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Harris Corp. has been awarded a $400 million increase to the ceiling value of a single-award IDIQ contract to supply EW systems for international F-16 fighters–helping to protect allied aircraft against evolving radar and electronic threats.

Raytheon Co. announced the opening of a $72 million, 30,000 square foot facility on its Andover, Massachusetts campus, which is now home to some of the industry's leading innovations in manufacturing.

SDRs are now a production reality for multiple applications across a range of markets. Availability of integrated transceivers, wideband RF data converters, and flexible RF MMICs give RF and system engineers a range of tradeoffs to implement configurable, digitally controlled radio hardware.

Saab has received an order from the U.S. Navy to supply the Sea Giraffe AMB multi-mode radar (MMR) for the Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) class ship USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams, ESB 4. The MMR is a 3D, electronically scanned phased array radar, providing high radiated power, selectable waveforms and modern signal processing to consistently achieve high performance across various marine environments.

The Strategy Analytics Strategic Component Applications (SCA) group report, “RF GaN Market Update: 2017-2022,” forecasts that RF GaN revenue will push past $1 billion by the end of the forecast timeframe.

Pentek Inc. announced the Talon RTX 25xx series, a new high-performance small form factor (SFF) recorder product line for extreme operating environments.

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NGC) has delivered the first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), incorporating advanced high-power and high efficiency GaN antenna technology to further improve the system’s operational capabilities.