Keysight And SPHEREA Collaborate To Strengthen European Aerospace And Defense Testing Capabilities

Keysight and SPHEREA have joined forces to offer customers improved testing capabilities in the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector. The new collaboration leverages Keysight’s expertise in high-performance electronics tests and measuring systems and SPHEREA’s design and integration capabilities to provide customers with local solutions built on trusted technology.

As A&D requirements change and European governments increasingly prioritize defense independence, compliance with stringent export control regulations requires a timely and strategic response. The collaboration between Keysight and SPHEREA addresses the need to deploy next-generation measurement technologies critical to national security and aligns with EU-designed solutions that support self-sufficiency and strategic autonomy.

“Our partnership with SPHEREA enables us to deliver an innovative, scalable solution,” said Thierry Locquette, EMEA VP and GM at Keysight. “The accurate radar test solution is designed with our European R&D expertise and delivery capabilities to provide future-ready tests that meet the evolving needs of our defense customers.”

As part of the agreement, the deployment includes the delivery of Keysight’s Radar Target Generator (RTG) and Electronic Warfare (EW) testing solutions, featuring frequency expansion from 18 GHz to 40 GHz, which led to a successful tender for a leading military alliance. The solution consists of Keysight’s AXIe-based high-performance embedded controller with low latency and signal processing, arbitrary waveform generation, and its latest low phase-noise synthesizers.

“We are proud to cooperate with Keysight using our deep RF expertise to develop the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Up and Down Converter (UDC) with 1 GHz bandwidth in a short time frame,” said Julien Pulice, Group CTO Deputy at SPHEREA. “Together, we fulfilled the customer's needs for advanced capability within a condensed timeline.”

The joint effort underscores the push for greater autonomy in safety-critical applications across radar and electronic support measures (ESM) systems. It also aligns with the EU’s national security goal for defense resilience and sovereignty, free from foreign export restrictions and controls.