Disruptive Manufacturing Technologies (DMT)
Abstract
(U)The Disruptive Manufacturing Technologies (DMT) program worked to achieve significant and pervasive cost savings, and/or decreases in cycle time, for existing or planned procurements. There has been a long-standing desire to replace traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), which are pervasive in nearly all electronic warfare (EW), information warfare (IW), radar, and communication systems with lower cost solid-state components. It will be replaced with solid-state hybrid microwave integrate circuit (HyMIC) modules developed by merging Polystrata and GaN technologies. The result will be a 10x reduction in TWTA cost for the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) program, a joint Navy-Air Force program. The program will transition into the joint Navy-Air Force IDECM program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- e7560d40fb4f7c7536d6d4172b0985d2