Purchase Order 80NSSC18P2066
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- 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 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 $873,819 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Mark O'Neill LLC, a small business, for the development of a new stretched lens array (SLA) solar power technology. The SLA is a high-efficiency, low-mass, high-voltage solar power solution that can achieve over 1,000 W/kg specific power, making it well-suited for solar electric propulsion and other high-power space applications. The SLA technology is derived from the SCARLET array used on NASA's Deep Space 1...
- Microlink Devices Inc., a small business and minority-owned manufacturer, was awarded a $125,000 firm-fixed-price Purchase Order from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is to develop and test a new, flexible, high-efficiency photovoltaic module suitable for use in small satellite (SmallSat) and CubeSat platforms that require maximum power in a compact, lightweight format. The proposed solution aims to...
- This is a $749,941 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to L'Garde, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in inflatable and deployable space structures. The contract is for the development of a lightweight and low stow volume solar concentrator for in-situ resource utilization on the lunar surface, supporting NASA's exploration goals. As an SBIR Phase II award, this contract builds upon prior Phase I research....
- This is a $1,500,000 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer. The contract is for the development of "Flexible Solar Modules with Performance-Enhancing, Low-Cost Prismatic Encapsulation" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This contract is set aside for small businesses....
- This is a Federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Microlink Devices Inc., a small, minority-owned business, to develop next-generation multi-junction solar cells for space applications using advanced nano-engineering techniques. The $125,000.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract aims to reduce defects and improve the efficiency of multi-junction solar cells, with the goal of reaching practical...
- This is a $124,994.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optimax Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-precision optical components. The contract is for the "FORCE RESPONSIVE MANUFACTURING FOR LIGHT-WEIGHTED OPTICS" and was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a completion date of March 1, 2021. As a prime contractor, Optimax has previously provided...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned and Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer of goods, to develop large-area epitaxial lift-off (ELO) inverted metamorphic (IMM) solar cells designed specifically for low-intensity, low-temperature (LILT) space applications. The solar cells are expected to achieve 45% power conversion efficiency at 125°C and 5.2 astronomical...
- 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 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 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 for the development of ultra-light Fresnel lens photovoltaic (PV) concentrators for potential use in future space missions, particularly outer planet and near-sun missions. The $124,698.00 fixed-price contract addresses a remaining manufacturing issue with the lens production process. This contract aims to produce a "vanishing lens tool" that would facilitate high-quality, low-cost, and mass-producible Fresnel lenses for the space PV concentrator technology, which offers advantages in radiation hardness, low-intensity low-temperature (LILT) tolerance, and high-intensity high-temperature (HIHT) tolerance.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/13/19 | |
| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 10/31/18 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $124.7k | 7/22/18 |