Last week at AOC 2025, Analog Devices (ADI) showcased its a powerful lineup of next-generation RF technologies, offering a look at their cutting-edge aerospace and defense signal-processing solutions. ADI’s live demonstrations highlight how advanced mixed-signal, high-speed, and software-defined architectures are reshaping modern electronic warfare. They gave defense engineers and program leaders a firsthand view of the capabilities driving faster response, broader situational awareness, and more compact, power-efficient EW systems.
Onsite Demonstrations at AOC 2025:
RF Front-End Solutions up to 55 GHz for Aerospace & Defense Innovation
Addressing key architectural challenges in aerospace & defense and instrumentation systems, ADI's complete RF front-end solution combines frequency conversion up to 55 GHz, tunable band-pass filters, gain-ranging SiPs, and wideband synthesizers. Leveraging their Apollo MXFETM technology, they are able to provide a design that reduces system complexity and SWaP-C while accelerating time to market for advanced RF systems.
Continuous Direct RF Sampling from DC to 18 GHz
Modern EW and SIGINT systems demand uninterrupted wideband spectral coverage to detect and characterize agile threats. Conventional Nyquist sampling often creates spectral gaps at fixed clock rates. This demo highlights the Apollo MxFE platform's dual clock mode, using independent sampling clocks (20 GSPS and 13.33 GSPS) to achieve seamless DC to 18 GHz coverage with no Nyquist gaps. The result: full-band situational awareness in a single, compact, direct-RF mixed-signal front end.
Integrated Wideband Tuner and Digitizer for Agile, High Speed Operations
A compact 3UVPX system combining a 4-channel transmit and 4-channel receive tuner with high-speed digitization up to 5 GSPS per channel across 0.1 GHz to 20 GHz. This platform integrates Apollo MxFE technology, FPGA/SOC processing, on-board memory, optical, PCIE Gen3, and Ethernet interfaces for flexible digital offload. Advanced DSP features, such as low-latency loopback, fast frequency hopping, and dynamic decimation, enable rapid EW response. Attendees will see how multifunction RF front-end ICs and hardened DSP capabilities streamline next-generation EW architectures.
Adaptive Platforms Driving Counter-UAS and Next-Gen EW Capabilities
Counter-UAS requirements are driving innovation in software-defined radio. ADI is showcasing adaptive RF systems for modern EW using their SDR platforms, enabling scalable, high-performance signal acquisition, processing, and generation across multiple bands. Features include real-time spectrum monitoring, agile waveform synthesis, and FPGA-based DSP for complex threat environments. With low latency, multichannel RF capability up to 6 GHz, these solutions support SWAP-constrained systems and rapid prototyping for next-generation EW deployments.
Click here to learn more about the Apollo MxFE solution from Analog Devices.
