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Part 2: Taking Compact High-Power RF to the Next Level In Part 1 of this article, From Customer Request to Product Line, we discussed how a US Department of Defense customer requirement for a [...]

Part 1: From Customer Request to Product Line In 2006, a pressing need emerged within the US military: a portable, high-power RF system capable of testing vulnerabilities in electronic systems. [...]

One of APELC’s greatest strengths is our dedication to customer service, beginning at the quoting process and continuing through the full lifecycle of our products. This approach allows us [...]

While defense has historically been the primary driver of pulsed power system development (see our previous blogs: 5 Things to Know About Pulse Power and More Pulse Power History), a broad range [...]

While APELC does everything possible to make our systems low-maintenance and reliable, the honest truth is that any high-voltage system has unique failure modes that require some specialized [...]

The Challenge: Unreliable Power Supplies in Pulsed Power Applications For over 25 years, APELC has been a leader in pulsed power technology. We’ve focused heavily on designing and building [...]

With our last couple of blog entries, we have talked a lot about MIL-STD-461G RS105 testing, especially given our recent installation of a 2m EUT RS105 system at Naval Information Warfare Center [...]

Recently, APELC had the pleasure to install one of our 2m RS105 HEMP simulators at the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific in San Diego. NIWC states their mission as “Conduct [...]

If you have been following the news lately, you might have seen some rather alarming headlines like, “Russia Could Put a Nuclear Weapon Into Orbit This Year” [1] or “US Tells Allies Russia May [...]

2023 Year in Review LANL contract APELC took a major step ahead in 2023 from being an R&D-oriented pulse power firm, to a full production manufacturer. Thanks in large part to the NNSA’s [...]