We now added fourth (4th) Keysight PNA-X VNAnalyzer, and expanding E.band radios portfolio, and there's interest from Harris (military radios) group. AmpliTech's (Fawad's) secret dream is probably getting acquired by a larger fish, as possibility of organic growth remains low & inorganic while easier still hasn't been stellar since AmpliTech "inc." converted in "Group inc.", Microphase fell off, x-Miteqs at L3Narda who were ordering from AmpliTech until 2015 came to us looking for alternatives for better VSWR-IN spec & more repeatable/practical NF at higher temperature than AmpliTech, and in general inorganic wasn't a rapid success for AMPG, sofar. So mark my words, the secret dream in Fawad's head is find a decent buyer for the current company (AMPG) & start something new w/zero debt & no personal money/impact on pers. CreditScore involved - insulated from the past. I look at Delta Microwave nearby in Oxnard.CA (i was there sometimes to chit-chat about "good old days") & how Mercury Systems acquired them & removed "dead wood" (employees who weren't contributing much) & how since it's become Mercury's family of companies, and there're similatities to AmpliTech. Though many of acquisitions in Ventura/SantaBarbara/Orange/LA counties in this sort of RFMW-->SatCom field were by HEICO Group, rather than Mercury Systems, even Santa Barbara Infrared (SBIR) was sacked despite it an optical (physics) lab, not electronics co. previously. I'd imagine L3Narda-East buying AmpliTech would be "creme-de-la-crepe", i.e. a dream for Fawad. Else, AmpliTech ain't going to be what his Business Plan joyfully & naively charted back in 2004 & earlier, for investors, like for that old geezer from M/ACom who promised but didn't invest significantly. I saw that plan & charts in it, it projected $30Million/year revenues for year 2010-12 or so & rapid YoY growth.
Bytheway, before SAGE Millimeter inc. (i knew & met its owner) here in Orange/L.A. county, its owner had WiseWave inc. & sold it for $21 Million, waited 2 years under NDA/NCA Agreement & started anew co. - SAGE MM. All this is nothing compared to JCA inc (Jim Chao Associates, he's still dead since 2017, was an alcoholic) sold for $0.8BILLION in prices of year 2019 ($650 Million in original price, but adjust for inflation) by just a few people along w/Jim to "New Focus OptoElectronics", Jim then started CIAOWireless inc. I knew Jim too. I knew many big players in RFMW & Engineering companies in general. And previously thought getting older is outright & overall TERRIBLE, BUT some goodies come with age (!) - a "solve billet", as you grow connectiobs, communication skills & become a better Icehole, who can't recognize the former super-shy, timid, skinny, bashful schoolboy from Europe. Now to celebrate 15th anniversary of this flimsy, senile car that looks like coffin on wheels, still driving it like you can't discard a family member or a pet just b/c they hot old, all she needs noe is a new solenoid in Transmission.
