MicroWave Technology Inc. (MwT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IXYS Corp., announced that it has been awarded a contract from BAE Systems with a total amount of over $2.5 M. The contract consists of supplying a large volume of custom connected microwave amplifiers with military electrical specifications and high reliability requirements.

“We are pleased to be selected as a key supplier for a major military program by a first tier defense system company like BAE Systems,” said Greg Zhou, General Manager of MwT. “This contract award demonstrates the recognition of our outstanding technical and manufacturing capabilities, quality system and cost competitiveness in our business sectors.”

MwT has been a supplier to the military and defense industry for the past 25 years. MwT manufactures high performance and high quality microwave semiconductor devices, MMIC products, modules, and subsystems for wireless communication infrastructure, defense, industrial and medical equipment applications.