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Terma’s SCANTER 4100 radar system has been selected and ordered by BAE Systems for integration on board the UK Royal Navy’s three new River class Offshore Patrol Vessels. The first radar system including stabilized platforms and antenna will be delivered in 2016.

NuWaves Engineering, an international radio frequency (RF) and microwave solutions provider, introduced the next generation of its NuPower™ small, lightweight and high-efficiency power amplifier (PA) family of products.

Mobile Experts released a 52-page market study, which provides detailed analysis of the adoption forecast for LTE-Advanced.

Integrated Microwave Corp. released a highpass filter in a unique miniature SMT housing.

RF Micro Devices, Inc. and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. announced they have completed their merger of equals to form Qorvo™ (Nasdaq: QRVO), a new leader in RF solutions. Qorvo began trading on the NASDAQ global stock market January 2, 2015.

Altair announced that Gastón Ezequiel Pérez, a final year electrical engineering student from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina, has won the 2014 FEKO Student Competition, an international contest organized in support of engineering education and academic excellence.

Cree, Inc., a leading global supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, has extended its family of 50 V discrete GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) die with the release of three new components.

According to a new market data forecasts from ABI Research, it will take more than 5 years for 5G to reach 100 million subscriber mark—2 years longer than 4G. 4G subscriber growth was much faster than with previous generations, fueled by the capabilities of increasingly powerful smartphones and the availability of 4G devices. 5G subscriber growth will likely be a bit more muted at first due to the increased complexity of 5G cells and networks, but will pick up in 2023.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that Frost & Sullivan has recognized Keysight with the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership in Instrumentation Software for excellence in capturing the highest market revenue within its industry.

TMD Technologies Ltd. (TMD), a manufacturing SME in the defence industry, has extended its range of microwave power modules (MPMs) with the introduction of the new PTXM series.