Northrop Grumman Space Technology has entered into a strategic agreement with Hittite Microwave Corporation to license Northrop Grumman's Velocium Product line of Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMIC) and related intellectual property. Under the agreement, NGST has licensed to Hittite a specified list of standard products with a frequency of operation through 86 Ghz.

Hittite will assume the related customer contracts and will become the worldwide supplier for the products. Hittite will use Northrop Grumman Space Technology as a foundry supplier for Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) wafers used in the licensed products.

Northrop Grumman Space Technology will continue to offer foundry services for a wide array of GaAs and InP technologies, and will continue to market/offer off-the-shelf and custom products above 86 GHz addressing new emerging markets including millimeter-wave imaging, sensor, and communication applications.

For these products (above 86 GHz) and services, please visit our new Microelectronic Products & Services (MPS) website.

For inquiries regarding Velocium Products below 86 GHz, that now fall under the Hittite umbrella, please refer to Hittite's Velocium Product page www.hittite.com/velocium_products.

More information on the Velocium Products Strategic Agreement