ERZIA Upgrades The Environmental Ratings Of Its Entire New Space (-NS) Amplifier Line

Launched with the MIL-STD-810 ratings of ERZIA’s COTS amplifiers, the -NS line is now qualified by test to considerably more severe space-level environments

ERZIA, the European leader in high-performance RF and microwave solutions, today announced an upgrade of the environmental ratings across its entire New Space (-NS) amplifier line. The -NS line was introduced with the same MIL-STD-810 environmental specifications as ERZIA’s commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) amplifiers, already a robust baseline proven in hi-rel applications. Launched in September 2025 with 13 amplifiers, the line has since grown to 20 and will continue to expand. Qualification test data now show that -NS amplifiers withstand significantly more severe levels, and the datasheets of all 20 -NS amplifiers, 10 high-power amplifiers (HPAs) and 10 low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), have been raised accordingly.

The increase is substantial. Random vibration rises from 8 g RMS to 23.5 g RMS for three minutes per axis, almost three times the original rating; quasi-static acceleration rises from 15 g to 25 g; and shock, previously specified as a 20 g, 11 ms sawtooth pulse, is now qualified to 1,414 g (SRS, Q = 10). The upgraded ratings also add sine vibration up to 25 g and 10 thermal-vacuum cycles from -40 °C to +85 °C below 1×10⁻⁵ mbar with the unit operating and functionally tested at each plateau. The new levels follow ECSS-E-ST-10-03C and GSFC-STD-7000B (GEVS), the standards satellite manufacturers work with every day and are listed in a new “Environmental Specifications (-NS)” section of every datasheet.

Radiation tolerance, part of the -NS specification from day one, is now stated to ECSS-Q-ST-60-15C: 30 krad(Si) total ionizing dose for the DC section behind the housing, more than 300 krad(Si) for the RF section, and single-event latch-up immunity or protection, with key components rated to an LET of at least 43 MeV·cm²/mg. These figures are supported by ERZIA’s 2026 heavy-ion test campaign, carried out at NASA and Michigan State University laboratories, on the -NS power-conditioning components, which recorded no destructive single-event effects.

Qualification is only half of the commitment. Every -NS unit that leaves ERZIA’s facility in Santander is thermally cycled four times from -40 °C to +85 °C and ships with an Acceptance Test Report measured at three temperatures: -40 °C, +25 °C and up to +85 °C for low-noise amplifiers (+70 °C for high-power amplifiers). Additional acceptance tests, such as vibration or thermal vacuum, are available on request, and no non-recurring engineering (NRE) is required for catalog -NS products.

For mission engineers, the upgrade means more margin and fewer unknowns. ERZIA’s New Space products are supplied as COTS hardware that customers integrate into their own systems, and a datasheet that states demonstrated qualification levels lets them check margins against their launch and mission environments before ordering, instead of after. The line is also already proving itself in flight: -NS amplifiers are operating in Ka-band, X-band and low Earth orbit (LEO) missions, and customers have reported successful performance. It is the same philosophy behind the whole -NS line: space-ready hardware, available on short notice, with performance that customers can verify.

“Our -NS amplifiers were robust from the start: they were launched with the same MIL-STD-810 ratings as our COTS line,” said David Diez, Managing Director of ERZIA. “Our qualification data now tell us they are even more robust than that, so we have raised the specifications to match. Publishing the levels we have demonstrated by test, and testing every unit before it ships, is how we turn reliability from a promise into a specification customers can check, across the whole -NS line.”

The updated datasheets are available now on each product page of the New Space line at www.erzia.com/newspace. Visitors to European Microwave Week can also see the -NS COTS amplifiers in person this week, October 6–8, at ExCeL London. ERZIA will be at stand D45, where our engineers are ready to discuss your next mission requirements.

About ERZIA:
ERZIA is a global provider of high-performance RF and microwave solutions, specializing in solid-state power amplifiers (GaN and GaAs), low-noise amplifiers, filters, mixers, frequency converters, and integrated microwave assemblies. Supporting mission-critical applications in Electronic Warfare, Satcom, Space, and Radar, ERZIA products operate from DC up to 100 GHz and are trusted worldwide by leading organizations. ERZIA is certified to ISO 9001 and EN 9100 standards and is headquartered in Santander, Spain, with a sales office in Virginia, USA. For more information, visit erzia.com.