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DOD Awards $14.4 Million to Sustain and Enhance the Space-Qualified Solar Cell Supply Chain

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U.S. Department of Defense

OfficialenPublished 16 Apr 2024Accessed 4 Oct 2026

Official DPA Investment award release for 5N+ Semiconductors. States the $14.4M award, St. George location, germanium-substrate scope, four-year technical effort, and national-security/supply-chain rationale.

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https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3743467/dod-awards-144-million-to-sustain-and-enhance-the-space-qualified-solar-cell-su/

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Policy events

1 distinct published record with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. DoD DPA support for 5N+ space-qualified germanium substrate capacity

    evt-us-dod-5n-germanium-2024

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Financial instruments

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  1. St. George space-qualified germanium substrate capacity expansion

    fin-us-dod-5n-germanium-2024

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    • Field evidence: legal_authority
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    • Field evidence: terms
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    • Financial status report
    • Instrument term
    • Issuer implementation-status observation

Projects

1 distinct published record with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. St. George space-qualified germanium substrate capacity expansion

    prj-us-5n-st-george-germanium-substrates

    • Field evidence: location
    • Field evidence: materials
    • Field evidence: name
    • Field evidence: stages

Original-language framing

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  1. Space-based capabilities are vital to U.S. national security

    fc-us-dod-5n-germanium-2024-security

    • Original framing quotation

Organizations

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  1. 5N Plus Semiconductors LLC

    org-5n-plus-semiconductors

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name

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