LGS Innovations appointed Jeff Beck as executive vice president and chief financial officer (EVP-CFO). Beck’s appointment follows the retirement of EVP-CFO John Fitzgerald.

Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures completed its sixth investment fund and second in North America in iS5 Communications (iS5Com). iS5Com recently launched the RAPTOR series platform that allows users to securely connect and manage their mission-critical networks.

The Laclede County (Missouri) Sheriff's Department integrated PowerPhone's Total Response solution into its 9-1-1 operations. PowerPhone provided additional training and support to help Laclede County better understand and use the system.

The antenna systems division (ASD) of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) received multiple contract awards from Cubic Mission Solutions, a business division of Cubic.

Full Spectrum, a supplier of private licensed broadband cellular data networks, announced a series of growth initiatives designed to provide additional sales and engineering support for its industrial internet customers and markets. The company’s growth plans include a hiring program to establish high-performance operations at all levels.

Viavi Solutions completed the acquisition of the AvComm and Wireless Test and Measurement businesses of Cobham, first announced last month.

The government of Canada, along with the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, announced the first public-private partnership aimed at increasing economic growth driven by 5G technology. The $400 million ($306.1 million) project will secure more than 4,000 jobs, including 1,800 specialized 5G jobs, during the next five years, leading to new innovations in wireless telecommunications, a statement said.

Airwave and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) approved Sepura’s SC21 portable radio for use on the U.K. Airwave network. This is the second terminal in Sepura’s SC2 series to receive network approval, joining the SC20.

Barrett Communications supplied high-frequency (HF) radio communications equipment for surveillance boats that operate in the remote and environmentally challenging Aysen región in the south of Chile.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and Sepura, part of Hytera Group, signed a contract for Sepura TETRA radios used on the German Agency for Digital Radio of Security Authorities and Organizations (BDBOS) TETRA network following a security review.