DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSS) AND MICROLINK DEVICES, INC. (MICROLINK) AS A KEY SUBCONTRACTOR WILL FO…

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DEPLOYABLE SPACE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSS) AND MICROLINK DEVICES, INC. (MICROLINK) AS A KEY SUBCONTRACTOR WILL FOCUS THE PROPOSED SBIR PROGRAM ON THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LIGHTWEIGHT HIGH-EFFICIENCY UN-CONCENTRATED ELO IMM MULTI-JUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC FLEXIBLE BLANKET ASSEMBLY SPECIFICALLY FOR FUTURE NASA SPACE SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION MISSIONS THAT DEMAND ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT AND AFFORDABILITY. THE PROPOSED IMM PV FLEXIBLE BLANKET ASSEMBLY WHEN COUPLED TO AN OPTIMIZED STRUCTURAL PLATFORM (SUCH AS DSS'S ROLL-OUT SOLAR ARRAY - ROSA, AND/OR OTHER OPTIMIZED FLEXIBLE BLANKET SOLAR ARRAY STRUCTURES) WILL PRODUCE REVOLUTIONARY ARRAY-SYSTEM-LEVEL PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF HIGH SPECIFIC POWER (APPROACHING 500 W/KG BOL AT THE ARRAY LEVEL, OR 1000 W/KG BOL AT THE BLANKET ASSEMBLY LEVEL), LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH DEPLOYED STIFFNESS, HIGH DEPLOYED STRENGTH, COMPACT STOWAGE VOLUME (>60-80 KW/M3 BOL), RELIABILITY, MODULARITY, ADAPTABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND RAPID COMMERCIAL READINESS. ONCE SUCCESSFULLY VALIDATED THROUGH THE PROPOSED PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 PROGRAMS, DSS'S LIGHTWEIGHT IMM PV BLANKET ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS OVER CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART, AND IN MANY CASES WILL BE MISSION-ENABLING FOR FUTURE NASA AND NON-NASA APPLICATIONS.