Keysight Technologies, has collaborated with SPHEREA to offer customers improved testing capabilities in the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector. By joining forces, Keysight will combine its expertise in high-performance electronics tests and measuring systems with SPHEREA’s design and integration capabilities, to support the shifting requirements in the A&D space.
As European nations increasingly prioritize defense independence and aim to remain compliant with stringent export control regulations, this collaboration offers a timely and strategic response to these needs. The deployment of next-generation measurement technologies is critical to national security, but it is also essential to align with the need for EU-designed solutions to support self-sufficient and strategic autonomy.
Keysight and SPHEREA are working together to address this challenge, providing customers with local solutions that are built on trusted technology. As part of the agreement, the deployment includes the delivery of Keysight’s Radar Target Generator (RTG) and Electronic Warfare (EW) testing solutions, featuring frequency expansion from 18 GHz to 40 GHz, which led to a successful tender for a leading military alliance. The solution consists of Keysight’s AXIe-based high-performance embedded controller with low latency and signal processing, arbitrary waveform generation, and its latest low phase-noise synthesizers.
“Our partnership with SPHEREA enables us to deliver an innovative, scalable solution. The accurate radar test solution is designed with our European R&D expertise, and delivery capabilities to provide future-ready tests that meet the evolving needs of our defense customers,” said Thierry Locquette, EMEA VP and GM at Keysight.
“We are proud to cooperate with Keysight using our deep RF expertise to develop the commercial off the shelf (COTS) Up and Down Converter (UDC) with 1 GHz bandwidth in a short time frame. Together, we fulfilled the customer’s needs for advanced capability within a condensed timeline,” said Julien Pulice, Group CTO Deputy at SPHEREA.
The joint effort will reinforce the push for greater autonomy in safety-critical applications across radar and electronic support measures (ESM) systems, aligning with the EU’s national security goal for defense resilience and sovereignty, free from foreign export restrictions and controls.
