Top Stories: December 2025

Here are some of the latest stories, videos, and podcasts from the month of December.
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Here's a selection of this month's articles on Microwaves & RF. Keep checking back as more content is added during the month. Take a look at the latest newsletters. You can also visit archived versions of Top Stories. 

 

Featured Content

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An industry-first Matter NFC chip from STMicroelectronics facilitates smart-home device integration.
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As the world migrates toward the next generation of wireless systems, 6G and its enabling technologies are changing the mobile ecosystem, and our wireless infrastructure must ...
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Non-terrestrial networks, combined with early 6G research, demand test equipment capable of handling extreme parameters and complex multichannel scenarios, requiring significant...
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Thanks to their agility and resilience, software-defined radios can provide a capable first line of defense against threats to the increasingly crowded electromagnetic spectrum...
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In the 6G era, non-terrestrial networks promise not only coverage, but resilience and inclusivity.
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6G will push antenna technology to new limits, demanding intelligent, adaptive, and multi-band systems capable of supporting emerging terrestrial and non-terrestrial network architectur...
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The use of high-frequency RF in our modern digital world is essential today, and it will become even more central in the future.
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Because non-terrestrial networks must perform reliably to support high-speed internet, they require a dedicated test environment to ensure their operation.

 

Multimedia

Here are our latest videos for the month. 

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PCIe Gen 8 doubles the bandwidth to 256 GT/s. PCI-SIG’s President and Chair discusses that aspect and other next-generation features.
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TSN delivers the precision timing and synchronization needed in many industrial applications, especially those leveraging AI-capable FPGAs.
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Nanusens builds nanoscale sensor structures inside the CMOS layers utilizing standard CMOS processes within the same production flow used to make the control electronics on the...
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Find out how time-sensitive networking enables development of more effective industrial-control systems.

 

More of This Month's Articles

The Featured Articles above are just some of the content that's new this month on Microwaves & RF. Here are some others you may have missed: 

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How is the ongoing buildout of 5G infrastructure, and the laying of groundwork for 6G, impacting the test and measurement industry? Learn about the test challenges posed by coming...
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Anritsu's New Radio RF Conformance Test System has achieved PCS Type Certification Review Board certification.
Anritsu's ME7873NR NR RF conformance test system recently attained PCS Type Certification Review Board certification.
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User-configurable AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC I/O modules from Acromag deliver high-performance computation capability.
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Download this eBook on how 6G and its enabling technologies are changing the mobile ecosystem, and our wireless infrastructure must keep pace.
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December 19, 2025 - Hackensack, NJ - Master Bond Supreme 10HTLV is a one part, non-frozen, heat cured epoxy formulated for demanding structural bonding applications. This...
BAE Systems
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The new open-architecture IFF system will provide KF-21 pilots with advanced anti-jamming and cybersecurity features, ensuring superior situational awareness in contested airspace...
L3Harris Technologies
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L3Harris Technologies has supplied the Meadowlands electronic warfare system to the U.S. Space Force's Combat Forces Command, enhancing space-based communication security with...
EROSS SC
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The EROSS SC project unites leading European aerospace organizations to develop on-orbit servicing technologies, enhancing satellite longevity and space resilience through international...
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoW), led by Secretary Pete Hegseth, is rapidly scaling up drone production to meet a target of over 300,000 affordable, lethal UAVs, driven by...
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The Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University (JCU) provides military drone users with training to optimize their operation during a wide range of missions.
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STMicroelectronics’ latest precision op amp offers accuracy, speed, and stability, and can maintain precision parameters across the full operating temperature range of –40 to ...
Paragon ID and Dracula Technologies
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Paragon ID and Dracula Technologies created ambient-light-powered Bluetooth tags for sustainable traceability.
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On-orbit AI can detect temperature anomalies such as wildfires, volcanic activity, or industrial accidents with the Spacechips AI1 processer. This helps emergency management teams make faster, better-informed decisions about which fire prone areas are the most vulnerable.
Radiation-tolerant, high-current-density DC-DC converter modules supply power to the AI1 transponder for innovative computing applications.
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Supporting frequencies up to 150 GHz, the R&S NRP150T thermal power sensor has the widest non-banded frequency range of any commercially available RF power sensor.
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