for datacenters and carrier networks.

24 Mar 2010

New Optical IC Solutions for SFP+ Modules from Gennum

Gennum Corporation (TSX:GND) today announced two new fully integrated IC solutions for SFP+ modules. Gennum's solutions include the GN1411 DML driver with integrated limiting amplifier for 6Gb/s to 11.3Gb/s data rates and the GN1412 EML driver with integrated limiting amplifier for up to 11.3Gb/s data rates.

24 Mar 2010

Gennum Unveils Integrated CDRs for 8Gbps, 10Gbps Optical Modules

Gennum Corporation today announced the industry's most integrated CDRs (clock and data recovery) for telecom and datacom optical module applications.

24 Mar 2010

New Full HD WDR Sensor Developed by AltaSens and Apical

AltaSens, Inc., a premier supplier of HD CMOS image sensors, and Apical Limited, a leading provider of advanced hardware IP cores and software libraries for wide dynamic range (WDR) imaging, announce the development of the industry's first 1/3-inch 1080p60 HD WDR sensor technology with uncompromised low-light performance.

24 Mar 2010

Mindspeed Announces M02098 Laser Driver for ONT Vendors

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced the latest addition to its family of physical media devices (PMDs) that reduce component count, while streamlining the development and testing of ONTs that are used to deliver FTTx multi-play services via fiber-access networks using Gigabit Ethernet passive optical network (GEPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) technology.

24 Mar 2010

OFC/NFOEC 2010 Show to Highlight Fiber-Optic Components from Mindspeed

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced it is demonstrating its broad family of fiber-optic components at OFC/NFOEC 2010, today through March 25, in the company’s private suite, #2648 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif.

24 Mar 2010

Fairchild Introduces FAN5341 LED Driver for Portable Electronics

Fairchild Semiconductor, continues to meet customers’ needs for a compact, flexible solution that saves power while enabling more features in today’s battery-operated, portable electronics.

24 Mar 2010

Sumitomo and Anritsu to Showcase 40G Optical Devices at OFC/NFOEC 2010

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., a leading global provider of optical components and modules, and Anritsu Company, a global leader in optical test solutions, will be conducting a joint 40Gb/s technology demonstration in Anritsu’s booth – #3140 – during OFC/NFOEC 2010. The demonstration will showcase Anritsu’s MP1800 BERT Signal Quality Analyzer and External 56G-MUX/DeMUX, and Sumitomo Electric’s 40G EML Laser and 40G Receiver.

24 Mar 2010