Mercury Systems announced the acquisitions of The Athena Group Inc. and Syntonic Microwave LLC, paying $46 million for both.

On April 16, 2019, Apple and Qualcomm settled their bitter legal battle just one day after opening arguments were exchanged in a US Federal court. On a momentous day, Intel also announced its intention to exit the smartphone cellular modem market. Read this analysis of the resulting market outlook for these companies and others affected by the settlement.

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) announced that the first satellite in its Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) constellation was launched April 17, 2019, from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.

Microwave Journal editors Pat Hindle and Gary Lerude review the Satellite & Radio Communications issue, 5G news and EDI CON China plus interview Anokiwave about their new products and 5G mmWave market.

EDI CON China 2019 returned to Beijing and the Chinese National Convention Center (CNCC) April 1-3 with an exhibition of 100 industry-leading companies as well as a technical conference that included 2 and a half days of technical presentations, workshops, panels and featured keynote talks.