Sierra Wireless reported results for its first quarter ended March 31. Revenue for the first quarter of 2020 was $157.6 million compared with $173.8 million in the first quarter of 2019, a decrease of 9.3%.

Axon released a quarterly update letter to shareholders. Axon announced its quarter one financial results, with revenue up 27% year over year. The company saw international revenue growth of 38%, driven by strong sales in the U.K., Australia and Canada and sales to new, untapped international markets in Asia and Latin America.

Motorola Solutions was awarded a tender for supplying the Israeli government with a new broadband push-to-talk (PTT) communications solution. The company will supply up to 10,000 devices powered with WAVE, Motorola Solutions’ broadband PTT service, allowing government field personnel to communicate across security, logistics and other operational teams.

The Barrett 4050 HF SDR is the first of the Barrett 4000 series products to be manufactured in the United States. The initial order for a U.S. state government department follows ongoing relationships that both Barrett Communications USA and Royal Communications, the U.S. authorized Barrett representative, have with many U.S. state and federal government departments.

PCTEL announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31. The company had revenue of $17.5 million in the quarter, 15% lower compared with the first quarter 2019. Revenue was higher by 10% for the test and measurement product line but lower by 24% in the higher volume antenna product line compared with the first quarter 2019.

Airgain introduced a high-power user equipment (HPUE) antenna-modem platform for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network using a module from Assure Wireless, which is the technology partner for AT&T’s FirstNet HPUE service.

The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) awarded funding to contestants in the Tech to Protect Challenge, which launched in April 2019 and invited innovators and members of the public-safety community from across the country to team up and create prototype software solutions for emergency responders.

Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown said he sees no indication that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a shift from LMR to LTE.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that eight companies that will assist the federal government in establishing requirements for future suppliers of remote identification. Remote ID will enable unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly called drones, to provide identification and location information while operating in the nation’s airspace.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is now accepting applications from eligible grantees for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) supplemental funds (EDA CARES Act Recovery Assistance) intended to help communities prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus.