Niobium and Titanium are both integral to naval vessels, both on the surface and beneath the sea.  Niobium is used in High Strength, Low . Alloy (HSLA) steel on naval vessels, and alloys containing titanium are found throughout these systems.  When abundant and reliable supplies of Scandium come online, new lightweight naval vessels are expected to make extensive use of that metal.

Modern military jets rely extensively on Niobium and Titanium throughout the plane’s engines, structure, and payload. As Scandium becomes more available from reliable suppliers, that metal is expected to be used extensively in military aircraft. The former Soviet Union reportedly deployed Scandium in its most advanced military aircraft. 

Niobium and Titanium and various alloys that utilize these metals are integral to missile system nose cones, engines, structural elements, electronics and other components of many modern missile systems.  The Former Soviet Union reportedly utilized Scandium in its missile systems.

Satellites and other aerospace systems use superalloy metals such as Niobium and Titanium because of the highly unique properties that these elements provide to such systems.  The potential for Scandium’s use in various aerospace systems is very substantial.

High Strength, Low Alloy (HSLA) steels made with Niobium, and high-performance alloys made with Titanium, play important roles in a wide variety of protective armor used in military systems, including on the M1A2 Abrams Tank and other battlefield platforms.

Highly efficient and environmentally friendly Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, which utilize Scandium, are used extensively by the military as distributed power generation units.  Niobium and Titanium are also extensively used in natural gas-fired power generation units. 

Niobium’s strength, high melting point, resistance to chemical attack, and low neutron absorption cross-section make it particularly well-suited to us in nuclear power propulsion systems on military naval vessels.

Niobium and Titanium are used extensively across a range of health care and medical systems, from MRI imaging systems to bio-mechanical implants.

All three of NioCorp’s planned products have very important uses in electronics systems, such as in circuits, capacitors, lasers and other applications that are used in national defense technologies and applications.

Niobium carbide, titanium nitride, and other alloys of these metals are used in variety cutting and machine tools that are vital to both defense and civilian technologies and applications.

Scandium is seen as having enormous potential uses in lightweight mobile bridges, such as in systems like the U.S. military’s M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge system.

Niobium, Titanium, and Scandium all are used in various optical and sensor systems that can have both military and civilian applications.