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270:, grew rapidly. In 1965, Litton Industries bought Sylvania's plant in Williamsport, PA and moved all magnetron production there. In 1975, Litton Industries bought MA-COM Tube Operations, and in 1993 bought Raytheon Microwave Power Tube Operations. During the 1990s, Litton developed tubes and became second source for most of the Hughes EDD's airborne radar tubes. In 2001, the company was purchased by
390:, a private equity firm, in early October 2021. Under this agreement, Electron Devices and Narda Microwave-West would combine to form Stellant Systems Inc. and become a subsidiary of Arlington's. Stellant reportedly was to maintain its independence and would be headed by leaders from within the two companies' ranks. Going forward, Stellant would retain its three facilities in
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designated the 4J52, as well as follow-on contracts, the company became a major competitor to
Raytheon and very profitable. In 1953, Charlie Litton sold Litton Industries to Electro Dynamics Corporation, who renamed themselves to adopt the Litton Industries name. The original Litton Industries, now
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radar system. By the time the F-14 program went into production, the tube division had outgrown the Culver City facility. Hughes moved the operation to
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fire control system and radar. At the end of the Korean War, the F-108 program was canceled, but Howard Hughes chose to keep the program going on company money. By 1959
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850:Companies based in Torrance, California
643:"RF & Microwave Product Catalog 31"
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709:"2019 Transition Report"
500:Pond, Norman H. (2008).
321:GM's satellite operation
173:satellite communications
27:Not to be confused with
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306:Culver City, California
288:Hughes Aircraft Company
221:microwave power modules
197:Hughes Aircraft Company
83:Anacom, Inc./Narda West
232:ion propulsion systems
207:L-3 later merged with
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276:L-3 Electron Devices
213:traveling-wave tubes
189:Narda Microwave-West
110:Torrance, California
679:"About Narda-MITEQ"
587:Microwaves & RF
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369:L3 Electron Devices
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545:2019-12-17
535:"Heritage"
406:References
400:Folsom, CA
29:Stellantis
298:AN/ASG-18
263:magnetron
253:In 1932,
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219:(TWTAs),
169:microwave
96:Successor
66:Aerospace
456:July 14,
430:July 14,
353:Lockheed
215:(TWTs),
131:Products
62:Industry
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