What Microtech does

Microtech, Inc. is a privately held U.S. manufacturer of flexible and rigid waveguide assemblies and passive microwave components, headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut. Founded in 1954 and operating continuously for more than 70 years, the company designs and builds custom microwave interconnect hardware for applications including radar, satellite communications, avionics, naval weapons systems, and terrestrial communications infrastructure. The company self-describes as the "World's Largest Producer of Flexible Waveguide" and supplies blue-chip aerospace and defense customers including Boeing, Space Systems/Loral, MDA, Lockheed Martin, and Maxar Space Systems. Microtech products are reportedly embedded in all Boeing-manufactured airplanes, all F15 and F16 fighter jets, the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System on naval destroyers, and satellites launched weekly.

The company's core technology stack spans the full design-to-delivery lifecycle under a single 36,000 sq-ft roof: CAD/CAE using Creo 1 (Pro-E) and AutoCAD; HFSS electromagnetic simulation; CNC machining with MASTERCAM X; in-house rubber jacket vulcanizing and molding (described as one of the largest such departments in the industry); multi-metal plating (silver, gold, nickel, copper, tin, cadmium, aluminum/brass chromate conversion, stainless steel passivation) per ASTM, AMS, and MIL specifications; induction, torch, and aluminum dip-brazing per AWS C3.4/C3.5/C3.7; MIL-spec painting (MIL-PRF-23377, MIL-PRF-22750, MIL-PRF-85258); and RF test and metrology covering 10 MHz to 60 GHz via an Agilent N5235A PNA Vector Network Analyzer and a FARO Edge 7-axis laser measurement arm. The product portfolio includes flexible, rigid, double-ridged, and millimeter (down to WR10) waveguide assemblies plus a deep line of passive microwave components — couplers, rotary joints, terminations, waveguide-to-coax adapters (including end-launch), magic tees, pressure windows, arc detectors, power samplers, standard gain horns, torsional joints, and precision flange extrusions. Microtech holds ISO 9001-2015 and AS9100-2016 certifications (NQA Global Assurance, Certificate No. 14267) and Lockheed Martin Special Process Approval (September 2021).

Microtech operates a quote-based direct-sales model supported by an 84-person global sales representative network covering all 50 U.S. states and 31 international territories across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the Americas. Customers configure product specifications via an online product configurator that generates a custom part number; orders are then submitted for quote via phone (203.272.3234), online contact form, or sales rep. Pricing is per unit and configuration, with no public list, and the company accepts Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. The company is led by James A. McGregor (President), is privately held with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or M&A activity, and has not raised external funding since its 1954 founding. Revenue is generated from custom-configured, made-to-spec hardware sales to military and commercial customers across aerospace, defense, satellite, naval, and terrestrial communications end-markets.

Name

Microtech

Legal name

Microtech, Inc.

Website

https://microtech-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Microtech, Inc. is a privately held U.S. manufacturer of flexible and rigid waveguide assemblies and passive microwave components, founded in 1954 in Cheshire, Connecticut. The company serves aerospace, defense, satellite, and commercial communications customers, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Maxar Space Systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cheshire

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Custom Waveguide and Microwave Component Sales: Primary revenue stream from the design and manufacture of custom flexible and rigid waveguide assemblies and passive microwave components. Quote-based B2B sales of made-to-spec hardware to aerospace, defense, satellite, and commercial customers. Includes both one-off specialized jobs and large production volumes.
2. Contract Manufacturing / Specialty Products: Custom and specialty products tailored to client requirements (specialty molding, plating, brazing, painting per MIL-specs). Order-driven production of small specialized jobs through largest production volumes; pricing per unit/configuration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Microtech, Inc. is a designer and full-capability manufacturer of flexible and rigid waveguide assemblies and passive microwave components. The company produces standard catalog waveguide products and custom-engineered solutions in sizes from WR650 down to millimeter WR10, serving aerospace, defense, satellite, naval, and commercial communications applications. All design, manufacturing, plating, brazing, painting, RF testing, and metrology operations are housed in a single 36,000 sq-ft facility in Cheshire, Connecticut.

Product overview

Microtech, Inc. offers a single integrated product family rather than a multi-tenant software platform: it is a full-capability designer and manufacturer of flexible and rigid waveguide assemblies plus passive microwave components. The portfolio is organized around two primary physical formats - Rectangular (with sub-types including Flexible Waveguide, Extra Flexible Waveguide, Millimeter Seamless Flexible Waveguide, Rigid Waveguide, and Flexible Waveguide Double Ridged) and Double Ridged - and a set of supporting passive microwave components: Couplers (Crossguide, Loop, Precision Broadwall), Rotary Joints (I, L, U Style, Broadband Coaxial), Terminations (Low, Medium, High Power, High Power Air Cooled, Ultra High Power Water Cooled), Waveguide to Coax Adapters and End Launch Adapters, Magic Tees, Pressure Windows (including High Power variants), Arc Detectors, Power Samplers, Standard Gain Horns, Torsional Joints, and Waveguide Flange Extrusions. These building blocks are sold both as catalog items and as Specialty/Custom Products tailored to individual system requirements, with ordering supported by Microtech's online Product Configurator.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MTPS Flexible/Twistable Waveguide: Microtech's product line of flexible and twistable waveguide (MTPS) assemblies, offering full-band flexibility with vibration isolation and elongation/compression capabilities.
• MCKS Flexible/Non-Twistable Waveguide
• MSD/MSP/MSB Seamless Waveguide

Products and services

• Flexible Waveguide (Rectangular)

Quantifiable outcome

• World's Largest Producer of Flexible Waveguide (self-described market leadership claim)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major/flagship, major and minor.

• Maxar Space Systemsmajor/flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaxar Space Systems has awarded Microtech Supplier Excellence Awards in 2020 and 2024, recognizing Microtech's role as a key supplier for satellite payloads. Microtech designs and manufactures lightweight and millimeter waveguide for satellites launched by Maxar (and related primes). This is a long-standing strategic supply relationship in the commercial satellite market.
• Lockheed MartinmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn September 2021, Microtech was approved for Lockheed special processes, qualifying Microtech to perform special manufacturing processes for Lockheed Martin defense programs. This approval enables Microtech to supply qualified waveguide assemblies into the Lockheed supply chain.
• Space Systems/Loralmajor/flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMicrotech designs and manufactures lightweight and millimeter waveguide for satellites launched weekly by Space Systems/Loral. In 2017 Space Systems Loral honored Microtech with a prestigious "Suppliers Excellence Award". This is a long-standing strategic supply relationship in the commercial satellite market.
• MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMicrotech designs and manufactures lightweight and millimeter waveguide for satellites launched by MDA. Cited as a customer for satellite payloads alongside Space Systems/Loral and Boeing Space.
• Boeing (Space)major/flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMicrotech designs and manufactures lightweight and millimeter waveguide for satellites launched by Boeing Space. Microtech products are also found in all Boeing-manufactured commercial airplanes, indicating a multi-decade embedded supply relationship across Boeing's defense, space, and commercial aviation divisions.
• Exposure Internet MarketingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExposure Internet Marketing is credited at the bottom of Microtech's website as the CT web design/development and SEO company that built and supports microtech-inc.com. The site footer includes backlinks to Exposure.com with the alt-text "CT Web Design and Development Company - Exposure Internet Marketing" and "CT SEO Company - Exposure Internet Marketing".

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Smiths Interconnect: Smiths Interconnect (which acquired the former Continental Microwave / TRAK Microwave lines) is a large diversified defense and aerospace interconnect supplier offering waveguide components among many other RF products. Overlaps with Microtech in waveguide and microwave components but competes across a much broader RF/microwave portfolio.
• Pasternack (Infinite Electronics): Pasternack is a catalog distributor and manufacturer of RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave components including waveguide assemblies, adapters, and passive components. Overlaps with Microtech in standard waveguide products but is a broad-line catalog supplier rather than a custom space/defense specialist.
• Dow-Key Microwave (Keysight): Dow-Key Microwave (acquired by Keysight/Agilent heritage) manufactures waveguide switches and related passive components for test, defense, and satellite applications. Overlaps with Microtech in high-reliability waveguide components but focused on switching rather than full flexible waveguide assemblies.

Direct peers

• Mega Industries: Mega Industries is a US-based manufacturer of high-power microwave waveguide components, including flexible waveguides, terminations, and rigid assemblies used in particle accelerators, radar, and broadcast. Comparable to Microtech in flexible waveguide manufacturing, MIL-spec qualifications, and prime-contractor supply.
• Flann Microwave: Flann Microwave is a UK-based designer and manufacturer of precision waveguide components, antennas, and microwave subsystems serving defense, aerospace, and telecommunications markets. Comparable to Microtech in flexible/rigid waveguide products, custom engineering, and global distribution, though geographically based in Europe.
• Microwave Development Laboratories (MDL): MDL designs and manufactures custom waveguide components, assemblies, and subsystems for radar, electronic warfare, and satellite applications. Highly comparable to Microtech in product scope (rigid and flexible waveguide, passive components), customer base (defense/satellite primes), and custom/quote-based business model.
• SAGE Millimeter: SAGE Millimeter designs and manufactures millimeter-wave and microwave components including waveguide, antennas, and subsystems. Comparable to Microtech in flexible and rigid waveguide products focused on the WR10–WR28 millimeter-wave range used in satellite, radar, and test applications.
• QuinStar Technology (formerly Mi-Wave): QuinStar manufactures millimeter-wave and microwave components including waveguide, antennas, and subassemblies. Comparable to Microtech in millimeter-wave flexible waveguide (WR10–WR22), defense/aerospace customer base, and custom engineering model.
• AFT Microwave: AFT Microwave is a Germany-based manufacturer of rigid and flexible waveguide components, adapters, and assemblies for defense, aerospace, and telecommunications applications. Comparable to Microtech in custom waveguide manufacturing, MIL-spec capabilities, and aerospace customer base, though based in Europe.

Emerging players

• RF-Lambda (RFMW / Element 14): RF-Lambda is a global catalog supplier of RF and microwave passive and active components including waveguide adapters and assemblies. Comparable to Microtech in passive microwave component offerings but operates primarily as a catalog/distributor model rather than custom space-qualified manufacturing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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