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General Information

  • Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Sep 04, 2024 04:42 pm EDT
  • Original Published Date: Sep 04, 2024 04:31 pm EDT
  • Updated Date Offers Due: Sep 30, 2024 05:00 pm EDT
  • Original Date Offers Due: Sep 23, 2024 05:00 pm EDT
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: Apr 22, 2025
  • Original Inactive Date: Apr 22, 2025
  • Initiative:
    • None

Classification

  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
  • NAICS Code:
    • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative demonstration approaches for a ground-based receiver array for optical laser power to address challenges in the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) Program. The POWER Receiver Array Demonstration (PRAD) program seeks to develop and demonstrate a laser power beaming receiver.

The envisioned Energy Web consists of three major component types: transmitters, relays, and receivers. Optical laser power beaming technology delivers energy over long distances via transmission by laser beam that is then directed towards a receiving station. The receiving station is equipped with photovoltaic cells or similar devices that capture the laser energy and convert it back into electrical power. A ground-to-ground demonstration is crucial for proving the feasibility and effectiveness of optical laser power beaming technology, particularly in validating the photovoltaic (PV) receiver array and its efficiency.

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  • 675 NORTH RANDOLPH STREET
  • ARLINGTON , VA 222032114
  • USA

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