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