SOLESTIAL, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AFX235-CSO1
SOLESTIAL, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR 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 $70,853. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code AFX235-CSO1 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $70,853
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AFX235-CSO1
- Solicitation
- X23.5
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- AZ
- Period
- 2023-05-12 → 2023-08-11
Description
50% of the entire cost to put a million-dollar satellite into orbit comes from the satellite’s solar panels. Even worse, these panels lose 10-15% efficiency each YEAR from radiation exposure. These Chinese manufactured solar panels put U.S. national secur