Category: Markets
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NetSense uses existing 5G networks to detect and track drones. The Lockheed Martin-led system combines RF sensing, AI processing, and commercial cellular infrastructure, with pilots planned from late 2026.
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Navitas has sued Renesas over four US gallium nitride patents. The Texas action adds a patent dispute to the companies’ separate trade-secret litigation over GaN technology.
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Soctera has raised $4m to develop thermally optimised mmWave amplifiers. The Cornell spin-out is moving a III-nitride semiconductor architecture towards qualified products for radar, electronic warfare, satellite, and telecommunications systems.
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Samsung is reportedly targeting High-NA EUV adoption from 1nm production. The roadmap would delay production insertion while the foundry evaluates the economics and process maturity of ASML’s 0.55-NA lithography platform.
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NXP has broken ground on its expanded Malaysian test facility. The Petaling Jaya project adds around 500,000 square feet of production space and is intended to more than double site output at full capacity.
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GlobalLogic opens its first Physical AI demonstration zone in Kraków. The engineering-centre deployment combines robotics, digital twins, autonomous operations, AI vision, and infrastructure monitoring for industrial and critical-system use cases.
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Jenoptik semiconductor equipment orders accelerated sharply during 2026’s first half. Lithography and inspection demand lifted the unit’s order intake by 85.3%, while revenue rose 10.2% and further optics capacity is planned in Jena.
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South Korea plans a five-trillion-won fund for semiconductor supply chains. The programme will target materials, components, equipment, and fabless companies alongside another five trillion won in trade finance.
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Saelig has added RadGreen continuous RF monitors for industrial environments. Connected and standalone configurations provide persistent threshold monitoring, alerts, logging, and fault detection for laboratories and production areas.
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Ouster will expand BlueCity lidar across 160 Utah intersections statewide. The deployment adds REV8 sensors with 500-foot detection, optional colour capture, edge privacy processing, and integration into existing traffic-control infrastructure.