[Satnews] Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. is hosting a cross-country technology tour and will have product and engineers on Wednesday, November 11, during SATCON at the Javits Convention Center in Room 2D10.

The company's advanced technology briefings will include...

• Advances in TWTA Engineering & Design Topics:

SuperPower™
TWT lifetime extension
Liquid cooling (the alternative)
Redundancy and Continuous Power System (CPS) architectures

• Advances in Solid State Engineering & Design Topics:

X- and Ku-Band - efficiency via GaN technology
Block Up-Converters and dual Block Up-Converters

• Additional Xicom topics:

TWTA and SSPA development capabilities
Product road map ahead
Ka-, Q- , V-, and W-bands
Brainstorming 101: Mil and Coml, LEO and GEO, other topics

• Product Showcase Display

SuperPower™ TWTA (antenna mounted; peak power 2KW Ku- or 1.5KW DBS band)
SuperCool™ liquid cooling w/heat exchanger
Ka-band HTS
GaN SSPA technology (X- and Ku-band) airborne products
High efficiency TWTA product

The agenda is as follows:

8:00 a.m. —   Snacks
9:00 a.m to 6:00 pm—Showcase display, with CXTI Staff available for Q/A
10:30 a.m.— Technical briefing #1
11:15 a.m. — Technical briefing #2
12:00 noon— Light lunch
1:00 p.m. — Technical briefing #3
2:00 p.m.—Technical briefing #4
3:00 to 6:00 p.m. — Happy hour