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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

DRDO develops GaN chip: Meet Dr Meena Mishra, scientist behind the technology that was denied by other countries and why it matters for Indian defence platforms

Dr Meena Mishra, director of the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), is part of the team behind India’s successful development of indigenous Gallium Nitride (GaN) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) technology for high-frequency defence applications.

The technology was highlighted in the Ministry of Defence’s annual report for 2025-26 as an indigenous capability that can support next-generation radar, electronic warfare and other high-frequency systems.

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