Qorvo has received a potential $75M other transaction agreement from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division to build a center for radio frequency semiconductor production and prototyping for the U.S. government.

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Qorvo has secured a three-year contract of an undisclosed sum to create a high-yield copper flip-chip GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit technology in support of a Department of Defense initiative.

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Lockheed Martin has selected Qorvo to provide gallium nitride power amplifiers for a U.S. Army-employed phased array radar.

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The Department of Defense has selected Lockheed Martin, Intel, Qorvo and Ayar Labs for a prototype project that seeks to further develop optical input/output technologies to enable high-speed data communications. The Co-Packaged Analog-Drive High-Bandwidth Optical Input/Output or KANAGAWA prototype project was awarded through the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems other transaction authority. […] More

Ayar Labs was awarded a $15 million multi-year prototype other transaction agreement by the Naval Surface Warfare Center to support its co-packaged analog drive high bandwidth optical input/output project or Project KANAGAWA.  Under the OTA, the company said Thursday it will employ its optical input/output chiplets and lasers at data rate bandwidth levels above 2 […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel’s federal business arm, as an inductee into the 2022 edition of the Wash100 Award for supporting the company’s semiconductor-focused efforts and promoting collaborations with industry partners and government agencies. This marks the third consecutive Wash100 Award for Brinker. Visit Wash100.com to cast your votes […] More

A Strategy Analytics report predicts global defense spending to hit $2.41 trillion over the next eight years at a compound annual growth rate of 3.7 percent. Strategy Analytics said Monday its report suggests that the Trump administration’s push to restore U.S. military leadership has reflected in the White House’s proposed budget for fiscal 2019. The FY 2019 […] More

Lockheed Martin has developed technology for the thermal management of high-powered microchips as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Inter/Intra Chip Enhanced Cooling Applications initiative. The company said Tuesday its microfluidic cooling system aims to increase the performance of monolithic microwave integrated circuit-based power amplifiers and embedded systems. A team of DARPA and Lockheed researchers found during a study that […] More