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In the 1970s, Linkabit managed [[SATNET]] for [[DARPA]].{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Vinton G. Cerf : An Oral History |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/oral-history/catalog/pj259nj7501 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Stanford Oral History Collections - Spotlight at Stanford |page=97 |language=en}}
In the 1970s, Linkabit managed [[SATNET]] for [[DARPA]].{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Vinton G. Cerf : An Oral History |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/oral-history/catalog/pj259nj7501 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Stanford Oral History Collections - Spotlight at Stanford |page=97 |language=en}}


The sale of Linkabit to [[M/A-COM]] was announced in November 1979, and was completed in August 1980 for a total price of $25 million.{{Cite journal |last=West |first=Joel | journal=Journal of San Diego History | volume=55 | issue=1-2 | pages=1-20 | date=2009 | title= Before Qualcomm: Linkabit and the Origins of the San Diego Telecom Industry}} The Linkabit operation continued under M/A-COM for the first part of the 1980s.{{cite web |url=http://libraries.ucsd.edu/sdta/companies/m-a-com.html |title=M/A-COM Linkabit |publisher=The San Diego Technology Archive at UC San Diego |accessdate=July 30, 2018}} In November 1980, Linkabit was still doing testing for SATNET.{{cite IETF |ien=160}} [[VideoCipher]], an analog scrambling system for television, was developed by the Linkabit works at M/A-COM in 1983. The first [[IETF]] meeting in January, 1986, was hosted by M/A-COM at its San Diego Linkabit facilities.[http://www.ietf.org/meeting/past.html], List of IETF Meetings.{{cite document |last=Gross |first=Philip |title=Proceedings of the 16-17 January 1986 DARPA Gateway Algorithms and Data Structure Task Force |date=January 1986 |publisher=[[MITRE Corporation]] |page=1 |quote=The fourth meeting of the DARPA Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures Task Force was held 16-17 January 1986 at M/A Com Government Systems in San Diego, California. }}
The sale of Linkabit to [[M/A-COM]] was announced in November 1979, and was completed in August 1980 for a total price of $25 million.{{Cite journal |last=West |first=Joel | journal=Journal of San Diego History | volume=55 | issue=1-2 | pages=1-20 | date=2009 | title= Before Qualcomm: Linkabit and the Origins of the San Diego Telecom Industry}} The Linkabit operation continued under M/A-COM for the first part of the 1980s.{{cite web |url=http://libraries.ucsd.edu/sdta/companies/m-a-com.html |title=M/A-COM Linkabit |publisher=The San Diego Technology Archive at UC San Diego |accessdate=July 30, 2018}} In November 1980, Linkabit was still doing testing for SATNET.{{cite IETF |ien=160}} [[VideoCipher]], an analog scrambling system for television, was developed by the Linkabit division of M/A-COM in 1983. The first [[IETF]] meeting in January, 1986, was hosted by M/A-COM at its San Diego Linkabit facilities.[http://www.ietf.org/meeting/past.html], List of IETF Meetings.{{cite document |last=Gross |first=Philip |title=Proceedings of the 16-17 January 1986 DARPA Gateway Algorithms and Data Structure Task Force |date=January 1986 |publisher=[[MITRE Corporation]] |page=1 |quote=The fourth meeting of the DARPA Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures Task Force was held 16-17 January 1986 at M/A Com Government Systems in San Diego, California. }}


However, Jacobs and Viterbi, who had stayed with M/A-COM following the sale, left in April 1985 and three months later cofounded [[Qualcomm]]. M/A-COM then sold off Linkabit piecemeal: the VideoCipher division to [[General Instruments]] in 1986, telecommunications businesses to the new [[Hughes Network Systems]] in 1987, and the remaining government contracting business to [[Titan Corporation]] in 1990.
However, Jacobs and Viterbi, who had stayed with M/A-COM following the sale, left in April 1985. M/A-COM then sold off Linkabit piecemeal: the VideoCipher division to [[General Instruments]] in 1986, telecommunications businesses to the new [[Hughes Network Systems]] in 1987, and the remaining government contracting business to [[Titan Corporation]] in 1990.

More than 75 direct or indirect Linkabit spinoff companies have been identified — a rate twice that of [[Fairchild Semiconductor]], the legendary progenitor of Silicon Valley.[https://libraries.ucsd.edu/sdta/_files/bios/docs/dennis-martha-linkabit-tree.pdf], San Diego Union Tribune - Linkabit genealogy.
More than 75 direct or indirect Linkabit spinoff companies have been identified — a rate twice that of [[Fairchild Semiconductor]], the legendary progenitor of Silicon Valley.[https://libraries.ucsd.edu/sdta/_files/bios/docs/dennis-martha-linkabit-tree.pdf], San Diego Union Tribune - Linkabit genealogy.


The best known Linkabit spinoff is [[Qualcomm]], which was founded by Jacobs, Viterbi and five other Linkabit alumni in July 1985.
The best known Linkabit spinoff is [[Qualcomm]], which was founded by Jacobs, Viterbi and five other Linkabit alumni in July 1985.

All three Linkabit founders have received National Medals for lifetime achievements.[https://sdtelecom.blogspot.com/2008/09/all-linkabit-founders-get-their.html], San Diego Telecom - National Medals for Linkabit founders.
All three Linkabit founders have received National Medals for lifetime achievements.[https://sdtelecom.blogspot.com/2008/09/all-linkabit-founders-get-their.html], San Diego Telecom - National Medals for Linkabit founders.
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