Comtech Xicom Technology, a Comtech subsidiary, has received a contract for more than $2.6 million from a domestic military system integrator. The contract is for Ku and Ka-band high-power traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) for a transportable satellite communications ground system.
Comtech Xicom Technology has a vast portfolio of TWTAs optimized for military applications. These amplifiers are highly efficient and compact, representing the best that industry has to offer. The company manufactures a wide variety of tube-based and solid-state power amplifiers for military and commercial satellite uplink applications. The product range encompasses power levels from 8 W to 3 kW, with frequency coverage in sub-bands within the 2 GHz to 51 GHz spectrum. Amplifiers are available for fixed and ground-based, ship-board, and airborne mobile applications.