News/Events

News Microwave Journal 50th Anniversary MTT Issue - Company Profile MDL Announces their 60th Anniversary. click here
Press Release New 30 GHZ Frequency Compact Single Channel I Style Waveguide Rotary Joint Microwave Development Labs, Inc., Needham Heights , MA announces the introduction of it's new WR28 In-Line Waveguide Rotary Joint. This Rotary Joint operates from 27.5 to 31.0 GHZ with a VSWR of less than 1.30:1 and Insertion Loss less than 0.30 dB. click here.

Microwave Development Labs (MDL) has been supplying an array of precision manufactured passive waveguide components for over 50 years. MDL’s business has always centered around components, most destined for final assembly within advanced communications, defense and space systems. Recently, however, MDL supplied an integrated subassembly to a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) defense contractor working with the U.S. Army. MDL’s Integrated Transmit-Receive Assembly, now in production at the company’s Needham Heights, MA production facility, demonstrates how the company that patented the Riblet Coupler back in the early 1950s continues to provide innovative waveguide solutions for some of the most demanding customers in the world.

MDL’s integrated Transmit-Receive Assembly (Figure 1) is an all-aluminum front-end assembly consisting of seven individual components for use in a very high resolution, all weather Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) airborne system employed in a UAV (in this case an unmanned helicopter).

Click here for more information about this article.

PDF File Size: 192KB