Litton Systems Inc . of Williamsport won a $ 670, 672 contract from the Federal Aviation Admn . in Oklahoma City for the overhaul / repair of amplitron tubes.
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Raytheon engineer William C . Brown's work to adapt magnetron principles to create a new broadband amplifier is generally recognized as the first CFA, which he called an "'Amplitron " '.
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Mr . Brown was director of Raytheon's magnetron development laboratory, where he played a leading role in the development of the magnetron tube, which generates microwaves for the microwave oven, and the development of the crossed-field amplifier tube, or amplitron, which is used in radar systems and enabled communications with the lunar lander during NASA's Apollo missions.
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