https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg RTX said in January that its upgraded version of GaN, made at its semiconductor foundry in Andover, Massachusetts, has earned a Manufacturing Readiness Level 9 assessment and is ready for full-rate production. China has long chafed at the mounting U.S.-imposed bans on its semiconductor sector that aim to kneecap its military modernization efforts. Given the control by the U.

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