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  • Raytheon Awarded Additional Gallium Nitride Production Process Development Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Awarded Additional Gallium Nitride Production Process Development Funds

    Raytheon has secured a $14.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Office of the Secretary of Defense to further develop the production process of gallium nitride-based semiconductors. The company said Wednesday it will work to update the performance, supply and the dependability of wideband, monolithic, microwave-integrated circuits and circulator equipment made from GaN. This […] More

  • MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Gallium Nitride Component Transition Process for Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Gallium Nitride Component Transition Process for Radars

    Raytheon has received a contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to develop a transition-to-production process that will incorporate Gallium Nitride components onto existing and future AN/TPY-2 radars. The company said Friday the initial effort will also support efforts to modernize ballistic missile defense radars through the transition from Gallium Arsenide to GaN technology which will work to boost […] More

  • Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development

    Raytheon will collaborate with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop modular building blocks for the service branch’s Next Generation Radar program under a two-year, $1.1 million cooperative research agreement. The partnership aims to explore approaches to design and fabricate modular components for integration into the NGR’s open architecture and address flexibility, agility and efficiency requirements across radar bands, Raytheon said Monday. Colin Whelan, Raytheon […] More

  • Cobham to Integrate RFHIC GaN Tech into New RF Products - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham to Integrate RFHIC GaN Tech into New RF Products

    Cobham will integrate the gallium nitride technology of RFHIC Corp. in South Korea into the former’s radio-frequency products as part of a new strategic partnership. The companies will jointly build GaN high-power amplifier modules set for installation in a prototype 175-kilowatt solid-state transmitter, Cobham said Wednesday. Bob McArthur, vice president for Cobham’s integrated electronic solutions business, […] More

  • Raytheon to Exhibit New Patriot System Radar Tech at Army Trade Expo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Exhibit New Patriot System Radar Tech at Army Trade Expo

    Raytheon will display its new gallium nitride-based Active Electronically Scanned Array main antenna designed to work with the Patriot air and missile defense system at the Association of the U.S. Army‘s Global Force Symposium and Exposition Tuesday through Thursday in Huntsville, Alabama. Raytheon said Monday the AESA main array is designed to provide 360-degree coverage enabled by smaller transmitters and replace the current […] More

  • Lockheed to Produce Radars for Romania; Mark Mekker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Produce Radars for Romania; Mark Mekker Comments

    Lockheed Martin has been selected to supply ground-based radars to Romania that will work to operate independently in remote areas to address the customer’s needs. Lockheed will produce two TPS-77 radars and digital array row transceivers for the country under the contract agreement, the company said Monday. “The feedback we receive from our ongoing collaborations with countries […] More

  • Defense News: Poland, Germany Could Ink Missile Defense System Procurement Contracts in 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense News: Poland, Germany Could Ink Missile Defense System Procurement Contracts in 2016

    NATO member countries, such as Poland and Germany, have yet to sign the final contracts to buy new missile defense systems even if they already chose the contractors for such platforms this year, Defense News reported Tuesday. Jen Judson writes that Germany and Poland expect to sign the procurement agreements in 2016. Poland tapped Raytheon […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils New Ground-Based Radar Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils New Ground-Based Radar Platform

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a ground-based radar platform designed to reduce array power consumption. The gallium nitride-based Digital Array Row Transceiver platform is a line-replaceable unit that consists of a row transmitter and row receiver, Lockheed said Tuesday. DART has been deployed in TPS-77 Multi Role Radar system that works for aerial surveillance operations and can be […] More

  • Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar

    Raytheon continues work to upgrade the radar component of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with a gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned array to provide a 360-degree radar coverage. The company said Tuesday the GaN-based AESA radar works to help the Patriot system protect U.S. and allied forces against attacks that come from multiple directions. “The Raytheon-developed GaN-based AESA […] More

  • Latvia Purchases 3 Lockheed Air Surveillance Radars; Raimonds Bergmanis, Greg Larioni Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Latvia Purchases 3 Lockheed Air Surveillance Radars; Raimonds Bergmanis, Greg Larioni Comment

    Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to supply three TPS-77 multi-role radars to Latvia for use in aircraft surveillance operations. The company said Monday the TPS-77 MRR consists of a single, multirole scan platform that works to allow users to choose specific flight surveillance functions for the radar and a Gallium Nitride system designed to reduce […] More

  • Raytheon Upgrades Patriot Main Radar with GAN AESA Tech; Ralph Acaba Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Upgrades Patriot Main Radar with GAN AESA Tech; Ralph Acaba Comments

    Raytheon has upgraded the main radar of the Patriot air and missile defense system with a gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned array. The milestone moves the company closer to completing the full system set to be operational in early 2016, Raytheon said Thursday. Ralph Acaba, vice president of integrated air and missile defense at Raytheon’s integrated defense […] More