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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, its subsidiary, Comtech Systems Inc., received an order from a foreign prime contractor for approximately $7 million to design and install a number of fixed troposcatter terminals. The systems will be used by a foreign military end-customer for communications between off-shore islands.

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced it will demonstrate the latest design, simulation and test solutions for wireless communications and aerospace & defense at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS2016), Booth 1239, San Francisco, Calif., May 24-26.

e2v has won a contract with Airbus DS GmbH to design, develop and supply bespoke CMOS image sensors for advanced METimage radiometers for MetOp weather satellites.

Roke Manor Research will be trialing the world’s first UAV capable of landing autonomously on a moving ship using vision technology during the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise.

Morion Inc. will present the MicroApps talk “High-Stability Low-Noise Crystal Oscillators as a Reference Source for Microwave Systems” on Tuesday, May 24 at 11:15 a.m. at IEEE MTT-S IMS 2016.

ViaSat Inc., a global broadband services and technology company, announced the ViaSat Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System – Dismounted (BATS-D) handheld Link 16 radio – a new digital device that will enable U.S. forces the ability to engage enemy forces 20 times faster than using current radios in their inventory.

AEM, the industry’s high-reliability component solutions leader will be showcasing their high-reliability product lines at Space Tech Expo, May 24 – 26 in Pasadena, Calif., Booth 6008.

According to a new report by ASDReports, the global small satellite market has been estimated to be worth $2.2 billion in 2016 and is projected to be valued at $5.3 billion by 2021, registering a CAGR of 19.14 percent during the forecast period.

Mercury Systems Inc. announced the completion of its previously reported acquisition of the embedded security, RF and microwave, and custom microelectronics businesses from Microsemi Corp.