Mission Microwave Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of compact, highly efficient solid state power amplifiers and block up-converters, announced that they have been selected through the U.S. Air Force SBIR Program for a Phase II contract to develop highly efficient and linear highpower Ka-Band solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs). The award is under SBIR program topic (AF151-150) for “Ka-Band Efficient, Linear Power Amplifiers for SATCOM Ground Terminals,” and aims to deliver greater than 70 W of linear RF power over 30 to 31 GHz, with efficiencies in excess of 35 percent.
Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, won its third contract in 18 months for its latest advanced GaN SSPAs, bringing the total ordered to more than 350.
Teledyne Paradise Datacom, a business unit of Teledyne Microwave Solutions, announced the availability of a breakthrough Ka-Band outdoor SSPA that is based on a single 100 watt GaN module. Two and four-module models can generate power levels that exceed those of traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) commonly used at gateway earth stations today.
Teledyne Paradise Datacom, the long-time leader in high power microwave amplifier technology, announced the latest innovations to its line of 3RU rack height solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) that are available in either GaN (Gallium Nitride) or GaAs (Gallium Arsenide) technologies to address the full range of customers’ needs.