On the military front, the US has pressured allies to spend more GDP on weapons. Most countries have realised that as domestic industrial policy, rather than shell out foreign exchange for (cost ineffective) US made equipment.
replyOh interesting, I've heard of EMerge but haven't given it a try yet. Sounds like it's solid enough to be useful?
replyDefinitely solid enough to be useful. I'm about to print my second set of RF PCB's based on the simulations with it. There are still some quirks where you have to read the manual a couple of times until the right order of commands "clicks". But there are good examples that can be followed and they seem to be expanded all the time.
replynot to mention the price of a remotely usable vector network analyzer will make any software look affordable
replyA $50 TinyVNA is too expensive? Please.
replyTidy3d works very well (not free).
replyI gave up on OpenEMS.
Mil is driving a lot of small and large radar development, electronic warfare weapons, RF communications, etc.
replyThen you have a lot of work being done on new WiFi standards, satellie antennas, cell network development, and so on.
Also companies like Tarana are building a lot of unique things.
Wow. Thank you.
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