# POWER Receiver Array Demonstration (PRAD) Proposers Day

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- Solicitation number: DARPA-SN-24-100
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was September 16, 2024
- 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
- First posted: September 10, 2024
- Last posted: September 10, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/75e69a12f3ae44778fd451cab2e76608/view

## Description

This Special Notice announces a Proposers Day for the PRAD program. The PRAD program will demonstrate a ground-based receiver array for optical laser power to address challenges in the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) Program. 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 10, 2024: Special notice, due September 16, 2024. Notice 75e69a12f3ae44778fd451cab2e76608. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/75e69a12f3ae44778fd451cab2e76608/view

## Points of contact

- TTO BAA Coordinator, DARPA-SN-24-100@darpa.mil

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