Articles by David Vye, Editor, Microwave Journal

In this article we offer a brief look into the past of two companies whose long history in developing microwave technology and defense systems eventually brought them together. From humble beginnings, Cobham plc and M/A-COM grew, achieved industry leadership status and weathered decades of economic change through their innovations...

This issue concludes our celebration of 50 years serving the microwave industry. We hope you have enjoyed this year- long look at our shared history—the reprints of past articles and special retrospective reports, as well as the projections of the future by all our guest contributors. Without a doubt,...

We come to the final chapter in this history of Microwave Journal ’s first 50 years, a story told through five decades of articles by the industry’s business and technology leaders. This story began with entrepreneurs William Bazzy and Ted Saad founding the magazine and serving as the first...

Past Microwave Journal articles provide a fascinating look at the life and times of our industry and how we have weathered economic and social change. This fifth installment in our series recounts the 1990s, a decade that is still clearly visible in our recent memories. In the world at...

This six-part series looks at five decades of the microwave industry recorded in Microwave Journal . In this fourth installment, we focus on the 1980s, a decade marked by such notable events as the birth of MTV, punk rock and “new wave,” the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana,...

This history of Microwave Journal as told through the articles that appeared in the magazine over the past 50 years is also the history of the microwave industry as told by those in the business. This series looks at the past five decades of microwave technology as described in...

We start this story of the microwave industry with the invention of the cavity magnetron in England under wartime pressures. By 1939, English scientists had already installed a coastal radar system. Based on the early success of radar, the British military now desired radar sets small enough to fit...