Category: Aerospace & Defense RF Testing

Ground laboratory RF test paths, instrumentation and component requirements for aerospace and defense engineers.


  • Aerospace Multi-Channel RF Tests: Characterize Every Branch

    Aerospace Multi-Channel RF Tests: Characterize Every Branch

    Multi-channel aerospace RF tests require branch-specific characterization.

  • L-Band Aerospace Radio Tests: Choosing a Termination

    L-Band Aerospace Radio Tests: Choosing a Termination

    Choose an L-band aerospace radio test termination using its actual passband,…

  • Aerospace Receiver Sensitivity: Choosing Fine Level Control

    Aerospace Receiver Sensitivity: Choosing Fine Level Control

    Fine level control helps measure an aerospace receiver’s performance boundary when…

  • VHF and UHF Aerospace Bench Paths: Check the Lowest Frequency

    VHF and UHF Aerospace Bench Paths: Check the Lowest Frequency

    VHF and UHF bench paths need accessories that pass the lowest…

  • Protecting an Aerospace Signal Analyzer Input

    Protecting an Aerospace Signal Analyzer Input

    Protect an aerospace signal analyzer by defining the highest credible input…

  • Aerospace Test Loads: Continuous Power and Pulse Energy

    Aerospace Test Loads: Continuous Power and Pulse Energy

    An aerospace test load needs both thermal and pulse-stress requirements appropriate…

  • Pulse Power in an Aerospace RF Measurement Chain

    Pulse Power in an Aerospace RF Measurement Chain

    A pulsed aerospace RF chain needs checks for peak power, pulse…

  • Why Aerospace RF Test Plans Separate Functional and Environmental Work

    Why Aerospace RF Test Plans Separate Functional and Environmental Work

    Functional RF checks and environmental qualification evaluate different aspects of equipment.

  • Ground-Test Accessories Versus Airborne RF Hardware

    Ground-Test Accessories Versus Airborne RF Hardware

    Ground-test accessories and airborne RF hardware require separate suitability decisions.

  • What Do Aerospace RF Laboratories Need from Passive Components?

    What Do Aerospace RF Laboratories Need from Passive Components?

    Aerospace RF laboratories need controlled signal paths with documented band, power,…