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Raytheon Awarded DARPA Research Contract For Gallium Nitride Semiconductors
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Apr 19, 2005 Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) has been awarded a three-year, $26.9 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract with a potential award value of $59.4 million if all program options are exercised. The program will optimize and refine the use of Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors for use in military and civilian systems. Raytheon is the prime contractor, having teamed with Cree on this leading edge technology. "Teaming with Cree is all about speed - combining the capabilities of the scientists at both companies will make this technology available to the warfighter much sooner," said Joe Smolko, Raytheon program manager for the WBGS-RF (Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Radio Frequency) applications program. GaN is capable of providing 10 times the output power of similarly sized Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) components. It enables systems solutions that are smaller, lighter, more efficient and more cost effective than can be realized with current technology and is the enabling building block for Raytheon's high-power and wideband strategy. "The Raytheon-Cree team has the systems knowledge, technical leadership, and semiconductor infrastructure to assure program success and transition into systems," said Mark Russell, IDS's vice president of Engineering. The Raytheon portion of the work will be conducted at Raytheon RF Components in Andover, Mass., while Cree's portion of the work will be conducted in Durham, N.C. and its Santa Barbara Technology Center in Calif. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Raytheon Cree SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Military Space News at SpaceWar.com
Space Group To Activate New Unit
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 6, 2006Air Force Reserve Command's 310th Space Group will travel deeper into the space program when it activates a new unit Jan. 7. Headquarters Reserve National Security Space Institute will be a Reserve associate unit to the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. The institute is the Department of Defense's focal point for providing education about space power in joint warfighting. |
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