Swift Solar Inc. has been awarded an $196,360.48 firm fixed price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and will support research titled "Precursor Impurity Control for Stable Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaic Modules" through June 30, 2024. As a manufacturer of lightweight, efficient solar panels using perovskite...
This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase 2 contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Swift Solar Inc., a small business based in San Carlos, California. The contract, valued at $1,364,565.31, supports research and development of "Precursor Impurity Control for Stable Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaic Modules." This sequential proposal builds upon a previous STTR Phase 1 award. The contract is a firm-fixed-price...
This is a $239,904 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, to Perotech, Inc., a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for research and development of perovskite-based technologies, including perovskite solar cells for renewable energy and perovskite X-ray detectors for medical imaging. Perotech has previously received SBIR Phase II awards from the Department of Defense, including a $1.5 million contract...
This contract was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Amberwave Inc., a for-profit organization, as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action. The contract is for research and development of a lightweight thin-film solar cell with a periodic optical nanostructure, with a firm fixed-price value of $147,833.42. The contract has a completion date of October 31, 2019 and was awarded on September 15, 2017....
The U.S. Department of the Navy, through the Office of Naval Research, awarded a $1,999,999 Cost Plus Fixed Fee STTR Phase II research and development contract to Polypv LLC, a small business located in Cary, North Carolina. The contract, which has a completion date of December 31, 2026, is for the development of flexible, semi-transparent organic solar cell modules tailored for greenhouse glazing integration to reduce or eliminate greenhouse energy needs. This contract is a follow-on to a...
This definitive cost plus fixed fee contract was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Nanosonic Inc. for $1,000,000. The contract is associated with the Small Business Technology Transfer program's Phase II effort, and involves low temperature fabrication of flexible high efficiency perovskite photovoltaic modules for energy harvesting applications. The period of performance is from September 2018 through September 2021. The award...
Solestial, Inc., a small business solar energy company, was awarded a $179,958.02 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract is for Phase I research and development to develop cover glass replacement coatings for flexible solar cells, leveraging Solestial's expertise in solar cell and panel design and fabrication. The work is intended to support the eventual deployment of the...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command to Structured Materials Industries, Inc., a small business manufacturer, for research and development under the SBIR Program Phase I. The $240,000.00 firm fixed-price contract is for specialized materials and device research, such as radiation tolerant photovoltaics, infrared focal plane arrays, and metasurface photonics. This applied research and technology development effort aligns with the Department...
This federal contract award is for research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract was awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center to Ameristar Solar LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned business. The contract has a firm fixed-price of $239,866.00 and a completion date of April 24, 2020. The contract is set aside for total small...
This is a fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Semprius Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the development of 40% air mass zero efficiency solar cells for space applications. The contract, valued at $149,753.00, is funded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase I. The period of performance runs from the award date of July 21, 2015 to the ultimate completion date of April 22, 2016. The contract is set aside for small...