New Space RF and microwave amplifiers:
frequently asked questions

Lead time depends on the model and stock: from a few days for units in stock up to 18 weeks. In a recent 216-unit program for a LEO constellation, first units shipped 8 weeks after the order and the full delivery, including customised modules, was completed in 24 weeks.

Yes. Customers have reported ERZIA amplifiers operating nominally in orbit, including X-band LNAs on a deep-space science mission and Ka-band HPAs on a low Earth orbit mission. See “Reporting in from Orbit”. So far in 2026, ERZIA has delivered more than 500 -NS units to customers.

Yes. ERZIA can deliver hundreds of units per month.

They are designed and manufactured in Santander, Spain (European Union). Exports follow EU Regulation 2021/821 on dual-use items, and most LNAs can be shipped to any destination not under EU sanctions. Within the EU, no export licence is needed. For exports to Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, dual-use parts ship under the EU general export authorisation EU001, which ERZIA holds: no individual licence and no additional lead time. For other destinations, some power amplifiers require an individual export licence depending on frequency and output power.

ERZIA provides the classification of each part on request.

Yes. If no catalogue part fits your mission, ERZIA can adapt an existing design (frequency range, gain, output power, connectors, mechanics or DC interface) or develop a new amplifier to your specification, applying the same -NS measures.

Yes. Virtually any product in ERZIA's commercial catalogue of more than 300 COTS amplifiers, as well as filters and integrated assemblies, can be upgraded to the -NS standard on request: radiation-tolerant DC section, vacuum-optimized mechanics, low-outgassing materials, AEC-Q200 passive components and an Acceptance Test Report at three temperatures. The RF performance stays the same, so the standard COTS version can serve as an engineering model while the -NS flight units are built.

There is no NRE for standard -NS products. For custom -NS designs, there is generally no NRE either for orders of three units or more.

By default, every -NS unit ships with a complete RF characterization against its datasheet at three temperatures. Raw data, including S-parameters, is also provided in digital format.

Datasheets, S-parameter files and 3D (STEP) models are provided on request. Evaluation units are not available, but you can always buy the commercial (COTS) equivalent of each -NS model and use it as an engineering model (see A16).

The standard DC and control connectors are 9-pin and 15-pin Micro-D. RF connectors are SMA, 2.92 mm or waveguide, depending on the model. Other connectors and interfaces can be provided as a customization (see A15).