Rapidly delivering next-generation radars to track, identify and help counter national security threats
Radars are in the business of saving lives.
Every moment of every day, they monitor the seas, skies, and space for a range of threats including hostile enemy aircraft and cruise missiles.
In collaboration with government labs and commercial industry partners, the Raytheon Advanced Technology team is developing next-generation multi-chip packaging for use in ground, maritime and airborne sensors. Ultimately, our team will accelerate the delivery of microelectronics packaging for military systems.
Advanced Microelectronics
Modern DoD sensors are built around a small number of components. The most critical of these are advanced microelectronics, which include semiconductors, and serve as the brain cells and powerhouse of advanced defense systems.
Trusted and capable microelectronics
The U.S. and its allies need high performance and highly reliable microelectronics for military applications
Innovating with "Advanced Technology"
We bring a deep, fundamental technical mastery to invent new microelectronics materials and processes that will power future generations of defense technology
We partner effectively with leading universities, small businesses, research and development organizations, and defense agencies to achieve the best possible outcomes.
The GaN Advantage
We lead the industry in its use of Gallium Nitride to make the high-power microwave circuits that transmit and receive RF energy. Gallium Nitride, also known as GaN, is a glasslike material that offers key advantages over other RF semiconductors in energy efficiency, weight and power output.
The business makes military-grade GaN at its Massachusetts foundry and has achieved U.S. Department of Defense Technology Readiness Level 9 and Manufacturing Readiness Level 9 for the innovative tech, which means it’s proven in successful mission operations and ready for deployment.
The proof is in the final product, from the smallest circuit all the way up to a fully assembled array in the field.
Our sensors are vertically integrated to ensure readiness and resiliency from day one – key to maintaining a competitive advantage and protecting national security.
Gain Perspective
“It is not technology for technology’s sake. It’s technology to get capability to the field, and I think we’re all very passionate about that.”
Colin Whelan
Raytheon Advanced Technology business president
“It became obvious that if we tried to build the (SPY-6) radar out of the premier semiconductor at the time, which was gallium arsenide, it was going to be large and expensive because you would have to put together many of these little power amplifier chips to get to the power level you wanted.”
Steve Bernstein
Raytheon Advanced Technology senior engineering fellow
“It created a category of weapons capability that didn’t exist before.”
Kevin Bredehoft
Raytheon Advanced Technology HAWC program manager
“This is going to be eye-watering, transformational performance for the country and our international partners. Just to be a part of it and say, ‘I was there at the beginning, and I helped drive this,’.. I can’t ask for anything more.”
Steve Labitt
Raytheon LTAMDS technical director
News & Features
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