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Aeroflex Test Solutions
Founded in 1937, Aeroflex is a global provider of high-performance microelectronic components, and
test and measurement equipment used by companies in the space, avionics, defense, commercial wireless
communications, medical and other markets. Its Aeroflex Test Solutions division brought to the AEA
Convention the new model 3550 Touch Screen Radio Test System, a portable, integrated unit designed
for digital and analog radio system testing.
Mike Farleigh, Aeroflex’s territory manager for GPS simulation and avionics, told attendees his
company’s new 3550 test system is a lightweight (8.3
pounds, including battery),
one-box solution for fieldtesting of analog, DMR, P25,
NXDN and dPMR systems,
featuring 4.5 hours of continuous operation on its
internal battery. According to the company,
the full-color, touchscreen-driven 3550
The popular New
Test System allows the user to test
all aspects of the radio system – the
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antennas – with powerful features typically found only in bench-top equipment. It also meets MILInternational Convention
PRF-28800F specifications for humidity, shock and vibration, with an operating range
of zero degrees Celsius to plus-50 degrees Celsius.
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“The market has been waiting for a radio test system like the 3550,” said Rob Barden,
to draw the attention of
Aeroflex’s director of product marketing. “The 3550 offers a tough, ruggedized package
for field service, with the features, accuracy and RF spectral performance required to test
the entire general aviation
today’s radio equipment.”
The company also announced its GPSG-1000 Portable Satellite Simulator, which
community. For the fourth
simulates WAAS (wide area augmentation system) LPV (localizer performance with
consecutive year, the Aerovertical guidance) approaches to expedite and validate the installation of WAAS-enabled navigation systems. Aeroflex said its GPSG-1000 offers structured, repeatable
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dynamic motion tests (actual flight) of a WAAS-capable LPV installation, the ability
to check and validate the sensitivity and dynamic range of an airborne GPS receiver
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statically or while in motion, and provides additional data documenting WAASLPV system upgrades or installs without leaving the hangar.
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To learn more, visit www.aeroflex.com.

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Aerospace Optics
The increasing number and capabilities of custom avionics installations
demands components that keep pace while offering flexibility. In response,
Aerospace Optics announced upgrades to its VIVISUN line of MIL-SPEC
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