OMMIC SAS

Their core work

OMMIC is a French semiconductor foundry specializing in the design and manufacture of Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) for millimeter-wave and sub-THz frequency bands. They produce GaN (Gallium Nitride) and other III-V compound semiconductor chips used in satellite communications, wireless backhaul, radar systems, and 5G infrastructure. Their core business is supplying high-frequency chipsets and solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) to space, defense, and telecom OEMs across Europe. As an SME with in-house fabrication capability, they occupy a rare niche as one of few European foundries capable of producing chips operating at W-band (75-110 GHz) and beyond.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

OMMIC's early H2020 work (2015-2017) centered on traveling wave tube technology and W-band wireless networks, supplying MMIC chipsets for experimental high-frequency backhaul and access systems. From 2017 onward, they shifted decisively toward GaN semiconductor technology, applying it across satellite payloads (Ka-band SSPAs), radar components, and system-on-chip integration platforms. This progression shows a company migrating from supporting legacy vacuum electronics toward becoming a pure GaN mm-wave foundry serving space and 5G markets.

OMMIC is consolidating around GaN-on-Silicon and GaN-on-SiC technologies for satellite flexible payloads and 5G infrastructure — expect future work at the intersection of space and terrestrial 5G/6G.

How they like to work

OMMIC operates exclusively as a specialist participant, never leading consortia but contributing essential semiconductor hardware that other partners cannot source easily in Europe. With 36 unique partners across 11 countries in just 7 projects, they connect broadly rather than deeply — typical of a component supplier whose chips feed into multiple system integrators' designs. Working with OMMIC means accessing European-sovereign mm-wave fabrication capability without needing to manage the consortium overhead.

OMMIC has collaborated with 36 distinct partners across 11 countries, indicating broad reach across European space, telecom, and defense supply chains. Their network spans major aerospace nations (France, Germany, Italy, UK) and connects academic research groups with industrial system integrators.

What sets them apart

OMMIC is one of very few European SMEs with its own III-V semiconductor foundry capable of producing MMICs at millimeter-wave and sub-THz frequencies. This makes them a strategic asset for any consortium needing European-sourced high-frequency chips — critical in space and defense contexts where supply chain sovereignty matters. Their ability to fabricate both GaN and InP devices in-house means they can address frequencies from Ka-band through W-band and beyond with a single partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MiGANSOS
  Largest single grant (€1.13M) — GaN technology evaluation for observation satellites, signaling OMMIC's strategic importance to European space hardware independence.
• TWEETHER
  Pioneered W-band (95 GHz) wireless distribution networks combining traveling wave tubes with MMIC chipsets — one of Europe's first demonstrations of wireless backhaul above 90 GHz.
• FLEXGAN
  Bridges satellite and 5G worlds with Ka-band GaN SSPAs for flexible multicarrier payloads, pointing directly at the commercial Non-Terrestrial Networks market.