dB Control To Supply TWTAs For Radar

May 15, 2008

Amplifier supplier dB Control has been tabbed by a major defense contractor to supply coupled-cavity traveling-wave-tube amplifiers (TWTAs) for radar applications. The initial award, with a value of $1.1 million, is for C-band TWTAs in the 70-to-100-kW output-power range. The contract has the potential to reach another $4 to $5 million in sales over the next year. The amplifiers were selected for a combination of high output power, low phase noise, and low spurious noise. Earlier this year, the company announced that it had signed three contracts worth nearly $8 million to provide TWTAs and microwave power modules (MPMs) to major United States defense contractors supplying US Army, Navy, and Air Force requirements.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.