Putting the award page together from the records…
Putting the award page together from the records…
THIS PROGRAM IS A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP IN NEXT GENERATION SPACE-BASED PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV) AND SUPPORT GROWING DEMAND FOR POWER DELIVERY IN SPACE. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH POWER-TO-MASS, AND COST-EFFECTIVE SPACE PV TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF BEING MANUFACTURED AT HIGH VOLUMES AND WITH LIMITED EXPOSURE TO CRITICAL MINERAL SUPPLY CHAINS. RESEARCH PROJECTS SELECTED UNDER THIS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON LOWERING COSTS AND REDUCING CRITICAL MINERAL USAGE FOR ESTABLISHED SPACE PV (SUCH AS III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY), AND IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF PROMISING, EMERGING SPACE PV TECHNOLOGIES (SUCH AS PEROVSKITES AND THIN CRYSTALLINE SILICON (C-SI)), WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE DURABILITY OF MODULES IN HARSH ORBITAL CONDITIONS.
SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.
No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.
1 action since 2026-08-12. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.
| Date | Amendment | Kind | Amount | What the agency wrote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | New award | $11.02M | THIS PROGRAM IS A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP IN NEXT GENERATION SPACE-BASED PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV) AND SUPPORT GROWING DEMAND FOR POWER DELIVERY IN SPACE. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH… |
Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-09-30). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗