BAE Systems to Develop Electronic Warfare Amplifier Technology.MERRIMACK, N.H. -- BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. is developing a new high-power amplifier technology that can guard U.S. forces against radar-guided missile threats. Under an $8 million contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). (DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. ), BAE Systems will build a 160-watt solid-state, gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier for communications, electronic warfare, and radar applications. The solid-state technology will replace older vacuum tubes, called traveling wave tubes, currently used to produce high-power radio frequency signals. The new solid-state amplifiers will aid warfighters by more effectively disrupting enemy communications and radar signals, while protecting friendly communications. The award was made under DARPA's Disruptive Manufacturing Technology program. Through that program, the defense agency solicits proposals to reduce cost and time for production of military components. BAE Systems was chosen from among 40 bidders. "DARPA has identified BAE Systems' GaN technology as an important material for future military applications in electronic warfare, radar, and air-to-ground, air-to-satellite, and ground-to-ground communications systems," said Dr. John Evans, DARPA Disruptive Manufacturing Technology program manager. "Using this technology, we can develop systems that are significantly less expensive, more reliable, and lower in weight," said Tony Immorlica, program manager of microwave device programs at BAE Systems. The first prototypes could be deployed by the end of the decade. The DARPA agent for this work will be the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. of Blacksburg, Virginia, and University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
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