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Mercury Systems Inc. announced it received a $2.4 million follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for high-performance GPS Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Modules (SAASM) for a precision guided munitions application.

Microwave Journal editors, Pat Hindle and Gary Lerude, discuss the June issue products, industry news and events with a special guest interview with Bryan Goldstein, GM of Aerospace & Defense at ADI.

Thales has launched its compact 3D tactical Ground Master 60 radar, intended for use with short and extremely short-range weapon systems.

As a result of numerous orders corresponding with the growth of terahertz frequency range measurements in the wafer test market, MPI Corp. has received industry wide acceptance of the TS150-THZ probe station as the standard for these complicated high frequency measurements. The TS150-THZ addresses the challenging test requirements of multiple emerging markets and applications, such as automotive radar, non-invasive imaging, defense, security and surveillance as well as short-range radar and high-speed 5G communication.

Carlisle Companies Inc. announced the acquisition of Micro-Coax Inc., a leading global supplier of high-performance, high frequency coaxial wire and cable, and cable assemblies for mission-critical RF/microwave applications for defense, satellite, test and measurement and other industrial customers.

Strategy Analytics forecasts the global Smart Weapons (SW) market will grow to more than $41.8 billion in 2025, representing a CAGR of 3.5%. The renewed emphasis by the US and allies on advancing SW capabilities to counter evolving threats such as A2/AD (anti-access Area Denial) envelopes, combined with on-going demand from asymmetric wars and continued force modernizations in emerging countries is driving SW spending. The associated market for SW subsystems will grow from $9.3 billion in 2015 to $13.4 billion.

ASELSAN, a Turkish company with 40 years experience in defense electronics, is designing and developing 94 GHz, phased array and scalable SiGe integrated circuits that will be used as transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) modules in civil radar systems.

e2v’s new Analog-to-Digital converter offers system simplification and cost reduction for space applications.

Widespread deployment of LTE base stations in China drove an increase in RF GaN revenue of nearly 50 percent in 2015, reaching 60 percent of the total market, according to Strategy Analytics..