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Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, has expanded its support for deployed DOD, civilian and coalition partner radio systems with a rugged chassis family designed to speed and simplify the integration and deployment of heterogeneous radio types.

Richardson RFPD, Inc announced the availability and full design support capabilities for three GaN RF devices from Wolfspeed.

GA-ASI and the Air National Guard flight tested an MQ-9A RPA equipped with an LEO satcom command and control system, providing global coverage and connectivity that will enable pole-to-pole operations for GA-ASI’s family of RPA–including models.

HENSOLDT has agreed to cooperate with Fraunhofer FHR with the aim of transforming the technology demonstrator German Experimental Space Surveillance and Tracking Radar (GESTRA) into a series production ready, operationally deployable system called Custodian. 

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd announced that the company was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract for the expansion of satcom capabilities on trains in Asia-Pacific.

Following two years of development, rigorous testing and a thorough customer in-service evaluation, Satcom Direct's Plane Simple® antenna series officially enters commercial service. 

SWISSto12 announced the signing of its first contract with Thales, where Thales will develop and supply the Ka-Band SSPAs to SWISSto12’s HummingSat range GEO telecommunications satellites.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne team accomplished their primary objectives during its second hypersonic air-breathing weapon concept (HAWC) flight test doubling the amount of scramjet powered vehicle data.