NASA Issues Game Changing Extreme Environment Solar Power Solicitation (NNH15ZOA001N-15GCD-C3)

Solicitation Number: NNH15ZOA001N-15GCD-C3
Release Date: August 26, 2015
NOIs due: September 10, 2015 5pm Eastern
Proposals due: October 30, 2015 5:00 pm Eastern

The Game Changing Development (GCD) Program has issued an appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH15ZOA001N entitled Extreme Environment Solar Power. This appendix solicits proposals to develop solar array systems for space power in high radiation and low solar energy environments. The appendix is available at https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={A5919332-50AB-7345-48BB-F0C499315A58}&path=open

The GCD program is a critical element within the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and focuses on the maturation of technologies across the mid-technology readiness levels, namely TRL 3 through 6.

In the near future, NASA will need solar cells and arrays for multiple applications in robotic and human space exploration missions. Because these systems were traditionally developed for operation near Earth, there is a need to develop new solar array concepts as NASA considers missions that require exposure to more intense radiation environments and travel ever farther from the sun.

GCD expects to make as many as four awards, valued to $400,000 each for the 9-month base requirement; up to two awards for Option I, which is valued at $1.25 million and one award for Option II, with a value of $2 million.

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