The Satellite Conference and Exhibition was launched in 1981 to connect and unite the satellite industry and continues to be one of the largest business gatherings, innovation platforms and media events of the year for this industry. This year saw the debut of GovMilSpace as part of Satellite 2025. The addition of this conference is intended to expand the reach of the Satellite Conference and Exhibition to include government and military agencies, the intelligence community and satellite and space industry partners to explore how private industry can enhance critical missions for the U.S. and its global allies and better address the needs and priorities of the defense sector.
Final attendance has not been released, but organizers expect that attendance at Satellite 2025 will draw close to the 15,000 attendees from last year, with about 350 exhibitors. If registration and coffee break lines were any indication, this year’s event was busier than 2024 over the first couple of days. The themes we saw were similar: the need for multi-mission capabilities, hybridization of networks, integration of multiple orbits, adoption of direct-to-device connectivity, shift to small satellite networks, adoption of higher frequencies and proliferation of beam steering antenna array systems. A definite change was the proliferation of component companies, signaling a transition to more of a production mindset from previous years. Perhaps as a reflection of the inclusion of GovMilSpace, there was more discussion about the role satellites play in defense applications and how the unique requirements of that sector flavor the hybridization, multi-mission, direct-to-device trends. Do not miss our photo gallery here: https://www.microwavejournal.com/media/photos/140-satellite-2025.
We spent our time in the exhibition talking to companies about the products and technologies.
Here are some of the highlights:
A1 Microwave is a UK-based designer and manufacturer of waveguide and coaxial filters, diplexers and waveguide assemblies for Satcom applications. Standard and custom-designed products are offered in the frequency range of 100MHz to 50GHz.
Aaronia always has one of the most visually appealing booths at every tradeshow. They are a German company founded in 2003 that specializes in measuring, tracking and monitoring technology. In 2008, Aaronia was the first company to market a portable handheld spectrum analyzer. The company has been an early entrant in drone detection, claiming the first drone detection system in 2013. The booth highlighted all their technology with special attention to their AARTOS drone detection system. This system combines a spectrum analyzer with its IsoLog 3D DF antenna to locate incoming drones' positions and altitudes. They claim to have shipped more than 600 of these AARTOS systems by the end of 2024. They were also featuring their SPECTRAN® V6 Tablet, a real-time analyzer that combines outstanding performance with portability and sets new standards in RF analysis. With a powerful AMD Ryzen7 processor, 64 GB RAM and ultra-fast PCI-E 4.0, the device offers high-end technology in a compact, portable format. Depending on the configuration, the tablet covers an impressive frequency range from 9 kHz to 140 GHz. It impresses with a sweep speed of up to 3 THz/s, a real-time bandwidth of up to 490 MHz and a breathtaking DANL of -170 dBm/Hz. This makes it ideal for demanding applications in spectral analysis and EMC.
ALARIS - THE RF TECHNOLOGY GROUP was founded in 1997 as a global RF technology company. The company delivers technologically advanced solutions and products to various sectors, including defense, aviation, marine, wireless, industrial, healthcare, research communities and government institutes. The Group has six divisions: Antennas, COJOT, Kuhne, mWave, Linwave and ALARIS USA. These divisions have a broad range of RF product solutions, ranging from active components like PAs, LNAs, sources and generators to diodes, limiters and control components. The company also produces a wide range of antenna products.
Amphenol CIT highlighted its broad range of interconnect solutions for the space industry. The company provides RF connectors, cable assemblies, filter connectors, seamless wire, fiber optics and other specialized products. They partnered with ThinKom Solutions and Saint Gobain Performance Plastics to offer a complete solution for installing the ThinAir Ka1717 Satcom System, so they were discussing this effort.
Anritsu offers a broad spectrum of products spanning research, development, conformance testing, optimization and service assurance. Anritsu targets RF and microwave technologies for communication, aerospace, defense and education applications. They were demonstrating their array of test, measurement and service assurance solutions that address wireless, optical, microwave/RF, digital instruments and operational support systems.
Antenna Research Associates (ARA) has been manufacturing antenna and RF systems for 55 years. The booth was able to discuss the entire, extensive range of products, but the focus was AQYR Technologies, an ARA subsidiary. That group manufactures tactical auto-acquire Satcom terminals for commercial and military portable VSAT markets. The result is a wide array of VSAT, antenna and RF products, including VSAT Systems Satcom, radar, EW components and support spectrum operations aimed at public safety, military and civilian markets.
Cinch was established in 1917. They are a leading provider of high-quality interconnect products and custom solutions engineered to meet the performance and harsh environment demands of aerospace, defense, 5G/IoT and industrial market applications. Cinch Connectivity Solutions is an amalgamation of several companies that have been acquired, so their product offering, focusing on connectors, interconnect solutions and wire harness assemblies, is extensive.
Cobham Satcom has been developing products for satellite communications applications for over 40 years, Cobham Satcom partners with multiple NGSO constellation operators on radio and mission-critical satellite communication solutions for land and maritime. The company designs and manufactures tracking user terminals, gateways and systems with the SAILOR, Sea Tel, EXPLORER and TRACKER brands.
Comtech Telecommunications provides satellite and space communications technologies for terrestrial and wireless network solutions, next-generation 911 (NG911), emergency services and cloud-native capabilities to commercial and government customers worldwide. The company offers a broad range of services in space, defense, telecom, enterprise and public safety markets. They also provide a line of TWTAs, SSPAs and BUCs. Comtech announced the launch of the Company’s new ELEVATE 2.0 multi-orbit SATCOM platform. Built on the Company’s field-proven, multi-orbit VSAT products, Comtech’s ELEVATE 2.0 is designed to connect people across the globe with the best available networks on all SATCOM orbits in a single low SWaP platform. Designed from the ground up as a software-defined network architecture, ELEVATE 2.0 leverages the best of the Company’s existing VSAT platforms and integrates new capabilities to meet customer demands for a solution that can deliver global connectivity by easily roaming across the best available networks, whether over Very High Throughput Satellites (“V-HTS”), LEO constellations, GEO networks, or any other constellation with a single low SWaP platform. TMYTEK supplied the phased array for this product
Elve targets high-power communications applications with novel tube-based mmWave amplifiers that use advanced materials and additive manufacturing processes. Their products enable Gigabit speeds for next-generation wireless in-space and to-ground connectivity. Because of their design techniques and manufacturing processes, they believe that large-scale production of TWTAs can be done at significantly lower costs than legacy products, powering beyond 5G and various defense and scientific applications with products in Ka-, Q-, V-, E- and W-Bands.
EnSilica is a leading fabless chipmaker focused on custom ASICs for OEMs and system manufacturers and outsourced IC design services. The company supplies custom RF, mmWave, mixed-signal and digital ASICs to its international customers in the automotive, industrial, healthcare and communications markets. The company also offers a broad portfolio of core IP covering cryptography, radar and communications systems.
EPC Space provides rad-hard enhancement-mode GaN power management solutions packaged, tested and qualified for space and other harsh environments. These rad-hardened GaN-based power devices address critical space-borne environments for applications including power supplies, lidar, motor drive and ion thrusters.
Erzia The company was touting its 2025 Product Guide, which includes capabilities and a wide range of standard LNAs, HPAs, filters, switches equalizers, mixers and integrated assemblies in their target markets. They announced the successful delivery of 36 Ka-Band transmit/receive subsystems to support a groundbreaking satellite constellation dedicated to global weather forecasting. The custom units are Ka-Band TR modules featuring 100 dB isolation between transmit and receive paths, along with high-rejection filtering to suppress interference and prevent spurious signal generation. Delivering over 34 dBm of output power in the transmit path and a low noise figure in the receive path, these advanced RF subsystems enable real-time, high-resolution radar observations of atmospheric conditions. This innovation enhances weather data availability in regions with limited or no radar infrastructure, reinforcing ERZIA’s commitment to pioneering cutting-edge technology for the evolving NewSpace industry.
ETS-Lindgren has and was showcasing turnkey system offerings that include chambers, antennas, absorbers, software and services. They claim to have installed over 50,000 RF-shielded enclosures worldwide. They were touting how their wide range of RF and microwave solutions can be customized to meet diverse test requirements like microwave and highly precise antenna measurements, mobile and satellite communications, over-the-air (OTA) characterization and EMI/EMC testing. In addition to the test capabilities, ETS-Lindgren also designs and manufactures a wide range of antennas and RF and microwave absorbers.
Filtronic was on hand with experts to discuss their full range of standard and custom amplifier, filter and combiner products that operate up to 300 GHz. They had a particular emphasis on their Cerus 32 product. The Cerus 32 is an SSPA that operates in E-Band (71 to 76 GHz and 81 to 86 GHz) and W-Band (92 to 96 GHz and 102 to 114 GHz). The device delivers up to 43 dBm of output power with more than 20 dB small-signal gain, and it is available in 1, 4, 8 and 32-way configurations.
Gilat Satellite Networks had a couple of booths at the show, reflecting the diversification and breadth of their business. Ltd. The company is a global leader in satellite-based broadband communications, with over 35 years of expertise in technology solutions for satellite, ground and space connectivity. The Gilat Defense Division is dedicated to meeting the specific needs of defense integrators, HLS and military and government organizations worldwide, with a strong focus on the U.S. DoD. By integrating products from Gilat and its wholly owned subsidiaries Gilat Wavestream and Gilat Datapath, the Defense Division delivers secure, rapid-deployment solutions and battlefield connectivity. Gilat Defense ensures that defense organizations can access purpose-built connectivity for missions that include multi-orbit and multi-constellation support. The defense group is heavily involved with beyond-line-of-sight and on-the-move communication systems.
Greenerwave originally spun off from Institut Langevin in Paris to investigate and develop the concept of smart electromagnetic environments for greener communications. The company now designs disruptive solutions based on smart materials and ad hoc algorithms, bringing unique beamforming and wave control products to the market, with various applications covering imaging, wireless communications and detection. They are pioneers in reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) and advanced physics-inspired algorithms to efficiently and dynamically direct signal carrier waves in real-time. They have developed a line of RIS-based user terminals for Ku- and Ka-Band LEO/GEO applications and a smart antenna for wireless FR1 and FR2 applications.
Greenray Industries is approaching 65 years of operations. They manufacture quartz OCXO, TCXO, VCXO and XO devices from DC to 1 GHz, focusing on tight stability, low phase noise and very low acceleration sensitivity. They were highlighting their T32 Series TCXO, which operates from 10 to 52 MHz with frequency stability of ±1 ppm over -55°C to +125°C. It is rated for shock survivability to 75,000g with low g-sensitivity and comes in a 3.2 mm x 2.5 mm ruggedized package. It provides CMOS or clipped sine output and operates from a +3.3 VDC supply. Long-term aging is <4 ppm over 10 years, with acceleration sensitivity as low as 0.5 ppb/g. Testing per MIL-PRF-55310, level B, is available.
Hughes has worldwide S-band spectrum to deliver connectivity anywhere. They were the first to use Open RAN and provide RAN sharing (Roaming) while protecting the identity of the user. They were showcasing how consumers, businesses, governments, military, and communities around the world benefit from the connected experiences enabled by over half a century of Hughes innovation. Executives from Hughes and parent company EchoStar provided their unique perspectives on the latest technologies and solutions that provide essential connectivity around the world, including GEO, LEO, and more.
HUBER+SUHNER is a leading supplier of electrical and optical connectivity solutions. The company was exhibiting its broad range of products, including RF microwave components, cables and connectors, fiber optic links and test equipment. The products target aerospace and defense, space, EV infrastructure, test and measurement, data center, fixed and mobile, automotive and railway applications.
Infineon Technologies recently announced the industry’s first radiation-hardened-by-design 512 Mbit QSPI NOR Flash memory for space and extreme environment applications. The new device offers a fast quad serial peripheral interface (133 MHz) and the highest density, radiation, and single-event effects (SEE) performance available in a fully QML-qualified non-volatile memory for use with space-grade FPGAs and microprocessors. The device, which was funded in part by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL) and jointly developed with Microelectronics Research Development Corporation (Micro-RDC), is based on Infineon’s field-proven SONOS (Silicon-Oxide Nitride-Oxide-Silicon) charge gate trap technology and operates at speeds up to 30 percent faster than lower density alternatives.
imec is a leading research and innovation center in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. They were talking about their activities in advanced semiconductor and system scaling, silicon photonics, artificial intelligence, beyond 5G communications and sensing technologies. Their ASIC division (imec.IC-link) serves start-ups, SMEs, OEMs and universities by supporting the complete ASIC development process from design and IP services to production, packaging and testing. It realizes over 600 yearly tape-outs in CMOS, GaN-on-SOI and silicon photonics technologies.
JFW Industries has been designing and manufacturing passive RF components and application-specific test systems for over 45 years. These components include attenuators, terminations, RF switches, power dividers and specialized RF test systems. The company was highlighting its broad product range, focusing on several new terminations and attenuators that were released leading up to the show. They were featuring three new RF switch models that have USB control. The RF switches are 50 Ohm solid-state type that operate 20-8400 MHz. The switches are shipped with a DC cable and software for USB control.
John Deere announced the release of JDLink Boost™, a satellite connectivity solution to ensure customers continue seamless work in fields with little to no cellular coverage. The new JDLink Boost option supports the partnership, announced a year ago, between John Deere and Starlink by SpaceX network, providing farmers who face rural connectivity challenges with the opportunity to fully leverage precision agriculture technologies. JDLink Boost will especially benefit farmers when they are operating in fields where cellular coverage is limited or unreliable. A secure and faster connection in the field provides farmers real-time access to their machine and agronomic data. Improved connectivity allows for timely decision-making regarding irrigation, fertilization, pest control and harvesting.
Keysight demos:
Kratos was in attendance, primarily discussing the products and capabilities of their Microwave Electronics Division, which provides microwave solutions in frequencies up to 50 GHz. The division specializes in microwave subassemblies incorporating RF/microwave solutions with advanced digital processing using SoC processing. Their product line, which they were showing and discussing, includes a catalog of COTS microwave products and custom products built to customer specifications. These products are designed for various platforms, including missiles, military and commercial aircraft, radar, UAVs, ships and submarines. Typical military and defense applications include electronic warfare (EW) systems, radars, missiles, UAVs, smart munitions/precision-guided munitions, GPS immune/navigation warfare, wireless communications, satellite communications (Satcom), homeland security, simulators and proximity and altitude sensors. Typical commercial applications include in-flight connectivity, maritime and train connectivity, airborne weather radars, test equipment, RF and fiber optic communications, industry manufacturing instrumentation, research laboratories and medical instruments.
Kymeta announced it is accepting orders for its Goshawk u8 user terminal, designed specifically for government and global ministry of defense. With the growing need for satellite network flexibility and open network architecture that ensure secure, sovereign defense operations, the Goshawk u8 offers a critical solution at a time when allied nations are prioritizing secure, resilient and rapidly deployable communications on the move. The Kymeta Goshawk u8 delivers resilient and flexible, multi-orbit, multi-network satellite communications in a single terminal. Combining LEO and GEO satellite technologies alongside cellular connectivity, it allows for improved responsiveness to enable maneuver warfare tactics, such as rapid, focused and unexpected actions that can shatter an enemy’s cohesion.
MACOM Technology Solutions designs and manufactures high-performance semiconductor products for the telecommunications, industrial, defense and data center markets. Their broad product portfolio includes RF, microwave, analog, mixed-signal and optical semiconductor technologies and products. Booth representatives were discussing their products and acquisitions, most recently, ENGIN-IC.
Marki Microwave has been producing RF and microwave components since 1991. Marki Microwave was discussing their product portfolio of high-performance, broadband microwave products that support multiple form factors, including die, surface mount and connectorized solutions for the entire RF block diagram from DC to sub-THz frequencies. They were featuring new LNAs with very flat noise figure over the frequency range.
Maury Microwave has been in business for more than 67 years. The company makes a broad range of products, including amplifiers, device characterization systems, interconnect adapters, attenuators, cable assemblies, precision calibration software and services. The focus of the booth was products from the acquisition of dBm Corporation. dBm manufactures a range of 600 MHz bandwidth satellite link emulators for Earth station and payload testing. They also offer carrier/noise generators for EbNo testing, multi-channel RF up/down frequency converters, CW signal generators and wideband AWGN noise generators. They had several demos including Payload Impairment Emulation in Satellite Communications, Emulation of Multipath Effects in Satellite Communications, Noise Generation for Testing Jamming Resilience and Emulation of Multi-orbit Satellite Communications.
Microchip Technology provides smart, connected and secure embedded control and processing solutions. The company has an extensive range of products and capabilities, but the booth focused on its space-grade and RF solutions. For these space applications, Microchip has a comprehensive portfolio of RF and microwave products that include high-reliability RF components, such as power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, frequency synthesizers and SAW filters and oscillators, which are designed to operate in harsh space environments. Their product solutions for space applications are available in both plastic and hermetically sealed packages. They develop diodes and SAW products using in-house fabrication processes with a track record in space environments. Their GaAs, GaN-on-SiC MMICs and transistors are produced through external processes that can be screened to meet customer-specified requirements.
Microsembly was founded in 2019 to bridge the engineering-to-manufacturing gap to deliver high-quality microwave products and services. They partner with companies on outsourced contract assembly and can address straightforward or highly complex integrated assemblies in low- or high-volume production. They focus on active collaboration to tailor manufacturing solutions that precisely align with expectations.
Microwave Filter Company (MFC) has been designing, developing and manufacturing filter products since 1967. Their product offering spans the frequency range from 5 Hz to 50 GHz and custom designs include waveguide, stripline/microstrip, lumped element, dielectric resonator and cavity/coaxial topologies. Filter types and accessories include bandpass, bandstop, combiners, couplers, diplexers, highpass, lowpass and adaptors. The company also offers a complete line of CATV headend channel deletion filters and networks, bandpass filters and diplexers for wireless and PCS applications. MFC targets communications, broadcast and CATV, military/aerospace, wireless distribution and C-and Ku-Band satellite applications with its products.
Microwave Photonic Systems has 15 years of expertise in RF fiber optic/photonic systems solutions. Some applications they discussed for this technology include Satcom antenna remoting, GPS-navigation antenna and receiver Systems, RF radio in-building network communications, premises and outside plant networks, passive fiber optic components and cable assemblies. The company has provided RF/Fiber optic subsystems, modules, components and embedded software in support of various Air Force, Army and Navy mission-critical programs. They have supplied products to DoD programs, including the Towed Sonar Array, UHF Satcom Ground Station, Shipboard GPS Antenna Link and the Shipboard Fiber Optic Data and Multiplexing System (FODMS).
Microwave Products Group has acquired many leading component and service companies. Booth personnel were discussing the company’s filter, switch, spectrum operations and the MPG Solutions® group that brings these capabilities together to produce unique SWaP solutions.
Mission Microwave develops SSPAs and BUCs to support ground-based, airborne and space-based applications. They offer GaN BUC products at X-, Ku- and Ka-Band from 10 to 1000 W. They had a range of products on display, but before the show, they provided collateral material on the 1000 W saturated MOAB Ku-Band block up-converter. They claim this is the industry’s most compact and lightweight 400W linear Ku-Band solid-state power amplifier.
Mi-Wave was featuring their 958 Series Synthesizers is available from 100 MHz to 110 GHz. The 958 is a low phase noise frequency synthesizer module designed and manufactured for standard test instrumentation, communication, and Radar systems as a local oscillator. RF frequency synthesizers provide high levels of performance in terms of stability, programmability, and general convenience. As most equipment requiring the use of an RF synthesizer also has digital circuitry for other elements of the device, RF synthesizers lend themselves particularly well to being used.
Narda-MITEQ has a strong product portfolio encompassing active, passive and waveguide components. They also integrate these products into integrated microwave assemblies (IMA) and provide custom solutions. The focus of their booth was the space-qualified and Satcom terrestrial equipment that includes standard and customized satellite communication equipment and space-qualified components. Their Satcom product line includes frequency converters, translators, redundant switchover units, amplifier systems, video products, INMARSAT products, equalizer products, uplink power control products, power amplifiers and custom communication equipment.
Nuvotronics designs, manufactures and supplies micro-miniature solutions for commercial and defense space, airborne, Satcom, EW, mmWave package, test & measurement and mmWave telecom applications with their PolyStrata® 3D air dielectric circuit board technology. This technology enables low loss, high isolation and good power handling capability in a micro-miniature surface mount package. Their solutions target millimeter wave and ultra-broadband performance with either individual passive component functions or highly integrated passives within multi-chip modules.
Optical Zonu had senior management in the booth to discuss their RF-over-fiber products and the benefits users can derive from this architecture in various end applications. They have developed a portfolio of single and multifunction module and rack-mount products that provide optically-based, low loss and low latency performance for transport applications in defense and communications markets.
Qorvo introduced its newest silicon Ku-band SATCOM beamformer IC family for phased array-based user terminals. These next-generation ICs set a new benchmark for SATCOM user terminals, reducing DC power consumption by 25% for transmit arrays and 14% for receive arrays, delivering industry-leading efficiency without compromising EIRP or noise sensitivity. Designed to meet the growing demand for high-speed, reliable satellite communications, the AWMF-0240 receive (Rx) and AWMF-0241 transmit (Tx) beamformer ICs operate at Ku-band frequencies. They offer advanced features including full polarization flexibility, precise beamsteering and built-in temperature stability in a compact, stable design without requiring external LNAs or complex calibration.
Quadsat provides many drone-based payload solutions for test and measurement applications. Quadsat systems provide classic antenna measurements and insights, including radiation pattern cuts, gain measurements and EIRP calculation, along with unique measurements and analytics such as complete 3D visualization of radiation pattern rasters, as well as tests, validation and optimization of antenna pointing accuracy, satellite tracking and handover efficiency. These measurements are all done in real-world environments to eliminate size constraints for systems that do not conveniently fit into antenna test ranges and chambers.
Quantic Electronics brings together industry electronics and manufacturing experts in a portfolio of design, engineering and manufacturing businesses. The portfolio of companies addresses RF and microwave products from components to integrated assemblies, a broad array of capacitor and thin film resistor technologies, magnetics solutions and sensing products. The company showcased filter solutions, passive components, capacitors (including high-reliability tantalum), custom magnetics and thin film resistors in the booth.
Rohde & Schwarz demos:
Samtec was founded in 1976, and the company has a wide range of interconnect products that they highlighted in the booth. The silicon-to-silicon products address connectivity solutions for high-speed board-to-board and cable applications, active and passive optics and RF cables, assemblies and connector solutions. Samtec also has a line of cable/interconnect solutions for rugged and power applications and various solutions for stacking and nesting applications.
SatixFy was established in 2012 by leading entrepreneurs in the satellite industry. They design next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house developed chipsets. The company has developed a line of satellite communication modems with SDR and electronically steered multi-beam antennas to support advanced standards, such as DVB-S2X. The company claims their ASICs increase system performance and reduce the weight and power requirements of terminals, payloads and gateway equipment. They discussed the SatixFy Prime 2.0 direct-sampling digital beamformer ASIC for electronically steered satellite antennas. The beamformer contains up to 32 antenna elements per chip and can generate up to 128 concurrent beams with a beamformed capacity of 8 GHz per ASIC.
Sivers Semiconductors develops integrated chip and module solutions for photonics and wireless applications. Their laser and RF beamformer technologies provide solutions for data center, Satcom, defense and telecom applications to solve essential performance challenges. Sivers featured a recently unveiled line of antenna array products and evaluation kits for millimeter wave Satcom and 5G applications. These products represent a shift from chips to antenna arrays for the company’s Wireless Business Unit. Throughout 2025, the company plans to introduce several new products. These include a 57 to 71 GHz 16-element T/R single-aperture dual-polarized antenna array module, a 26.5 to -29.5 GHz 5G dual-polarized 128-element antenna array evaluation kit based on the SUMMIT 2629 beamforming IC, 17 to 21 GHz receive and 27 to 31 GHz transmit array panels for ground terminals and a 24.25 to 27.5 GHz 5G dual-polarized 512-element antenna array panel based on the SUMMIT 2427e beamforming IC.
Thales is a multinational corporation that provides solutions, services, technologies and products from their Defense and Security, Aeronautics and Space and Cybersecurity and Digital groups. Reflecting the show's theme, representatives from the Defense and Security and Aeronautics and Space groups were on hand to talk about their products, capabilities and vision as the space and defense markets converge.
ThinKom Solutions designs and manufactures high-performance Satcom antennas for mobile applications. They had displays of their flat panel, phased-array terminals capable of communicating over satellite constellations in every orbit. ThinKom’s adaptable antenna systems use proprietary and patented VICTS technology for their array products. Tailored to the aviation, military, gateway, satellite and terrestrial mobility markets, ThinKom positions the antenna solutions to maximize spectral efficiency and minimize operational expenditure. The company released the ThinAir GT Plus hybrid Satcom system at the show. This terminal combines the GT 2517 antenna, which provides Ka-Band GEO, MEO, HEO and LEO connectivity to support airborne defense and special missions, with a compact LEO-only ESA in a standards-compliant installation. The combined hybrid Satcom system offers multi-beam, multi-band and multi-orbit connectivity in an antenna that helps increase spectral efficiency.
TMYTEK TMY Technology provides millimeter wave solutions in 5G/Beyond 5G and satellite communication applications. TMYTEK has implemented phased arrays in Antenna-in-Package (AiP) technology and they have been refining OTA testing methodology. The company is also progressing in incorporating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces into its products and supplies them are various frequencies. TMYTEK supplied the phased array in the Comtech multi-orbit Elevate 2.0 product mentioned above.
ViaLite Communications is another company developing products and solutions for RF-over-Fiber applications. They focus on long-distance links for use in Satcom, defense, broadcast and GNSS applications with OEM modules or rack chassis cards housed in 19" 1U or 3U rack chassis, including satellite IF, L, S, C & X-Band, and GNSS ground distribution. Their products include antennas, receivers, transceivers, multiplexers, links and services.
Virginia Diodes (VDI) manufactures state-of-the-art test and measurement equipment for millimeter wave and THz applications. These products include vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers and signal generator extension modules that extend the capability of high-performance microwave measurement tools to higher frequencies. VDI's component products include detectors, mixers, frequency multipliers and custom systems for reliable operation at frequencies between 50 GHz and 2 THz. All VDI components include in-house fabricated GaAs Schottky diodes and microelectronic filter structures.
WavePro® – A Garlock Brand is a ceramic-filled PTFE dielectric material engineered for antennas, lenses, phase shifters, radomes and other RF and millimeter wave applications. It is available in dielectric constants from 2.0 - 20.4 as an unclad dielectric and copper-clad laminate. Standard 18 x 24-inch panels are available up to 10 mm thick. Build-to-print manufacturing is available for conformal surfaces, 3D shapes with complex geometries, surface patterns, layered materials with different permittivities, and gradient index (GRIN) lenses.