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Anaren Inc. announced that its subsidiary Unicircuit will receive orders over $40 million from Lockheed Martin for microwave assemblies in support of the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) system. LRDR will support a layered ballistic missile defense strategy to protect the U.S. homeland from ballistic missile attacks.

Citing an enormous potential to reduce crashes on U.S. roadways, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a proposed rule that would advance the deployment of connected vehicle technologies throughout the U.S. The Notice would enable V2V communication technology on all new light-duty vehicles, enabling a multitude of new crash-avoidance applications that, once fully deployed, could prevent hundreds of thousands of crashes every year.

Millitech, a microwave brand of Smiths Interconnect, announced the release of a series of bolt-on V- and E-Band test modules that enhance the frequency range of a user’s vector network analyzer to V-Band (69 GHz) or E-Band (90 GHz). These budget conscious modules can save thousands in custom millimeter wave test set design and development costs, as this minimalized frequency extension via the standard SMA test connection.

Peraso Technologies Inc., a leader in Wireless Gigabit (WiGig®) chipsets, today announced the availability of its W120 WiGig phased array chipset for consumer electronics. The W120 builds on the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WiGig™ W110 Chipset, with support for high-bandwidth applications such as wireless routers, VR devices and wireless displays.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has developed a new methodology to improve testing for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of its DIATONE automotive navigation/audio systems using NI AWR Design Environment, specifically Microwave Office circuit design software and AXIEM 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulation.

CRFS, a leader in real-time RF spectrum monitoring solutions, unveils its next generation 8 GHz RFeye® Desktop. The RFeye Desktop is the first commercially available, high performance spectrum analyzer which is truly portable – it fits in the palm of your hand!

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has granted “early termination” of the antitrust review of MACOM’s proposed acquisition of Applied Micro Circuits, indicating that the deal is not viewed as adversely harming competition. The companies plan to close the deal by April of 2017.

Anritsu Co. released a new version of its award-winning SkyBridge Tools™ Test Manager that supports OTDR measurements to establish the industry’s first comprehensive field test automation tool that supports both RF and optical testing. By reducing test time by as much as 90% and increasing accuracy more than 10 times, SkyBridge Tools dramatically simplifies network installation verification, allowing contractors to close out projects more efficiently, receive prompt payment, and start new projects faster.

Anokiwave Inc., an innovative company providing highly integrated IC solutions for mmW markets and Active Antenna based solutions, announced that they have signed a representative agreement with JS Commtech in South Korea. The agreement aligns with Anokiwave’s goal to support new customers and opportunities for our highly-integrated Active Antenna Core IC solutions in South Korea.

While mobile network operators and vendors meet current market demands with LTE-A and LTE-A Pro, pre-standard 5G millimeter wave deployments are imminent. ABI Research forecasts that 5G in the cm and mm wave bands will reach nearly $200 billion in cumulative service revenues by 2026 while LTE, LTE-A, and LTE-A Pro exceed five billion subscriptions.