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Gallium Nitride Could Be Way Future SATCOM Systems Are Built, Boeing Exec Says

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

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Gallium nitride, a semiconductor material, could be the way satellite communications (SATCOM) systems are built in the future, according to a Boeing [BA] executive. Boeing Vice President of Business Development for Space and Intelligence Systems Jim Simpson said recently though the economics are not there yet, gallium nitride could be the next big breakthrough in the development of satellites. “With the advent of gallium nitride, we’re able to get power amplifiers and things such that we’re starting to make this…

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