A draft version of the Senate Appropriation Committee’s fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill includes language expressing concern about interference, specifically to electrical transmission activities, from unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band.

Rayle EMC, a member-owned electric cooperative responsible for providing electrical power to the rural areas of ten northeastern Georgia counties, selected PowerTrunk to extend the Diverse Power TETRA Network in order to bring coverage and mission-critical communications into its area of operations.

Septentrio opened a new research and development (R&D) center in Espoo, Finland, to support the strong growth and ambitious expansion plans for its global navigation satellite system (GNSS)/inertial navigation system (INS) solutions for professional and industrial applications.

Airbus signed seven new contracts to provide secure communications technology and infrastructures to metro lines in four different cities in China.

Barrett Communications delivered High Frequency (HF) radio communications equipment for the first phase of an inter-island project under the Vanuatu-Australia Defence Cooperation Program. The equipment will be used to upgrade an existing Barrett HF system that is almost 20 years old.

A project to procure innovative technologies related to global navigation satellite system (GNSS) solutions for public protection and disaster recovery (PPDR) operations kicked off 1 December.

Iridium Communications, infiniDome, Jackson Labs Technologies, NAVSYS Corporation, NextNav, OPNT, Orolia, Qulsar, Satelles and Seven Solutions joined forces to create the Open PNT Industry Alliance.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation approved the nomination of Nathan Simington to the FCC seat previously held by Michael O’Rielly. With the approval, Simington’s nomination now moves to the full Senate for approval.

US Ignite finalized plans and will shortly begin construction on a dedicated 4G/5G network using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band for internet of things (IoT) research at Fort Carson, Colorado, a U.S. Army installation.

The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) approved an updated Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) operational and functional requirements document — WINNF-TS-1001 Version 1.2 — that, along with five other specifications, provide self-testing conformance information for multiple CBRS enhanced (Release 2) features.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced more than $12 million in grant awards to the four Southwest border states in support of ongoing local law-enforcement efforts at the border. The funding, as part of Operation Stonegarden, assists local authorities with operational costs and equipment purchases that