BAE Systems receives $16 million to qualify RH45® technology for radiation-hardened space missions
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Advanced RH45 ASIC Storefront delivers custom development solution – enhancing reliability and resilience for natural and strategic radiation environments MANASSAS, Va., Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON: BA) has received $16 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding via the Department of War's (DOW) Warfighting Investments, Resourcing, and Execution directorate to demonstrate and qualify its radiation-hardened 45 nanometer (nm) technology. For more than a decade, RH45® technology has enabled space customers to develop their own solutions with a library of advanced capabilities and proven application-specific integrated circuit ( ASIC ) design and manufacturing methods. With manufacturing now on GlobalFoundries' proven 45nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology through the firm's facility in Malta, New York, this contract reestablishes the RH45 ASIC Storefront. It strengthens the domestic supply chain for state-of-the-art radiation-hardened microelectronics, enabling missions that depend on cost-effective, high-performance capabilities. The RH45 ASIC Storefront is a high-reliability, radiation-hardened platform offering a suite of qualified building blocks compatible with industry-standard design tools that allow customers to develop their own integrated circuit designs. Based on commercial 45nm technology, these building blocks provide critical...
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RH45 technology is being integrated into single-board computers (SBCs) that will be available to space agencies and spacecraft manufacturers, including BAE Systems' Endura™ SBC.
