ANDOVER, MA - Raytheon has developed a new high-tech, Gallium Nitride transmitter for legacy Patriot interceptors - the GEM-T variant which makes up the bulk of the Army's inventory - that promises to significantly improve reliability and service life of the guided missile, a capability the company hopes will sweeten interest in its proposed Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor. The company developed the new Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM-T)-specific GaN transmitter at its foundry here for an undisclosed foreign customer and plans to make the component a standard feature going forward in new missiles and in all GEM-T service-life extensions, Raytheon representatives said.
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