Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems, announced that it has received new orders in excess of $2M for its high power, high linearity GaN based SSPA line, covering both C-Band and Ku-Band.
The Airbus Defence and Space built C-Band radar instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite is on its way to ‘meet’ its spacecraft at Thales Alenia Space (TAS), Italy.
Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to design and build a highly innovative high-performance telecommunications satellite.
RFMW Ltd. announces design and sales support for the TGA2611, 2 to 6 GHz LNA utilizing TriQuint’s GaN25 technology. GaN processes provide a highly robust input coupled with low noise figure and high gain, ideal characteristics for S- and C-Band radar receivers or broadband communication receivers. 
Astrium has completed the radar instrument for the Sentinel-1A environmental satellite and will deliver it to Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Rome for installation on the satellite. The heart of the mission is the C-band SAR instrument built by Astrium.
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of high performance RF, microwave, and millimeter wave products, announced a new high power amplifier that is ideally suited for C-Band radar and communication applications.