This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Regher Solar LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Tempe, Arizona. The $124,954 firm fixed price contract aims to push the radiation hardness and qualification of ultrathin silicon solar cells, which are critical components for spacecraft and satellites. Regher Solar LLC specializes in the development of innovative...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,124,935.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Solestial, Inc., a solar energy company based in Tempe, Arizona. The contract is for the research and development of ultra-thin silicon solar cells with improved radiation hardness and qualification for space applications. This work supports NASA's efforts to advance solar power technologies for use on spacecraft and satellites. The contract has a...
This is a $149,994.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to PVT Clean Energy LLC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the Phase 1 advanced material and structural design of a lightweight, stiff mounting system for a 50-kilowatt-class photovoltaic array. The work will be performed in Poughkeepsie, New York, and has a completion date of January 25, 2023. This contract award is set...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,997.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Regher Solar LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the development of High Performance Radiation Hardened Solar Power. The award is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of May 28, 2019. The place of performance is Tempe, Arizona. This SBIR Phase I contract is focused on research and development related to...
This is a firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc. (Deployable Space Systems, Inc. Division), a small business. The contract is for the research and development of a next-generation, ultra-compact, and lightweight solar array system with extremely high specific power. This innovation is intended to enable higher-powered NASA science and solar electric propulsion (SEP) missions, as well as other...
This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Physical Sciences Inc., a for-profit research and development company, for the development of a solar concentrator system for lunar in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) applications. The contract has a potential value of $124,543.00 and a completion date of February 18, 2020. Physical Sciences Inc. is an experienced provider of...
This is a $889,700 firm fixed price federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc. (Redwire) for the development of an "Affordable Maximum Performance Solar Array for NASA and Commercial Missions." The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside. Redwire, through its Deployable Space Systems, Inc. (DSS) division, is a leading provider of mission-critical space infrastructure solutions, including...
Solestial, Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at one hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The award is associated with the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation to improve silicon solar cell efficiency through the application of a Luvcon coating. As a total small business set aside, the contract supports the agency's goals of advancing solar...
This is a $156,443.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Blueshift LLC, doing business as Outward Technologies, a small business contractor. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is for Phase I research and development of a solar on-orbit welder for assembly, repair, and manufacturing. This contract supports NASA's space exploration goals by developing technologies for...
This firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Deployable Space Systems, Inc. (DSS), a division of Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc., for the development of a next-generation high performance solar array system specifically for NASA's future lander and sample return missions. The proposed solar array technology is a tensioned membrane blanket that stows compactly and deploys to create a structurally rigid configuration with high strength...