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Company Overview

Lucix Corporation is a world leader in Commercial and Military Satellite, Airborne and Ground Systems, providing modules, units and subsystems from UHF through L, C, X, Ku, Ka and Q Bands.

Space Hardware

Lucix qualified heritage Satellite / Space Hardware includes:

  • LNAs
  • Local Oscillators Assemblies (MLOs, Reference Generators)
  • Receivers (fixed and agile)
  • Frequency Converters
  • Frequency Synthesizers (fixed and agile)
  • Power Monitors
  • Phase-Locked Dielectric Oscillators (PLDROs)
  • Free-Running Dielectric Oscillators (DROs)

These units have been provided from UHF through L, C, X, Ku, Ka and Q Bands.

Lucix routinely supplies units to the major US Satellite OEMs, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Loral, Northrop Grumman and Orbital Sciences. All hardware is designed, qualified, manufactured, tested and shipped from Lucix facilities in Camarillo, California.

Our extensive engineering capability enables Lucix to simultaneously develop and qualify a wide variety of unit types. For example, in 2010, Lucix is delivering over 160 full-up satellite RF electronic units, of 28 unique designs, including LNAs, Frequency Converters, Receivers, Power Monitors, and Reference Generators / MLOs. This hardware is being used on satellite platforms at Boeing, Loral and Lockheed Martin – spanning bus voltage ranges from 30Vdc to 100Vdc with the various required T&C interfaces.

Space Hardware Heritage

Our units are typically composed of a number of internal modules, such as amplifiers, filters, PLDROs, oscillators, mixers, step attenuators, temperature compensation, T&C boards, and DC-DC converters. We have an extensive catalog of these qualified modules – within qualified units - delivered and on-orbit. Most unit types can be built from these heritage components. This approach supports the necessary high reliability over the 15 – 18 year missions, while assuring on-time delivery and customer acceptance.

 

Military and Airborne Hardware

Lucix also specializes in military compliant hardware, featuring rugged construction and state-of-the-art performance, for military airborne and ground environments.


Lucix qualified heritage Military and Airborne Hardware includes:

  • Amplifiers
  • Receivers
  • Transmitters
  • Frequency Converters
  • Phase-Locked Dielectric Oscillators (PLDROs)
  • Free-Running Dielectric Oscillators (DROs)

Typical environments include vibration, shock, wide temperature ranges, 100% humidity, altitude, rapid decompression, salt, sand and dust and radiation. Full verified specification compliant performance under all environments is a typical requirement.

For example, since 2005 Lucix has been supplying eight (8) types of units for the UASF's FAB-T program including PLDROs, Amplifiers, Receivers, Transmitters, Up and Down Converters – covering frequency ranges from 180 MHz to 40 GHz.

lucix factory

Lucix has served over
180 Satellite and Military OEM customers including:
Alcatel
Boeing
Harris
Lockheed Martin
Loral (SS/L)
NASA
Northrop Grumman
Orbital Sciences Corp.
Raytheon
Rockwell Collins
US Navy

Dual Master Local Oscillators
Dual Master Local Oscillators

 

Reference Oscillators
Reference Oscillators

 

Ku Band Power Monitor
Satellite Ku Band Power Monitor

 

Transmitters
Military Airborne Receivers and Transmitters