Okay Best I can see from an admitedly cursory search is that Spectrum is a company that makes the TX/RX modules and currently sells them to JR and Futaba. I imagine eventually Hitech and yes even Airtronics (that was for you Ken), if they wish to stay in bussiness will jump on board with this tech. http://www.spektrumrc.com/

Untill they come out with one of these in an 8 channel system I wont buy one any way. I already have a 6 Channel and do not have to fuss to fly my frequency. I understand The DX7 is a 7 channel system and Futaba's new one will be a lousy 6 channels. But Futaba's improvement of having a single receiver is nice and makes it worth the wait to see if they get to 8 Channels with it. The Specktrum DX7 is a nice system reguardless of who makes it (Spectrum with JR parts) and I would recomend it to anyone who does not already have a vast squadron of planes as it is the beginning of a new era of R/C that will make our 72 MHz FM/PPM systems as high end as an AM Tx/Rx. I bet our old 72 MHz frequencies end up in the Toys R' Us and Radio Shack toy R/C's.