United Solar Systems Corp based in Auburn Hills Mich has been awarded an $11,503,782 cost plus fixed fee contract for their program designed to advance the state-of-the-art of ultra lightweight, high efficiency, and flexible thin film solar cell technology for the emerging space and airship markets.
The research and development work envisaged in this program aims to accomplish four major objectives.
United Solar will develop five each to demonstrate the success of the technology.
Objectives three and four of the program would be accomplished under options 1 and 2 of the contract respectively.
According to US Department of Defense contract announcements $5,849,000 of the funds has been obligated at this time. Further funds will be obligated as individual delivery orders are issued.
This work will be complete February 2005. Solicitation began November 2002 and negotiations were completed May 2003. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
