** Shares of Rocket Lab RKLB.O jump 9.4% to $25.45 premarket
** U.S. Commerce Department finalizing ~$60 mln in subsidies for BAE Systems BAES.L to build chips used in jets and satellites, and for Rocket Lab to build compound semiconductors used in satellites and spacecraft
** RKLB to receive $23.9 mln for its unit, SolAero Technologies Corp from the department
** Funding aims to increase RKLB's solar cell production by 50% over three years, govt says
** RKLB is one of two U.S. firms specializing in the production of radiation resistant compound semiconductors called space-grade solar cells
** As of last close, stock up ~321% YTD vs ~27% rise in Nasdaq .IXIC
(Reporting by Ragini Mathur in Bengaluru)
((Ragini.Mathur@thomsonreuters.com;))
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