M/A-COM

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M/A-COM is a developer and producer of radio, microwave, and millimeter wave semiconductor devices and components. It is a subsidiary of Tyco International. Their corporate headquarters is in Lowell, Massachusetts.

[edit] History

M/A-COM began in the 1950s as "Microwave Associates", a small supplier of magnetrons to the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The name was changed to M/A-COM in 1978 to reflect the company's growing involvement in the telecommunication industry. In May 1981, M/A-Com acquired Ohio Scientific. In the 1990s, M/A-COM was acquired by Amp Inc., which was in turn acquired by Tyco Electronics.

M/A-COM acquired the EDACS radio systems team and products and merged them with its own OpenSky resources. The combined company subsequently developed a P25 radio offering, and has grown its critical communications systems business to be a large player in the modern wireless two-way communications market.

May 13th, 2008, Tyco announced that it would sell M/A-COM to Cobham plc for $425 million. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.^[1]