Qorvo® was an integral part of the Mars Perseverance 2020 Mission that successfully landed an unmanned rover on Mars on February 18, 2021.

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo  has signed a 772M EUR contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide six satellites part of the Second Generation of Galileo constellation.

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded an approximately $300 million contract by a country in Asia to provide Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over a period of five years.

BAE Systems has received a $58 million contract from Boeing to start Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) for the U.S. Air Force.

Smiths Interconnect provides the Mars Perseverance Rover with high performance ruggedized cPCI 2 mm connectors addressing NASA’s need for a high reliability connector solution to meet the mechanical, electrical and environmental performance requirements. 

Smiths Interconnect has been involved in the F-35 Lightning II programme for over 20 years, supplying hundreds of different interconnect devices including high reliability technologies, from RF components and high speed/power/density/filtered connectors to integrated microwave assemblies.

Leonardo, through its subsidiary Vitrociset, has been awarded two tenders to upgrade the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) infrastructure, managed by the Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF).

Pentek, Inc. announced the newest member of its highly popular Jade® family of high performance XMC FPGA modules. The Jade Model 71891 XMC module is an L-Band RF tuner with two 400 MHz A/Ds based on the high density Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA.