Rugged Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) Amplifiers For Critical Military Applications
Our high-power, helix and coupled cavity traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers are built to withstand the harsh environmental conditions encountered by ground-based mobile systems, as well as unpressurized airborne environments. Even our first TWT amplifier, an airborne unit for Tracor Aerospace (now BAE), is still in service.
Our hub-mount high-power amplifiers are totally sealed units designed to handle anything the environment can dish out: solar exposure, wind, rain, sand, dust and extreme temperatures. dB Control's hub-mount packages are performing just as well in the blistering heat of the desert near Las Vegas at Nellis Air Force Base as they are in the bitter cold in Alaska at Eielson Air Force Base.
dB Control is also the sole-source provider of TWT amplifiers for the synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) systems aboard General Atomics' Predator® Unmanned Aeronautical Vehicles (UAVs), as well as countless other mission critical applications.
| Packaging Style | Frequency | Output Power | Applications |
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Pod Mount |
2GHz-40GHz in Bands | 20-500W CW 100W-10kW Pulse |
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Split Package |
2GHz-40GHz in Bands Pulse units in C, X, Ku Radar Band |
40-500W CW 1kW-10kW Pulse |
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Custom Package |
C, X, Ku Band Wide Band Units |
200-400W CW 4kW-10kW Pulse |
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Hub Mount |
1GHz-40GHz in Bands C, X, Ku, Ka Radar Band |
40W-500W CW 1kW-10kW Pulse |
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Rack Mount |
Wide Band Narrow Band 1GHz-40 GHz |
20W-500W CW 1kW-2.5kW Pulse Power-combined units to 1kW CW or 10-100kW Pulse |
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