Aeluma Secures $1.3M U.S. Navy Contract To Advance High-Speed Photodetectors For Government And Commercial Applications

Award Invests in Aeluma's Large-Scale Semiconductor Photodetectors Applicable to Defense and Aerospace, and AI Infrastructure

Aeluma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALMU), a semiconductor company specializing in high-performance, scalable technologies, today announced a contract with the U.S. Navy that could accelerate development of high-speed photodetectors for government and commercial applications.

The new contract is for up to $1.3 million in funding, includes a major global interconnect manufacturer as a proposed subcontractor, and involves support from a top-tier government prime contractor. In addition to scaling for high-volume commercial markets, Aeluma's large-diameter wafer platform is compatible with wafer-scale integration with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) electronics using advanced packaging, a technology that is being aggressively pursued by major compute, data center, networking, and module suppliers for next-generation optical interconnects.