An industry team led by Boeing has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for work on Phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed program. The $15.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is currently funded to $13.8 million.
The program aims to develop a new, ultra-lightweight High Power Generation System that can generate up to 175 kilowatts – more power than is currently available to the International Space Station.
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Jul. 1, 2009 at 11:41am Boeing to development spacecraft systemDuring Phase 1 of the program, the Boeing-led team, which includes DR Technologies, Northrop Grumman Astro Aerospace, Texas A&M University, Emcore, Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc. and other key suppliers, developed a preliminary design for a system capable of providing more than 130 watts per kilogram on a system that is less than half the weight and one sixth the size of an existing on-orbit solar power system. Plenty more in the Archives The comments function of the Business Examiner community is meant to encourage conversations and spark ideas about business issues in the South Sound. The feature is free and open to members of the public who register basic log in information. Comments should be concise, on topic and avoid attacks, profanity or abusive language or content. Comments that are deemed to violate this policy will be removed. |
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