Custom MMIC Awarded Legacy Raytheon Business Supplier Excellence Distinction for the Fourth Consecutive Year
Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) announced that Custom MMIC, acquired in February, received the 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award from Raytheon Technologies for 2019 performance, marking the fourth consecutive year of recognition. This award highlights the company's commitment to quality, on-time delivery, and continuous improvement. Custom MMIC contributes advanced Gallium Arsenide and Gallium Nitride technologies, enhancing Qorvo's RF and millimeter wave product portfolio for critical applications including defense radar and satellite communications.
- Custom MMIC awarded 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award by Raytheon for four consecutive years, indicating strong performance.
- Custom MMIC's technologies are enhancing Qorvo's RF product portfolio, expanding capabilities in defense applications.
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4-Star Supplier Excellence Award honors superior quality and performance
GREENSBORO, N.C., June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced that Custom MMIC, which was acquired by Qorvo in February, has been awarded a 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award by Raytheon Technologies’ legacy Integrated Defense Systems business (now Raytheon Missiles and Defense) for 2019 performance. The supplier excellence program was instituted to recognize quality, on-time delivery and commitment to continuous improvement. This is the fourth consecutive year that Custom MMIC received the prestigious honor.
James Klein, president of Qorvo’s Infrastructure and Defense Products (IDP), said, “The 4-Star award is presented by Raytheon’s legacy Integrated Defense Systems business to suppliers that achieve excellence in quality and performance. We are proud of Custom MMIC’s history and pleased that its technology and strong customer service will significantly benefit Qorvo customers.”
Custom MMIC’s high-performance Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) have been proven in mission-critical defense, aerospace and space applications. Now part of IDP, it is contributing to Qorvo’s expanding RF and millimeter wave product portfolio enabling further integration for defense phased array radars, electronic warfare, land/space-based satellite communications, wireless backhaul and microwave test equipment.
Qorvo offers a broad GaN-on-SiC and GaAs product portfolio to help customers achieve significant improvements in efficiency, reliability and operational capabilities. The company’s GaAs and GaN-on-SiC products deliver high power density, reduced size, excellent gain, high reliability and process maturity.
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Qorvo (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.
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