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Bird Technologies

Logo: BirdRF, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Company based in Solon founded in 19421

Bird provides radio frequency communication products, services, calibration and training for the semiconductor, public security, cellular networks, broadcasting, military, government and medical industries. Bird's product portfolio includes RF power sensors, RF power meters, wattmeters, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, antenna and cable testers, attenuators, RF terminations and loads, RF IQC recording solutions, RF signal generation, and RF software analysis tools.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Bird provides radio frequency communication products, services, calibration and training for the semiconductor, public security, cellular networks, broadcasting, military, government and medical industries.2

The story

In 1942 James Raymond Bird teamed up with a college friend to start a small job shop in Cleveland, Ohio, which led to the development of a line of products used to measure RF power generated by television and radio transmitters. James and his partner founded the Bird Engineering Company which later changed its name to the Bird Electronic Corporation. During his career, James Bird had been awarded several patents.

Bird acquired TX RX Systems in 1995.

Bird acquired X-COM Systems in 2010, the company designs and manufactures digital communication hardware and software for military and commercial applications.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bird Technologies, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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