Russian scientists have developed gallium nitride-based microwave transistors that will help optimize the movement of icebreakers along the Northern Sea Route. This was announced by Georgy Yakovlev, Assistant General Director of Svetlana — Rost company.
The new transistors will form the basis for devices that will assess ice thickness and plot optimal routes for ships. This will reduce fuel consumption and increase the lifespan of icebreakers. Technologies based on these transistors will be used in telecommunications and navigation systems.
Many skeptics said that this technology would appear in the best case in five years, but we have already moved on to commercializing the results of our research.
Georgy Yakovlev emphasized that the development meets all industrial standards and is already being implemented in production. In parallel with the support of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), research is being conducted to create electronics based on gallium arsenide — another promising material for microelectronics.
The project was funded by grants from the Russian Science Foundation (RSF).
Earlier www1.ru reported that the United States does not have combat icebreakers of the same class as the Russian "Ivan Papanin".
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