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Nitride Global, USLLC and Axiom Space awarded NASA SBIR grant

What happened

Nitride Global, USLLC, and Axiom Space have received a NASA SBIR grant to develop a reactor for manufacturing aluminum nitride single crystals in space. This is a long-term R&D project focused on in-space manufacturing capabilities. Neutral: This is a speculative, early-stage research grant with no immediate impact on terrestrial semiconductor supply, demand, or pricing.

Impact and signal

Low impactImpact score: 10/100

Affected components and suppliers

Aluminum Nitride Substrates
Nitride Global IncUnited Semiconductors LLC
R&DNASASBIRsubstrates

Source and time

Source: Semiconductor Today · 2/16/2026 · View original source

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