Experience Unmatched Power and Reliability with Photonis Defense's Hybrid Microwave Power Amplifiers. Photonis Defense, part of Exosens, develops and manufactures hybrid power amplifiers, combining both vacuum electron and solid-state technologies. Photonis Defense top tier power and signal amplifiers are the optimal choice for even the most powerful electronic countermeasure systems, offering the perfect balance of size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C). With superior performance, reliability, broader bandwidth and higher power output than comparable solid-state devices, Photonis Defense develops and manufactures the highest quality hybrid power amplifiers, combining vacuum electron and solid-state technologies. Our hybrid amplifiers and traveling wave tubes are trusted by global organizations for reliable, high-efficiency, high-frequency and high-power output requirements for voice, data and video telecommunications systems.
Photonis Defense products enable some of the world's most advanced electronic warfare jammers, missile systems and weapon-system simulators, as well as military- and commercial-satellite data communications devices. No other product line generates the power output required by today's advanced electronics and weapon systems as well as ours. Our 7.5 megawatt gridded power tube is the most powerful in the world, and our five-stage collector outclasses any other in the industry. Since 1942, Photonis has provided the world with reliable radio frequency (RF) power and Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) technologies to deliver broadcast, satellite, radar, electronic warfare, and data solutions. As the premier provider of high power microwave amplifiers and cutting-edge night and digital vision technologies, trust Photonis Defense for your RF amplification needs and experience the best in performance and reliability.
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