Compound Semiconductor:
Raytheon’s GEM-T missile is a mainstay of the US Army’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense system, used against aircraft and tactical ballistic and cruise missiles. Now it has become the first missile packing a GaN transmitter, according to the company. One that never needs to be re-certified over the 45-year life of the missile.
“Our GaN is what’s breathing new life into these transmitters,” said Christine Walsh, Raytheon program manager for an international Patriot program. “GEM-T has been the beneficiary of all those years of Raytheon’s work on GaN technology.”
Those years – nearly two decades – have been spent pushing the limits of power and efficiency of GaN in Raytheon’s Department of Defense-accredited Trusted Foundry, where high performance GaN amplifiers are made.
