Grant For Research NNX15AF27G

This federal contract award, NNX15AF27G, was granted by the Shared Services Center (NASA) to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division, for the development of new broadband enhanced lithium fluoride protected aluminum mirror coatings. The $967,386.38 grant aims to raise the technology readiness level of these coatings to TRL 6, qualifying them for future space missions. The effort fulfills a priority 1 technology goal of the Cosmic Origins Program and has the potential to enable major scientific breakthroughs for the next large UV-optical-IR observatory. This four-year development project will culminate in a fully assembled and environmentally tested telescope with the new broadband reflective coatings, which can be integrated into a suborbital payload for science operations. The contract was awarded without any set-aside designation.