Honeywell Launches Strategic Collaboration With ForwardEdge ASIC

PHOENIX, Feb. 25 – Today, Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) and ForwardEdge ASIC LLC, a Lockheed Martin Corporation subsidiary, announced the launch of a strategic collaboration to develop high-reliability space microelectronics. As the semiconductor foundry of choice, Honeywell will support ForwardEdge ASIC’s pursuit of developing innovative solutions for space applications, such as satellites.

Honeywell has established itself as the proven industry-standard foundry for radiation insensitive semiconductor devices including Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Static Random-Access Memories (SRAMs), Magneto Resistive Access Memories (MRAM), and other microelectronics.

“Honeywell’s foundry business has grown rapidly in the past several years, and we are committed to supporting the space community with technology that will increase performance, reduce risk and improve mission success,” said Lisa Napolitano, vice president and general manager, Space, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies. “By collaborating with ForwardEdge ASIC, we can continue to innovate and develop new advanced solutions to support the space community by combining Honeywell’s trusted foundry technology with ForwardEdge ASIC’s leading architecture and design solutions.”

"This collaboration with Honeywell will provide ForwardEdge ASIC a path to deliver innovative IP and ASIC design solutions for space and DIB applications,” said Paul Voit, chief technology officer at ForwardEdge ASIC.  “Together, we can design and build the next generation of reliable, radiation-insensitive semiconductor devices.”

As a Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) Category 1A accredited Trusted Foundry supplier since 2008, Honeywell has delivered more than 700 customer ASICs for space applications with no known failures. The company’s microelectronics are on most NASA space missions, including the Europa Clipper and the Curiosity Mars rover.

About Honeywell

Products and services from Honeywell Aerospace Technologies are found on virtually every commercial, defense and space aircraft, and in many terrestrial systems. The Aerospace Technologies business unit builds aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, mechanical components, power systems, and more. Its hardware and software solutions create more fuel-efficient aircraft, more direct and on-time flights and safer skies and airports. For more information, visit aerospace.honeywell.com or follow Honeywell Aerospace Technologies on LinkedIn.

Honeywell is an integrated operating company serving a broad range of industries and geographies around the world. Our business is aligned with three powerful megatrends – automation, the future of aviation and energy transition – underpinned by our Honeywell Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Forge IoT platform. As a trusted partner, we help organizations solve the world’s toughest, most complex challenges, providing actionable solutions and innovations through our Aerospace Technologies, Industrial Automation, Building Automation and Energy and Sustainability Solutions business segments that help make the world smarter and safer, as well as more secure and sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.

About ForwardEdge ASIC

ForwardEdge ASIC was founded by Lockheed Martin Corporation to accelerate the development of best-in-class defense and commercial technologies essential to leading edge success. Our mission is to bolster domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) microelectronics capabilities and enabling their supply chains. ForwardEdge ASIC is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design center of excellence that will deliver visionary microelectronics solutions for commercial, defense and security applications. Our experienced, world-class workforce is a centralized hub of microelectronic and ASIC experts that are positioned to support a wide array of customers and missions.  For more information, please visit https://forwardedgeasic.com.