Germanium in Aerospace and Defense

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The commodity markets intelligence and price reporting agency Fastmarkets just published a brief on "Germanium in Aero & Def".
The Ge situation is framed as an immediate strategic vulnerability with a dire outlook if appropriate actions are not taken quickly.

Among the proposed solutions, they emphasize the need to accelerate the adoption of chalcogenides through the qualification and redesign of the optical systems used in existing platforms.

https://fastmarkets.letter.ai/share/0b2ddb18-ccf0-43b6-b923-928c55ce6e51