Northrop Grumman Recognizes TriQuint with Strategic Supplier, Innovation Awards

HILLSBORO, Ore. & RICHARDSON, Texas--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TQNT), a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, was recognized by Northrop Grumman Corporation Electronic Systems (NGES) at their 2008 Supplier Conference with an award for bulk acoustic wave (BAW) innovation. At the same event TriQuint also received a Strategic Supplier Award for its dedication to the success of NGES programs. TriQuint was one of 32 companies recognized by Northrop Grumman at the event and the only company to win two awards. The theme of this year’s NGES program was: “Raising the Bar in Performance.”

“Our BAW program leads the industry, and we’re pleased to receive their commendation. As a newly named ‘Strategic Supplier,’ TriQuint will continue serving this important customer with the latest RF power and acoustic filter devices.”

“We’re extremely proud to be recognized by NGES for our work providing them the best products and service possible,” remarked Dr. Gailon Brehm, Military Products Marketing Director. “Our BAW program leads the industry, and we’re pleased to receive their commendation. As a newly named ‘Strategic Supplier,’ TriQuint will continue serving this important customer with the latest RF power and acoustic filter devices.”

TriQuint was among only 61 NGES suppliers nominated to receive awards. According to a Northrop Grumman spokesperson at the awards ceremony, less than two percent of the company’s suppliers are nominated each year, with less than one percent receiving awards. TriQuint was recognized for its products and service at the NGES Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Mission Assurance (MA) 2008 Supplier Conference held at the Historical Electronics Museum in Linthicum, MD, on July 23^rd, 2008.

TriQuint received one of only two ‘Innovation’ awards presented by NGES this year. The award was for development of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) S-Band tuned coupled resonator filter (TCRF) modules. These devices were designed and manufactured at TriQuint’s Bend, Oregon, facility. TriQuint also received a Strategic Supplier Award for support provided by the company’s Richardson, Texas, design and manufacturing center.

“TriQuint excels at meeting the needs of defense and aerospace customers. It’s gratifying to see the dedication of so many hard-working individuals recognized by a major corporate partner,” said Dr. Brehm. “We continually strive to increase performance by offering the industry’s best power and filter high-reliability technology through standard products and our top-rated foundry. Northrop Grumman Corporation has been an excellent customer for many years, and we look forward to the opportunity to continue to exceed their expectations.”

TriQuint is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, highly reliable integrated circuits for defense and aerospace applications, including communications satellites, phased array radar, guidance, control and related systems. TriQuint’s expertise in RF, microwave and millimeter wave power and filter technologies, die-level devices, packaged products and integrated modules has made the company a leading supplier of system components to major defense and aerospace contractors throughout the world. TriQuint is also a leading RF supplier to consumer wireless markets such as mobile phones, wireless LAN devices, and GPS systems. For more information, visit: www.triquint.com; register for defense and aerospace product updates and our newsletter at www.triquint.com/rf.

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FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

Founded in 1985, we “Connect the Digital World to the Global Network”™ by supplying high-performance RF modules, components and foundry services to the world's leading communications companies. Specifically, TriQuint supplies products to four out of the top five cellular handset manufacturers, and is a leading gallium arsenide (GaAs) supplier to major defense and space contractors. TriQuint creates standard and custom products using advanced processes that include gallium arsenide, surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies to serve diverse markets, including wireless handsets, base stations, broadband communications and military. TriQuint is also lead researcher in a 3-year DARPA program to develop advanced gallium nitride (GaN) amplifiers. TriQuint, as named by Strategy Analytics in August 2007, is the number-three worldwide leader in GaAs devices and the world’s largest commercial GaAs foundry. TriQuint has ISO9001-certified manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Texas, and Florida and a production plant in Costa Rica; design centers are located in North America and Germany. Visit TriQuint at www.triquint.com/rf to register for our newsletters.

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