Qorvo® Wins U.S. Government Project to Create Advanced, State-of-the-Art, RF Semiconductor Packaging Center
November 05 2020 - 8:00AM
Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative Radio
Frequency (RF) solutions that connect the world, has been selected
by the U.S. government to create a State-of-the-Art (SOTA)
Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging (SHIP) RF production and
prototyping center. The SHIP program will ensure that
microelectronics packaging expertise and leadership is available
for both U.S. defense contractors and commercial clients that
require design, validation, assembly, test and manufacturing of
next-generation RF components.
The exclusive SHIP Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), worth up
to $75 million, was awarded to Qorvo by the Naval Surface Warfare
Center (NSWC), Crane Division. This program is funded by the Office
of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s
(OUSD R&E) Trusted and Assured Microelectronics Program
(T&AM), and is administered by the Strategic & Spectrum
Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted System (S²MARTS) Other
Transaction Agreement (OTA), managed by National Security
Technology Accelerator (NSTXL).
Under the SHIP program, Qorvo will design and deliver the
highest levels of heterogeneous packaging integration. This is
essential to meet the size, weight, power and cost (SWAP-C)
requirements for next-generation phased array radar systems,
unmanned vehicles, electronic warfare platforms and satellite
communications.
James Klein, president of Qorvo Infrastructure and Defense
Products, said, “We are honored to be selected to establish
state-of-the-art RF packaging capability for the U.S. Department of
Defense (DoD). This award reflects Qorvo’s proven track record as a
global leader in RF technology with over 35 years of experience. As
part of this collaboration, Qorvo will expand its proven
capabilities in Texas to create a SOTA facility that best serves
the needs of the U.S. government and commercial customers.”
Qorvo’s U.S.-based capabilities include advanced manufacturing,
packaging and testing for both high- and low-power applications
ranging from DC to 100 GHz. Qorvo holds a Defense Microelectronics
Activity (DMEA) Category 1A trusted source certification for
package assembly, test and wafer foundry services at its
Richardson, TX location. Qorvo further provides defense customers
with greater value by applying high-yield manufacturing and scale
expertise gained from serving the commercial market – where it
supplies more than four billion heterogeneous modules annually.
To learn more about Qorvo’s world-class manufacturing
capabilities and services through blogs, videos, white papers and
more, visit www.Qorvo.com/foundry.
Qorvo is a leading supplier of high-performance RF products and
compound semiconductor foundry services to defense primes and other
global defense and aerospace customers. Qorvo offers the industry’s
broadest Gallium Nitride (GaN)-on-SiC and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
portfolio along with an array of other innovative products that use
patented manufacturing processes in Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW),
Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW), Wafer-Level Packaging (WLP) and more.
Qorvo is proud to be the only GaN supplier to achieve a
Manufacturing Readiness Level 10 (MRL10) rating from the DoD.
About QorvoQorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) makes a better
world possible by providing innovative Radio Frequency (RF)
solutions at the center of connectivity. We combine product and
technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global
manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex
technical challenges. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of
large global markets, including advanced wireless devices, wired
and wireless networks and defense radar and communications. We also
leverage unique competitive strengths to advance 5G networks, cloud
computing, the Internet of Things, and other emerging applications
that expand the global framework interconnecting people, places and
things. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how Qorvo connects the
world.
Qorvo is a registered trademark of Qorvo, Inc. in the U.S. and
in other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Investor Relations Contact: Doug DeLietoVP,
Investor RelationsW +1 336-678-7968 |
Media Contact: Katie CaballeroMarketing
Communications ManagerQorvo Infrastructure and Defense ProductsW +
1 972-994-8546Katie.caballero@qorvo.com |
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