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The U.S. Army is fielding upgrades for its at-the-halt tactical communications network, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1, or WIN-T Inc 1, which will increase readiness, security and capability while reducing equipment by a third for a more powerful and expeditionary current and future force.

Southwest Microwave Inc., a leading global supplier of high performance interconnect solutions, has added several new high-performance products to their line of precision adapters.

Harris Corp. has received $66 million in orders to provide a Middle East nation with Falcon III ^® wideband tactical radios and accessories as part of an overall communications modernization effort.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced that it would expand its lineup of gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors (GaN-HEMTs) for use in base transceiver stations (BTS) operating in the 3.5 GHz Band of fourth generation (4G) mobile communication systems. The four new GaN-HEMTs offer output power and efficiency levels that are among the highest currently available according to company research as of December 22. Samples will be released starting February 1.

Ericsson and Apple have agreed on a global patent license agreement between the two companies. The agreement includes a cross license that covers patents relating to both companies' standard-essential patents (including the GSM, UMTS and LTE cellular standards), and grants certain other patent rights. In addition, the agreement includes releases that resolve all pending patent-infringement litigation between the companies.

COMTECH PST introduces another new Gallium Nitride (GaN) amplifier for X-Band applications. This class AB linear design operates over the full 9.0-10 GHz frequency range and is ideal for use in Phase Array Radar applications, as a TWT replacement or for a microwavecommunication link. 

Anatech Electronics introduced the AD1747-1842D335 cavity duplexer designed for use in wireless communications systems (Band IV).

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) with respect to the previously announced tender offer by its direct wholly owned subsidiary, Typhoon Acquisition Corp., for all outstanding shares of common stock of TeleCommunication Systems Inc. at a price of $5.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less required withholding taxes and subsequent merger of Typhoon Acquisition Corp. with TCS terminated on December 18, 2015.

Skyworks introduces two new global navigation low noise amplifiers. The SKY65605-21 and SKY65611-21 are both designed for BeiDou/GPS/GLONASS/Galileo receiver applications and are optimized to operate from 1559 to 1606 MHz.  

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced the addition of GSM, GPRS, EGPRS and TD-SCDMA, HSPA test capabilities to the E7515A UXM wireless test set. With these enhancements, UE developers can validate their multi-format LTE devices within a single UXM test set.