Technology

[Via Satellite 03-21-2014] Advantech Wireless has added the new SapphireBlu 3000W Ku-Band Hubmount UltraLinear Modular Solid State Power Amplifier/ Solid State Power Block Up Converter (SSPA/SSPB) to its portfolio of solutions designed to deliver high power density and high linear power at a lower cost. The new device exceeds barriers between Klystrons, Traveling Wave Tubes...

[Via Satellite 03-19-2014] M/A-COM Technology Solutions has announced three new surface-mount Triplexer filters for multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) Cable Customer Premises Equipment. This platform of filters has been developed to replace large CAN and Discrete solutions in real estate-constrained customer premises equipment frontends. These devices provide temperature stability and part-to-part repeatability in addition to...

[Via Satellite 03-17-2014] M/A-COM Technology Solutions has introduced a high-power, full E-Band power amplifier that will deliver typical Psat of 25.5 dBm for the 71 to 76 GHz and 81 to 86 GHz frequency ranges in a single product. The amplifiers are optimized to enable fiber-caliber data rates over long distances across 10 GHz of...

[Via Satellite 03-14-2014] ECAPS, an SS Group company, has been awarded a contract by Skybox Imaging to supply 12 complete high performance green propulsion (HPGP) system modules for the SkySat constellation of high-resolution imaging and video-capable satellites. The contract represents the largest order for HPGP systems and is a follow-on to the previously awarded contract...

[Via Satellite 03-14-2014] Cobham Satcom, an Inmarsat Global Xpress partner, has announced two new maritime terminals and three new land mobile terminals for Inmarsat’s new satellite network. The new Sailor 100 GX, with a 103-cm reflector dish, is aimed at Cobham and Inmarsat’s core global shipping market customers. The compact Sailor 60 GX, featuring a...

[Via Satellite 03-14-2014] Northrop Grumman’s Astro Aerospace strategic business unit has delivered 32 self-deploying, monopole JIB antennas for the next four GPS 3 satellites. The antennas were delivered to Lockheed Martin and, once installed, they will deploy to form an RF antenna array. Sixteen more JIB antennas will be delivered in early 2014, according to...

[Via Satellite 03-13-2014] Gilat Satellite Networks announced the availability of the new StealthRay 300X-M (SR 300X-M) ultra-compact, low-profile, military standard, X-band broadband antenna for real-time broadband satellite communications. The StealthRay 300X-M can be used for comms-on-the-move and comms-on-the-pause, and is a member of the StealthRay 300 family of products, which also includes low-profiles antennas for Ku-...

[Via Satellite 03-13-2014] Harris CapRock Communications has introduced Pulse, an Advanced VSAT solution to provide bandwidth for offshore and deepwater customers. The new service securely delivers real-time bandwidth upgrades. By leveraging Comtech EF Data’s efficient modem technologies and Vipersat Management System, Pulse can dynamically reassign satellite capacity on demand. The Pulse advanced VSAT solution was...

[Via Satellite 03-13-2014] Globecomm has selected Vulcan, Victor and other additional matrices from ETL Systems to provide RF signal distribution systems. The ETL Vulcan matrix provides 128 by 128-routing capacity in 16U rack space. It can be part populated in blocks of eight inputs or eight outputs. The ETL Vulcan matrix uses hot-swappable input, output, and mid...

[Via Satellite 03-12-2014] Communications and Power Industries’ (CPI) satcom products group has introduced a new 80 watt Ku-Band GaN-based solid state Block Upconverter (BUC). This new BUC expands CPI’s selection of solid state GaN and GaAs products in C-, X-, Ku- and Ka-band. The 80 watt GaN BUC features enhanced power efficiency, a user-selectable LO...