This is a $3,425,836.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) to develop very high performance solar array technology for use in extreme environments, such as missions to Jupiter. The contract is the result of a proposal submitted by APL in response to NASA's Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2015 solicitation. The...
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 definitive Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Mark O'Neill LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is part of the Concentrated Composite Reconfigurable Photovoltaic Prototypes (CCRPP) program, which is developing new photovoltaic concentrator array technologies for use in NASA's deep space missions. Under this $241,378 Phase II contract, the contractor is developing a new 25x...
This is a $230,054,536 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by NASA's Glenn Research Center to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. to develop and deliver an advanced solar electric propulsion system that will enable future deep space human and robotic exploration. During the base period, the contractor will develop, test, and deliver engineering development items to reduce risk, and during the option period, if exercised, will develop, verify, and deliver flight items. This contract has no...
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...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II (base) contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command to Global Aerospace Corporation, a small aerospace research and development company. The contract has a total potential value of $999,885.00 and is for the research and development of solar photovoltaic power systems, solar photovoltaic cell performance evaluation, and feasibility studies for missions to Pluto and other low-pressure...
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 SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Tentguild Engineering Co, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation. The $124,975.00 contract is for the development of a new photovoltaic (PV) array architecture that can autonomously and repeatedly self-deploy into a disk-like configuration from a vertical Mars lander or other equipment, independent of terrain. This innovative design offers advantages...
This definitive, firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Sunpower, Inc., a subsidiary of Ametek Inc. The $7,902,726.34 contract supports NASA's Science Mission Directorate's need for higher efficiency radioisotope power systems. Specifically, Sunpower will develop power conversion technology to achieve at least 20% efficiency at the generator level, significantly improving on the current state-of-the-art...
This contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Tentguild Engineering Co., is for the development of a lightweight, deployable photovoltaic (PV) array module architecture designed for Mars applications. The proposed system features a toroidal storage configuration that can encircle and integrate with various space transport and surface mission systems. Key requirements include modular or large-unit design, self-cleaning and dust mitigation, tilt...