BAE Systems to Develop Leap-Forward Technology for Next-Generation Radar and Communications Systems
August 17 2022 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Technology can reduce the system from the size of a mini-fridge
to the size of a quarter
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has
awarded BAE Systems’ FAST LabsTM research and development
organization a $17.5 million contract for the Generating RF with
Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON) program. The
breakthrough technology developed through the program could enable
an unprecedented combination of low noise, compact size, and
frequency agility for next-generation airborne sensing and
communications capabilities.
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BAE Systems’ FAST LabsTM research and
development organization awarded a $17.5 million contract for the
Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON)
program. (Photo: BAE Systems)
Electronic oscillators are the vital technology driving
virtually all microelectronic systems. Currently, high performance
requires large, power-hungry systems – the size of a mini-fridge.
BAE Systems’ approach will maintain or improve performance while
reducing the system to the size of a quarter.
BAE Systems’ innovative solution combines the efficiency and
agility of digital electronics, and the bandwidth and stability of
photonics to deliver precision microwave sources in an
unprecedentedly small form factor. This drastically improves size,
weight, power, and cost, and allows this next-generation, mission
critical technology to be deployed on smaller platforms, and
creates a new category of systems.
“New science, thinking, and techniques allow breakthrough
technology advances,” said Chris Rappa, chief technologist at BAE
Systems’ FAST Labs. “The GRYPHON program is a great example of
applying new concepts, such as incorporating photonics and digital
electronics, to provide leap-forward innovation.”
Work on the program, which is part of BAE Systems’ advanced
electronics portfolio, includes collaboration with subcontractor
GenXComm. GenXComm is helping lead the photonics subsystem
development for BAE Systems’ work on the GRYPHON program and
specializes in the development of advanced microphotonics for RF
signal processing to enable high throughput, ultra low latency,
interference free wireless mesh networks. GenXComm was introduced
to FAST Labs through the Technology Scouting arm of the
organization. This group spearheads the company's goal to
collaborate with start-ups, universities, and others in the
innovation ecosystem, to leverage new technologies that have both
commercial and defense applications and to rapidly deliver
discriminating solutions.
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