# POWER Receiver Array Demonstration (PRAD) PS

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- Solicitation number: DARPA-PS-24-25
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to BLACKSKY AEROSPACE LLC Arlington for $350,000.00
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
- County: Arlington County (FIPS 51013). https://abierto.us/counties/arlington-county-va-51013
- City: Arlington. https://abierto.us/cities/arlington-va-5103000
- First posted: September 4, 2024
- Last posted: December 13, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8b0c5bc7cc4e4934adfa6a7476eb6d72/view

## Description

**Update 9/27:**

**Q&A Posted Update 9/23:**

**Proposer Day Slides Attached Update 9/10:** Revised Proposer date and question submattial date included in bold to Attached amended PS. 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.

## Publications

- September 4, 2024: Solicitation, due September 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 51e880f298304099a8b2f62352617a2f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/51e880f298304099a8b2f62352617a2f/view
- September 4, 2024: Solicitation, due September 23, 2024. Notice 9ea33206188640ec828c478fe9ac98e9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9ea33206188640ec828c478fe9ac98e9/view
- September 4, 2024: Solicitation, due September 23, 2024. Notice fe779a6fedf84e7f91d5eaaf3019532b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fe779a6fedf84e7f91d5eaaf3019532b/view
- September 10, 2024: Solicitation, due October 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 715f231fe8e74f5faafa0e6b8bf49590. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/715f231fe8e74f5faafa0e6b8bf49590/view
- September 23, 2024: Solicitation, due October 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice b4ca34d96a18464f928919c1c247f455. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b4ca34d96a18464f928919c1c247f455/view
- September 27, 2024: Solicitation, due October 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice b492b42d19644912aa009719aca91245. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b492b42d19644912aa009719aca91245/view
- December 13, 2024: Award notice. Notice 8b0c5bc7cc4e4934adfa6a7476eb6d72. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8b0c5bc7cc4e4934adfa6a7476eb6d72/view

## Points of contact

- BAA Coordinator, DARPA-PS-24-25@darpa.mil

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