Filtronic, the leading provider of advanced RF and mmWave solutions, has been selected by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) for the prestigious Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP), supported by Innovate UK. This scheme, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence’s Directorate of Industrial Strategy and Exports (DISE), which aims to foster innovation and enhance defence supply chains by supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing state-of-the-art materials, technologies and processes.
Under the DTEP award, Filtronic will undertake a groundbreaking project titled “Low cost and SWAP high density packaging for future RADAR” designed to develop a specialist, plastic encapsulation capability for compound semiconductor devices, focusing on high-density System in Package (SiP) designs. The project will prioritise low-weight, low-cost, high-density packaging for high-power semiconductor devices, specifically designed to perform in challenging operational environments for the MoD, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and their global allies.