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

strong>Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) scored a successful launch of the first weather observation satellite in its Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) constellation, from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. A D-Band microwave radiometer is the core sensor on the satellite.

Custom MMIC was the sole semiconductor supplier to receive BAE Systems’ distinguished Gold Supplier award for 2018. BAE Systems' Partner 2 Win supplier program conducts a comprehensive annual review of all key suppliers, recognizing suppliers providing outstanding support.

Harris Corp. has received a $243 million contract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) to provide fully digital navigation signals for the first two GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites–to deliver stronger signals, with greater operational flexibility.

Pasternack, an Infinite Electronics brand, has released a new line of input-protected LNAs — with no damage up to +30 dBm CW input power. The LNAs are well-suited for radar, EW, military radios, wireless, satcom and test instrumentation.

Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are teaming to pursue the Spectrum Efficient National Surveillance Radar (SENSR) contract, intended to consolidate and modernize the surveillance and air traffic control (ATC) radar systems in the U.S.

ThinKom Solutions Inc. announced the successful completion of in-flight connectivity trials of its ThinAir® Ka2517 phased array antenna mounted on the Proteus high-altitude long-endurance aircraft.