RHEA SPACE ACTIVITY, INC. — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF21S-TCSO1

RHEA SPACE ACTIVITY, INC. — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Phase I STTR feasibility signal

  • Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
  • Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
  • Obligated amount $249,942. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
  • Topic code AF21S-TCSO1 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.

Informational capture context from public federal data — not legal or bid advice.

Amount
$249,942
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
AF21S-TCSO1
Solicitation
X21.S
NAICS
Place of performance
DC
Period
2022-07-05 → 2022-12-05

Description

In 1979 NASA established the Great Observatory program which included four telescopes (Hubble, Compton, Chandra, and Spitzer) to explore the Universe. In 1993 NASA launched an ambitious repair mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope’s incorrectly design