January 29, 2007
US Monolithics Q-band SSPAs Key Part of Successful Harris Corp. AEHF
Terminal Tests
Harris Corporation announced that it had successfully completed the testing of the tri-band ship antenna and associated RF components for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) five months ahead of schedule. The RF components include a 30W Q-band solid state power amplifier (SSPA) designed and developed by US Monolithics that utilized a Q-MMIC Power Amplifier chip recently developed by US Monolithics as well. These tests specifically exercised key performance parameters of the SSPA, all of which met or exceeded requirements.
The initial phase of the Navy AEHF program is focused on the development and test of prototype Q-band satellite communication terminals for submarines and ships. Harris said that the positive test results of the Q-band SSPAs and ship antenna has positioned them well for March 2007 System Level Prototype Tests and the next phase as well. Harris is competing to win the next phase of the contract, which they say could exceed $1 billion, due to be awarded in June.
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About US Monolithics
U.S. Monolithics, based in Chandler, Arizona, is a wholly owned subsidiary of ViaSat Inc., a producer of innovative satellite and other network communication products that enable fast, easy, secure, and efficient communications to any location. U.S. Monolithics focuses on providing superior, low-cost, MMIC-based products to the growing wireless telecommunications markets including satellite communications, point-to-point, and point-to-multipoint systems. U.S. Monolithics’ products include high-power Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) components and multi-chip modules, including power amplifiers, transceivers, and integrated block converters.
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