Definitive Contract M6785414C5022

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Angstrom Designs Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronic and lighting systems based in Santa Barbara, California. The $749,860 fixed-price contract is for the development of a solid-state, large-area, pulsed, solar simulator (SSLAPSS) that can simulate the AM0 (air mass zero) response of single, dual, 3, 4, 5, and 6-junction solar cells. The prototype developed in...

This definitive contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to ATK Space Systems LLC, a division of Northrop Grumman Corporation, for $7.579 million. The objective is to design, prototype, and test the Lunar Vertical Solar Array Technology, a 10-kilowatt robotic deployable solar panel system for providing electrical power at the South Pole of the lunar surface. This addresses NASA's solicitation seeking proposals to design and...

This is a firm fixed-price Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC), a civilian agency, to Tentguild Engineering Co. The contract, valued at $729,793.00, is for the development and validation of a photovoltaic (PV) array design with unique and enabling characteristics, including the ability to be smoothly deployed from compact stowage with a total PV surface area up to and beyond 4,000 square meters. The design utilizes flexible PV...

This is a $125,000 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer of advanced solar cell technologies. The contract is for the development of an innovative fabrication process to introduce backside contacts to Microlink's large-area, multi-junction epitaxial lift-off (ELO) solar cells. This...

<p>The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey awarded a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order contract to Power Up Solar Corp, a for-profit organization, to provide 30-watt flat unbreakable solar panels. The award was made on September 11, 2012 with a completion date of November 10, 2012. The potential value of the contract is $56,600.00. No set-aside was used for this award. The place of performance is Bay St Louis, MS 39529, USA.</p>

This is a federal contract award to Solaero Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of Emcore Corporation, by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The contract, valued at $5,664,192.00, is for the development and demonstration of high-efficiency solar cells for space and near-space applications. The objective is to produce solar cells that can effectively convert solar energy to usable electrical power for satellites under the space solar spectrum. This contract is part of the Advanced Space Power...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a technology to enable the manufacture of high-efficiency (&gt;40%), quadruple-junction solar cells on lightweight germanium (Ge) substrates. The key innovation is the use of a new semiconductor alloy, InGaAsN, as the 1.18...

<p>This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants to Power Up Solar Corp, a for-profit organization, on January 23, 2013. The contract is for the delivery of 30-watt flat unbreakable solar panels, with a potential value of $63,675.00. The place of performance is Bay St Louis, MS 39529. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion on February 22, 2013.</p>

This is a Small Business STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Mark O'Neill LLC for the development of a unique solar array technology for powering NASA's deep space missions. The innovation involves a robust, ultra-light, color-mixing Fresnel lens that focuses sunlight onto advanced inverted metamorphic (IMM) photovoltaic cells, along with a bio-inspired nyctinastic graphene radiator that dissipates waste heat. This new array design...

This is a federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Solaero Technologies Corp., a for-profit manufacturer of solar cells, solar panels, and related components for aerospace applications. The contract, valued at $5,439,349.00, is for Solaero to develop advanced solar cell, solar array, and related technologies that will provide greater than 60 kW/m3 stowed power density, greater than 200 W/kg specific power, and improved robustness against natural and man-made...