The Biggest Thing Since Silicon: Raytheon’s Gallium Nitride Breakthrough

The Biggest Thing Since Silicon: Raytheon’s Gallium Nitride Breakthrough
The Biggest Thing Since Silicon: Raytheon’s Gallium Nitride Breakthrough

WASHINGTON: It’s been a big week for arms exports. But sometimes the big story isn’t what you think. While headlines have focused on the US government’s decision to allow limited exports of armed drones, arguably the most important export policy change involved a material called gallium nitride (GaN). “The gallium nitride story is an under-reported…