Aerospace & Defence

Mission critical aerospace and defence electronic applications demand epitaxial wafer and substrate materials of the highest quality and reliability, and which offer the most advanced performance specifications.

For decades IQE has delivered the most innovative portfolio of GaAs/GaN/InP/InSb/GaSb group III-V compound semiconductor and silicon & germanium group IV engineered materials, enabling our customers to advance RF, optical and infrared technologies for:

• Commercial air safety and comfort through improved weather radar, air traffic control, collision avoidance, communications, WiFi, and streaming content
• Satellite communications enabling our ability to communicate and access data from anywhere at anytime
• Satellite remote sensing giving us a view of our planet’s weather and ecosystems
• Defence systems that offer formidable deterrence and protection
• First responder communication and location systems

IQE’s US and UK sites offer the world’s largest antimonide (Sb) wafer production capacity using multiple production tools (crystal growth pullers), providing customers with a completely secure, dual-sourced supply of InSb wafers. IQE also offers dual site sourcing for GaN epitaxial wafers in the US and UK.

The matrix below demonstrates how IQE’s broad range of wireless, photonic, and IR epitaxial wafer and substrate products address applications across aerospace and defence market applications:

*C4ISR - Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
*EW/ECM- Electronic Warfare / Electronic Countermeasures
*Radar - Radio Detection and Ranging
*IFF - Identify Friend or Foe
*SATCOM - Satellite Communications for Voice, Data, and Internet
*Satellite Remote Sensing - Utilising Radar, LiDAR, Interferometer, Photographic, Thermal, Radiometric Sensors and Instruments to Monitor Natural and Human Activity