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Raytheon Confirms Gallium Nitride Use In USMC F/A-18 radars

Steve Trimble April 30, 2021
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Credit: Raytheon
Raytheon Technologies has confirmed that the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of aging Boeing F/A-18C/Ds will become the first U.S.-operated fighter to carry active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars featuring gallium nitride (GAN) semiconductors. The company’s Intelligence & Space division...
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