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19 August 2009

 

BAE’s compound semiconductor foundry accredited as DoD trusted supplier 

The Pentagon’s Defense Microelectronics Activity has accredited BAE Systems’ microelectronics foundry in Nashua, NH, USA as a trusted supplier of microelectronics for the US Department of Defense and other government customers.

The foundry’s capabilities include monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and other devices based on gallium arsenide and gallium nitride. BAE Systems has produced compound semiconductor MMICs and devices in its Nashua facility for more than 20 years for use in its electronic warfare, communications, radar, and weapon systems. “Achieving trusted supplier status recognizes the Microelectronics Center’s continuing role as a provider of critical semiconductor components for the DoD,” says Scott Powell, director of the Nashua facility.

The firm’s Microelectronics Center is the second BAE Systems semiconductor facility to achieve trusted status after Semiconductor Technology Center in Manassas, VI, which develops and produces radiation-hardened and other silicon-based technologies, was accredited in December 2006.

The DoD established the Trusted-Foundry Program in response to the industry-wide migration of semiconductor fabrication facilities offshore and the need for qualified domestic sources to develop and produce the specialized ICs required for national security applications.

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