Solestial, Inc. has been awarded a $70,853 firm fixed price purchase order from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation. The award is for a project titled "TEN TIMES BETTER SPACE SOLAR POWER" with a period of performance through August 2023. The project is set aside for total small businesses and will be performed in Tempe, Arizona. This Phase I award provides initial funding for...
This is a $149,987 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Solestial, Inc., a solar energy company, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for research and development of next-generation silicon-based solar arrays for use on space stations and other permanent space infrastructure. The work is part of the EO14042 SBIR PHASE I IGNITE program, which is focused on developing advanced solar technologies for...
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 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Regher Solar LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,743.00, is for a research project titled "A PATH TO LOW-COST SPACE SOLAR ARRAYS BASED ON SI BLANKETS AND IN-ORBIT ARRAY CONSTRUCTION." The contract has a completion date of February 18, 2020 and was awarded on August 19, 2019....
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 $1,134,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 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 Low-Cost Prismatic Encapsulation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. It has a total small business set-aside designation and an ultimate...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Regher Solar LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Tempe, Arizona. The $124,954 firm fixed price contract aims to push the radiation hardness and qualification of ultrathin silicon solar cells, which are critical components for spacecraft and satellites. Regher Solar LLC specializes in the development of innovative...
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...
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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $78,000.00 to Solaero Technologies Corp., a manufacturer of solar cells, solar panels, and related components for the aerospace industry. The contract is for the delivery of European Service Module (ESM) solar cell standards to support integration and test activities. This sole-source award was made under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation...