EMCORE just announced that it has entered into a supply agreement with Space Systems Loral. Under the agreement, EMCORE will produce high-efficiency, multi-junction PV cells and provide them to Space Systems Loral for use in their spacecraft program. The contract runs from this year until 2014.

In a press release, executives from EMCORE commented on the deal:

Christopher Larocca, Executive Vice President and General Manager of EMCORE’s Solar Photovoltaics Division, stated, "We have been … Read the rest