Mission Microwave Technologies, founded in 2014, is a manufacturer specializing in radio frequency (RF) and microwave electronics for the satellite communication sector, including space-based applications. They are known for their Gallium Nitride (GaN) based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs). Their products cater to mobile, transportable, and fixed SATCOM systems and serve both commercial and government markets, with a focus on high-efficiency, compact, and lightweight designs. Key partners and customers include those in the defense and commercial satellite industries.
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Mission Microwave won an $8,000,000 terminal upgrade program contract to replace Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers with solid state power amplifiers in Ku- and Ka-band.
Mission Microwave partnered with a system integrator to support a U.S. Government requirement for a terminal upgrade program.
Mission Microwave is providing 400-watt Ku-band block upconverters to replace legacy TWTA-based upconverters.
Mission Microwave engineers worked with their customer to create an upgrade path to replace legacy TWTA-based block upconverters with Gallium Nitride-based Solid State BUCs for a fleet of transportable terminals.
Prior to the recent award, Mission Microwave delivered more than 100 sets of Ku- and Ka-band block upconverters to its customer on the program.
Mission Microwave developed a 400-watt Ka-band solid-state power amplifier intended to replace 500-watt traveling wave tube amplifiers.
Mission Microwave’s GaN-based BUCs have supported the rapidly growing SATCOM Mobility market in X-, Ku-, and Ka-band at power levels up to 400 watts.
The majority of the more than 10,000 BUC units manufactured by Mission Microwave since inception were built and shipped over the past two years.
Mission Microwave leads the industry in high-power Ka-band BUCs at power levels in excess of 200 watts.
Mission Microwave has manufactured more than 10,000 Gallium Nitride-based Solid State Block Upconverters (BUCs) for customers in the SATCOM industry.
Mission Microwave manufactures Block Up Converters (BUCs) that operate at power levels from 8 to 800 watts in X-, Ku-, and Ka-band.
Redundant HPA systems using Mission Microwave’s SSPAs can be shipped to site without custom crating and assembled on site by a small installation team.
Mission Microwave received a multi-million dollar order from a U.S. Department of Defense contractor to provide updated versions of the contractor’s highly integrated transceivers for a Man-Portable VSAT terminal.
Mission Microwave supplies high-performance X-, Ku-, and Ka-band products ranging from highly integrated transceivers in the 10–80 watt range to large-scale amplifiers up to 400 watts for gateway installations.
Mission Microwave develops and produces radio frequency (RF) and microwave electronics supporting ground-based, airborne, and space-based applications.
Mission Microwave’s MOAB Ku-band BUC provides 400 watts of output power.
Mission Microwave’s Titan Ka-band solid-state BUC provides 200 watts of output power.
Mission Microwave worked with a leading system integrator of large transportable terminals to complete the certification cycle that enabled replacement of Ku-band and Ka-band TWT BUCs with Mission Microwave solid-state BUCs.
Mission Microwave received follow-on orders from a government contractor to provide Ku-band and Ka-band BUCs as components of complex SATCOM transportable terminals in support of the U.S. Army.
Mission Microwave introduced its first 400 watt Ka-band products in 2020 and has been working with commercial and government system operators to bring high-power Ka-band solid-state amplifiers to the SATCOM market.