arx industry wireless test and measurement hi rel semiconductors fate acquired by cobham plc founded 1937 1937 defunct may 2014 1 headquarters 35 south service road 2 plainview new york united states number of locations 21 3 area served worldwide key people leonard borow ceo harvey r. blau chairman and ceo 2002 2007 4 5 revenue 655 million fy 2010 3 profit 12.2 million fy 2010 3 total assets 1.36 billion fy 2010 3 total equity 150 million fy 2010 3 number of employees 2 850 2010 3 website aeroflex.com aeroflex inc. was an american company which produced test equipment rf and microwave integrated circuits components and systems used for wireless communications . its headquarters were located in plainview new york . 2 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 legal actions 4 products 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit aeroflex consists of aeroflex microelectronic solutions ams a fabless manufacturer of rad hard and high reliability semiconductor devices and aeroflex test solutions ats which produces electronic test equipment . competitors of aeroflex include keysight national instruments anritsu and rohde & schwarz . history edit in 2002 aeroflex acquired ifr systems inc a test equipment manufacturer from wichita kansas . 6 in 1998 ifr previously acquired marconi instruments a british test equipment manufacturer . 7 in 2007 aeroflex was taken private by a group of private equity firms including veritas capital golden gate capital gs direct . 8 in 2008 aeroflex acquires gaisler research a designer of rad hard ip for space applications including the open source leon processor . in 2009 aeroflex acquires vi technology a test automation company . 9 in 2010 aeroflex acquires willtek a test equipment manufacturer from san diego california . 10 11 willtek was split from another company which previously acquired wavetek . in 2010 aeroflex acquires radiation assured devices of colorado springs colorado and changes its name to aeroflex rad . 12 in 2010 aeroflex announced an initial public offering of 17.25 million shares . 13 in fy 2010 ams and ats contributed almost equally to net sales . the majority of sales particularly for ams are in the space avionics and defense markets . in may 2014 aeroflex was acquired by the uk aerospace company cobham for 1.46 billion . 14 legal actions edit in 2013 the us state department settled with aeroflex incorporated over alleged violations of the arms export control act aeca 22 u.s.c. 2778 and the international traffic in arms regulations itar 22 c.f.r. parts 120 130 . the settlement was reached relative to itar section 128.11 wherein aeroflex entered into a consent agreement with the state department . based on this settlement aeroflex paid a civil penalty of 4 million and the state department waived an additional 4 million penalty on the condition the department approves expenditures for self initiated pre consent agreement remedial compliance measures and consent agreement authorized remedial compliance costs . aeroflex voluntarity disclosed most of the itar violations resolved in this settlement acknowledged their serious nature cooperated with department reviews and since 2008 has implemented or has planned extensive remedial measures including the restructuring of its compliance organization the institution of a new testing protocol of its commodities and a revised company wide itar compliance program according to the state department . 15 according to a reuters special report while the state department s investigation was underway aeroflex exported more than 7 000 high tech rad chips to china between 2003 and 2008 after us officials had directed the company to stop the exports . 16 products edit ams group main article aeroflex motion control products hi rel msi integrated circuits rf and microwave discretes mixed signal and digital asics motion control ats group wireless communications test the tm500 lte test system was aeroflex s top selling product in fy 2010 3 avionics test signal generators spectrum signal analyzers ate group incircuit test systems aoi functional test platform see also edit companies portal aeroflex motion control products aeroflex colorado springs electronic test equipment harvey r. blau references edit news release cobham offer for aeroflex holding corp. aeroflex successfully completed . cobham plc. retrieved 20 august 2015 . a b aeroflex contacts a b c d e f g 2010 aeroflex form 10 k for period ending june 30 2010 . permanent dead link board members . griffon corp. retrieved 13 october 2015 . wallace richard . the metropolitan new york jobbank 19th ed . . adams media . p. 63 . aeroflex inc completes merger with ifr systems inc ; june 19 2002 . gec sells marconi instruments ; february 6 1998 . veritas capital partners lp acquires aeroflex inc through a leveraged buyout ; august 15 2007 . aeroflex expands baseband test capabilities with strategic acquisition of vi technology in 2009 1 retrieved on 2012 11 20 . aeroflex incd completes previously announced acquisition of willtek communications ; may 11 2010 . permanent dead link willtek history archived may 1 2010 at the wayback machine . aeroflex inc acquires radiation assured devices inc ; june 30 2010 . permanent dead link aeroflex press release ; november 5 2010 . permanent dead link cobham acquires wireless communications company for 1.46 billion . new york times . 20 may 2014 . retrieved 20 may 2014 . us state department press release state department concludes settlement of export violations by aeroflex incorporated aug 9 2013 http www.state.gov r pa prs ps 2013 08 213002 . htm reuters how china s weapon snatchers are penetrating u.s. defenses dec. 17 2013 http www.reuters.com investigates china military article part3 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to wavetek . official website cobham gaisler ab retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aeroflex & oldid 743674247 categories companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangeelectronic test equipment manufacturerscompanies based in nassau county new yorkplainview new yorkeconomy of wichita kansaseconomy of san diegodefunct companieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linksarticles with wayback machine linkscommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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