Electronic Warfare
Precision engineered components that give EW systems the power to sense, protect, and dominate the spectrum.
The Knowles Advantage
Knowles provides high-reliability RF filters, capacitors, and microwave components engineered for EW systems. Our wideband, low-loss filters and high-Q capacitors ensure superior signal integrity and resilience under extreme conditions, enabling agile frequency tuning and spectrum dominance where failure is not an option.
Knowles’ components can be found in the following applications:
- Electronic Attack: Systems designed to disrupt or degrade enemy radar and communications through techniques like jamming.
- Electronic Protection: Technologies that safeguard friendly forces and equipment from electromagnetic threats, including decoys and interference mitigation.
- Electronic Warfare Support: Solutions that detect, identify, and locate signal sources for situational awareness, such as radar warning receivers.
- Digital RF Memory (DRFM): Advanced systems that record and replay signals to confuse adversaries and enhance electronic countermeasure capabilities.
Enabling Electronic Warfare Superiority
High-Reliability RF Solutions for Electronic Warfare
Knowles drives electronic warfare superiority with precision RF and microwave components built for unmatched signal integrity, agility, and mission-critical reliability.
- High-Reliability Capacitors: High-Q MLCCs and SLCs screened to space-level standards for extreme environments.
- Adaptive RF Components: Switched RF filters, couplers, and hybrid couplers for rapid frequency agility.
- Jamming and Signal Protection: RF/microwave components enabling broadband jamming and secure communications.
- Mission-Proven Expertise: MIL-SPEC, precision-engineered components backed by decades of defense experience.
Educational Resources
Examining the Definition of “Wideband” Through the Lens of Electronic Warfare Systems
The Role of Filters in Expanding Bandwidth for Electronic Warfare Receivers
Knowles Achieves a Benchmark for Excellence: MIL-PRF-55681-Qualified Capacitors for Mission-Critical Defense Applications
RF/Microwave Products Catalog
SLC Capacitors Catalog
High-Performance Filters in Millimeter Wave Applications
Product Documentation
Switched Filter Banks
RF Crossover
SWaP-C Optimized Parts for Radar Systems
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