Closed Solicitation · DEPT OF DEFENSE
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is inviting innovative proposals for its Rads to Watts program, which aims to develop technologies for converting radiation energy into electricity, specifically through radiovoltaics. Proposals should focus on scaling unit cells to achieve kilowatt-level power output and include advancements in radiation-hardened materials. Research that offers only incremental improvements or focuses on other direct conversion methods is not eligible. The submission deadline is August 20, 2025.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals for directly converting radiation energy into electricity, focusing on radiation voltaics (also known as radiovoltaics). Typical radiovoltaic unit cell configured devices can produce power at the milliwatt-level. Rads to Watts seeks approaches that can scale unit cells to broad-area collection volumes to produce power at kilowatt-levels over relevant timescales. Proposed work should include innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in high fluence-resilient, radiation-hardened, charge-carrying materials and techniques that specifically apply to radiovoltaics. Specifically excluded from Rads to Watts is research that primarily results in incremental improvements to the existing state of practice and research that applies to direct conversion methods other than radiovoltaics.
RADS TO WATTS PROGRAM SOLICITATION is a federal acquisition solicitation issued by DEPT OF DEFENSE. Review the full description, attachments, and submission requirements on SamSearch before the response deadline.
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