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Redwire Selected for $40 Million Contract to Demonstrate Power Generation for NASA Moon Base Program Leveraging its Innovative Roll Out Solar Array Technology

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  • Redwire Corporation secured a $40 million NASA award to deliver an integrated power generation system for the Moon Base initiative.
  • The project adapts flight-proven Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) technology to provide interfaces & usable power for future lunar rovers, habitats, & in-situ resource utilization.
  • This selection follows the recent installation of the eighth & final ROSA wing on the International Space Station, completing the station's solar array upgrades.
  • Redwire will partner with NASA's Moon Base Infrastructure Office to conduct an autonomous power generation demonstration near the lunar South Pole.
  • The mission aims to validate vertical deployment, mast-mounted payload operations, & lunar night survival capabilities while reducing technical risk for future systems.
  • NASA plans to purchase commercial components for a Mini-Communications & Solar Tower (miniCAST), including solar arrays, batteries, & wireless power-transfer hardware.
  • Redwire advanced ROSA for vertical deployment in lunar gravity through its work on NASA's Vertical Solar Array Technology program.
  • The company has delivered or is developing over 65 solar array wings, including ROSA & the Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array (ELSA), for civil, commercial, & national security missions.
  • ROSA technology was originally developed via a public-private partnership between Redwire & Boeing.