This is a $155,268 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Opterus Research And Development, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of spacecraft components. The contract is for the FY24 SBIR Phase I development of advanced deployable/inflatable antenna apertures up to millimeter-wave frequencies. It is set aside for small businesses. Opterus has received numerous prior SBIR and STTR contracts from NASA, the Department of Defense, and other agencies, primarily for developing prototype hardware and demonstrating new technologies relevant to government space programs. This award builds on Opterus' expertise in deployable structures, materials, and manufacturing methods to advance antenna technologies that could benefit future space missions.
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