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The Department of Defense just made a move that ensures American military dominance for the next 50 years.

It’s secured access to a breakthrough semiconductor technology that will power the next generation of American military systems.

Fighter jets that outperform anything else in the sky. Missile defense that can track threats twice as far. Electronic warfare capabilities that protect our troops and keep them coming home.

And it’s all being manufactured right here in America… with technology no one else can replicate.

The technology is gallium nitride. And if you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone.

Our Military Had a Problem

For decades, American defense systems ran on silicon chips.

And for 50 years, those chips kept getting better. More powerful. More efficient. They doubled in performance every two years like clockwork. It was called Moore’s Law.

But that’s over now.

Silicon transistors have shrunk down to just five nanometers — barely bigger than a few atoms. They literally can’t get any smaller. The laws of physics won’t allow it.

Even Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, admitted it: “Moore’s Law is dead. The ability for Moore’s Law to deliver twice the performance at the same cost is over. It’s completely over.”

And our defense contractors need better chips to build the next generation of military systems.

That’s where gallium nitride comes in.

This Technology Changing Everything

GaN chips use 40 percent less energy than silicon while delivering up to 100 times better performance.

The Pentagon’s newest radar systems use GaN to double their detection range. The Patriot missile defense system has been upgraded with GaN components. The F/A-18 Super Hornet’s fire-control radar now uses GaN to achieve performance that would be impossible with silicon.

The technology is already deployed in American military systems. And demand is accelerating fast.