Type Corporation Successor WJ Communications Inc. Founded 1957 | Industry Electronics | |
Fate Acquired by multiple entities Key people W. Keith Kennedy (former CEO) Founders H. Richard Johnson, Dean A. Watkins |
Watkins-Johnson Company was a designer and manufacturer of electronic devices, systems, and equipment. The company, commonly referred to as "W-J", was formed in 1957 by Dean A. Watkins and H. Richard Johnson, and was headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Its products included microwave tubes, followed by solid-state microwave devices, electronic warfare subsystems and systems, receiving equipment, antennas, furnaces and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and automated test equipment.
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