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Narda-MITEQ Acquires Intelligent RF Solutions

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

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Narda-MITEQ Acquires Intelligent RF Solutions

Intelligent RF Solutions' products include tuners. Photo: iRF

Narda-MITEQ on Thursday said it has acquired Intelligent RF Solutions (iRF), the company’s first acquisition since becoming a portfolio business of the private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company (JFLCO) in early December. JFLCO acquired Narda-MITEQ from L3Harris Technologies [LHX], which has been divesting non-core businesses. Terms of Narda-MITEQ’s deal for iRF were not disclosed. Based in Maryland, iRF has about 50 employees and specializes in wideband, high-frequency products for signals intelligence (SIGINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT) and electronic warfare (EW).…

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