dB Control Introduces Military TWT Amplifiers to Commercial Market
July 31 2008 - 2:16PM
Business Wire
dB Control, an established manufacturer of reliable, high-power
microwave amplifiers, radar transmitters and power supplies,
announced that its customized Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifiers,
developed and tested in mission-critical military Synthetic
Aperture Radar (SAR) applications, are now available to the
commercial market. Multiple commercial dB-3710C TWT amplifiers were
recently integrated by Intermap� Technologies, a preeminent digital
mapping company, to provide reliable power for Intermap�s
proprietary Interferometric SAR (IFSAR) high-resolution airborne
radar mapping technology. IFSAR is used to produce digital
elevation models, orthorectified radar images, and numerous other
elevation and data products. �dB Control�s reliable TWT amplifiers
enable Intermap to collect high-quality, low-cost 3D-radar mapping
data with a higher level of reliability over our previous power
sources, while meeting our stringent accuracy specifications,� said
Mark Frank, Intermap�s vice president of acquisition operations
& engineering. The rack-mounted dB-3710C is an X-band, 8 kW TWT
amplifier with a five-percent duty cycle (pulse). The units can be
built quickly and economically for a wide range of commercial
applications. dB Control, for instance, recently delivered multiple
TWT amplifiers to India where they are being integrated with
systems producing high-resolution SAR images, often under adverse
weather conditions and through foliage, to help agencies manage
disasters such as earthquakes and forest fires. �The excellent RF
spectral quality of our TWT amplifiers enable such capabilities. We
are honored that well-respected global mapping companies such as
Intermap have chosen to integrate our products,� said dB Control
Vice President of Technology and Business Development Meppalli
Shandas. Shandas added that the U.S. military has relied on dB
Control to provide reliable high power TWT amplifiers for SAR
applications for 15 years. �Making this technology available to the
commercial market will unleash a wealth of new applications,� he
said. About Intermap Intermap (TSX: IMP.TO) (AIM: IMAP.L) is a
preeminent digital mapping company creating uniform high-resolution
3D digital models of the earth�s surface. The Company is
proactively remapping entire countries and building uniform
national databases, called NEXTMap�, consisting of affordably
priced elevation data and geometric images of unprecedented
accuracy. www.intermap.com About dB Control dB Control, Inc.
designs and manufactures reliable high-power microwave amplifiers,
transmitters, power supplies and modulators for radar, electronic
countermeasure (ECM), communication and instrumentation
applications. Founded in 1990, dB Control also provides specialized
contract manufacturing, depot repair, and high-voltage testing
services. www.dbcontrol.com.
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