SETTING THE BENCHMARK

Wireless 5G cellular communications networks are gobbling up bandwidth as people use more and more mobile data. Unfortunately, some of the frequency bands near 5G spectrum are already used at C-band by radar altimeters on commercial and military aircraft. Fortunately, Benchmark Lark has a solution...

Light detection and ranging (lidar) technology is a remote sensing feature most notably used in newer model cars that is also employed to safely guide robots and autonomous vehicles on manufacturing floors and warehouses. Lidar has been used for over 20 years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

It's no secret that companies that manufacture or source electronic products in the United States stand to gain tremendously from increased public spending by the federal government. From national defense to national security and transportation to telecommunications, the U.S. government is poised...

Frequency spectrum has long been taken for granted, from the early days of tuning an amplitude-modulated (AM) radio to a favorite sports or news program to making a call on a mobile telephone. Communication happens because radio waves travel across the air from sources to destinations without...

The Benchmark Site Profile is an ongoing blog feature highlighting the Benchmark engineering and manufacturing teams worldwide. Tune in to read the next installment in the series. This month features Benchmark Lark Technology's engineering and manufacturing team in Tijuana, Mexico - Rubi.

Benchmark has partnered with aerospace and defense providers for more than thirty years, offering engineering, manufacturing, and technology solutions that meet end-users stringent requirements for reliable advanced technology. To do this, we've developed strict processes for quality control and ...

As a premier electronics manufacturer for defense partners, we’re very in tune with trends and opportunities for innovation in the defense industry. During the pandemic, we had to rise to the challenges of supply chain disruptions, the push to onshore manufacturing, and economic disruptions that...

Brian Sinclair, Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Benchmark Lark Technology, shares his views on innovation in U.S. manufacturing in this month's Microwave Product Digest. He outlines how changes in consumer electronics manufacturing in the 1990's, including the rise of contract manufacturing...

The current global component shortage has created significant problems for manufacturers across industries. With the pandemic and other global supply chain factors, suppliers find it increasingly difficult to meet demand, delaying downstream production of products. Unfortunately, these aren't the...

Huntsville, Alabama, is one of America's original technology hotspots—especially in the area of aerospace and defense. In fact, Huntsville's nickname is the "Rocket City" because of its long association with U.S. space missions. Huntsville is home to Cummings Research Park, the second-largest...

Failures often promote success. Such is the way of the engineering teams in the failure analysis laboratories at Benchmark. These comprehensive laboratories are dedicated to studying actual and potential failure mechanisms for electronic products. Using an array of test instruments, test chambers,...

Designing and manufacturing RF filters is a complex process. There are thousands of variations of the component based on the customer's needs, the purpose of the system, and the environment in which it will be performing. It takes a team of engineers with deep experience in various applications to...