GOLETA, CA, July 09, 2025 - Aeluma, Inc., a semiconductor company specializing in high-performance, scalable technologies, today announced new contracts with NASA and the U.S. Navy that could accelerate development and commercialization for next-generation quantum and sensing systems.

Aeluma's platform combines the performance of compound semiconductors with the scale of mainstream silicon manufacturing, enabling cost-effective solutions across high-growth markets including mobile, AI, defense and aerospace, robotics, automotive, AR/VR, and quantum computing.

Aeluma recently unveiled a successful demonstration of nonlinear optical materials integration on CMOS standard 200mm diameter silicon substrates, providing a path to scale complex quantum photonic circuits. The new contract with NASA will advance Aeluma's efforts to commercialize entangled photon sources, a critical enabler for quantum computing and communication systems. By integrating nonlinear optical materials on CMOS standard 200mm silicon, Aeluma provides a path to scale complex quantum photonic circuits while meeting NASA's stringent SWaP (size, weight, and power) requirements.

The new U.S. Navy contract will support Aeluma's low SWaP imaging sensors for next-generation submarine systems. Leveraging its ability to directly integrate SWIR (shortwave infrared) sensors on silicon, Aeluma enables multi-spectrum VIS (visible) + SWIR sensing in a single, compact chip. This technology is also directly aligned with Aeluma's commercial roadmap across mobile, AR/VR, robotics, and industrial sensing.

"We continue to build momentum in scaling our high-performance semiconductor platform for a diversity of applications across quantum, communications, and sensing," said Jonathan Klamkin, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Aeluma. "These contracts provide additional funding to accelerate development and commercialization, and to strengthen our relationships with government agencies, partners, and customers. Each contract we have secured is synergistic with our go-to-market strategy aimed at bringing performance semiconductors to high-growth commercial markets."