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Lockheed’s Ground-Based Radar Gets Official Government Designation

The Lockheed Martin-built TPY-4 ground-based radar for air defense surveillance has received the AN/TPY-4(V)1 designation from the U.S. government. TPY-4 is a multimission radar that could provide warfighters situational awareness, early warning and tactical ballistic missile surveillance capabilities even in contested radio frequency environments and features Gallium Nitride technology and a digital, software-defined sensor architecture. […] More

by Jane Edwards September 14, 2021, 12:00 pm
in M&A Activity, News, Space, Technology

Teledyne Business Launches Two GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors for Military, Space Applications

A Teledyne Technologies business has unveiled two new ruggedized gallium nitride, high electron mobility transistors designed for high-reliability space, avionics and military applications. The 30-amp TDG650E30B and 15-amp TDG650E15B GaN HEMTs are the latest additions to Teledyne e2v HiRel“™s family of 650-volt products based on GaN Systems“™ technology.

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by Jane Edwards January 7, 2021, 3:19 am
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Raytheon Displays Missile Defense Radar Offering at AUSA Conference
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Lockheed to Use Qorvo-Made Power Amplifiers for Q-53 Radar Update

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

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by Nichols Martin September 19, 2019, 10:40 am
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Lockheed Completes Radar Tech Demonstration for Army LTAMDS Program

Lockheed Martin conducted a series of exercises to demonstrate how its radar platform will meet the U.S. Army's requirements for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor during the service's “sense-off“ at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

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by Jane Edwards June 18, 2019, 10:40 pm
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Northrop Advances GaN Tech Development for Military Systems in Multidomain Battlespace

Northrop Grumman develops gallium nitride and other semiconductor materials for integration with radars, sensors and other electronic warfare systems to support warfighters as they operate in the multidomain battlespace. The company said Wednesday it produces GaN and other semiconductors through its advanced technology laboratory, which runs as a Pentagon trusted foundry and has delivered over 8M components used to support missions across maritime, space and other domains.

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by Jane Edwards May 30, 2019, 4:03 am
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Lockheed to Insert Gallium Nitride Into Army Radar Tech

Lockheed Martin has received a contract modification to incorporate gallium nitride into U.S. Army radars used to protect soldiers from indirect fire. The company said Monday updating the AN/TPQ-53 radar technology with GaN can help increase the system’s performance to acquire counterfire targets. AN/TPQ-53 is designed to help military users detect, classify, track and identify the location of adversarial indirect fire in […] More

by Nichols Martin October 9, 2018, 10:25 am
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Northrop's Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Comply With FCC 5G Requirements

A Northrop Grumman business has announced several monolithic microwave integrated circuit offerings that comply with the Federal Communications Commission's requirements for 5G frequency bands. Northrop's microelectronics products and services business made the announcement at the 2017 International Microwave Symposium, the company said Wednesday. Some of those MMIC products include APN243, APN248 and APN228 GaN HEMT high […] More

by Jane Edwards June 23, 2017, 1:33 am
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Lockheed Completes Preliminary Long-Range Radar Design Review
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica Receives Radar Systems Order from China

Leonardo-Finmeccanica will supply four new radar systems for air traffic control to China under a contract with the country's National Instruments Import and Export Corp. Instrimpex will use the four ATCR-33S NG primary radars during flight departure and landing phases and extended terminal area surveillance, Leonardo said Wednesday. The radar system is developed based on […] More

by Jay Clemens November 4, 2016, 8:16 am
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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

by Dominique Stump October 20, 2016, 10:17 am
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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

by Scott Nicholas September 30, 2016, 10:51 am