ABOVE: ORBITAL INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AFX235-CSO1

ABOVE: ORBITAL INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$74,997
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
AFX235-CSO1
Solicitation
X23.5
NAICS
Place of performance
AL
Period
2023-05-02 → 2023-08-02

Description

Orbital Assembly (OA), along with Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (ASTI), are developing a solar heated crucible for the manufacturing of lightweight, thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV) on orbit. This technology will enable the development of mass-efficie