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ADC Telecommunications, Eden Prairie, announced its OmniReach Hub-in-a-Pedestal fiber distribution hub, OmniReach Passive Optical Splitter Modules, Fiber Cable Assemblies and Value-added Module VAM system have been accepted by the USDA Rural Development Telecommunications program, allowing ADC's products to be used in the expansion of broadband services to underserved and rural communities.

AGA Medical Holdings Inc., Plymouth, has received regulatory approvals and licenses in China for its Amplatzer PFO Occluder and Amplatzer Multi-Fenestrated Septal Occluder "Cribriform." The company has also received regulatory approval for its Amplatzer Vascular Plug II in China, and its license is pending. The company plans to make the products available through its distributor, Abbott Vascular, a division of Abbott Laboratories Inc.

Alliant Techsystems, of Eden Prairie, and BAE Systems have been awarded a $32.2 million contract to develop the Joint Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS). JATAS is a next-generation missile warning system for U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tilt-wing aircraft.

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