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Qorvo^®, a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, announced that its infrastructure solutions have supported more than twenty 5G field trials with global infrastructure providers. This is a key milestone in Qorvo's strategy to support the evolving 5G ecosystem and help accelerate the deployment of 5G.

EDI CON USA 2016 announces it sold-out its show floor, with a total of 138 exhibiting companies from the RF, microwave, and high-speed digital industries. As a result, the show management has issued a second floor expansion. There is also limited availability for a demo pod in the Signal Integrity Zone.

Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd now offers its Pisces waterproof connector range manufactured in nickel aluminum bronze, which does not require plating for environmental protection.

CST and SMARTTECH partner to develop the Brazilian market for EM simulation in the field of microwave applications, EMC, electronics, sensors as well as specialized topics such as particle dynamics.

The Swiss air navigation services provider, Skyguide, has awarded Indra a contract to deploy primary S-Band surveillance radars at the Geneva and Zurich international airports.

STEALTH’s flexible and durable plastic -- and with reinforced seams, the radome leaves are fastened together with a revolutionary, easy-to-use strapping method, reducing the need for precise alignment during installation.

Developers of wireless products that need to push to the higher communication bands now have access to an affordable VNA for operation up to 6 GHz. The new MegiQ VNA-0460 VNA measures impedances and other S-parameters from 400 MHz up to 6 GHz.

The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon $34.8 million to demonstrate upgraded electronic warfare capabilities for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer (MALD-J) missile. Development of the new version of the MALD-J, called MALD-X, will be completed in 24 months, culminating in two flight demonstrations.

The FCC allocated approximately 11 GHz of spectrum above 24 GHz for wireless broadband operations — 7 GHz unlicensed and 3.85 GHz licensed. The FCC hopes to spur 5G development in the high frequency bands.

Infineon Technologies AG and Cree Inc. announced that Infineon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power and RF division of Cree. The deal also includes the related SiC wafer substrate business for power and RF power. The purchase price for the all-cash transaction is $850 million (approximately €740 million).