Six Hypotheses for Accelerating the Lunar Economy (Shale) Tender, USA - 98925307

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Six Hypotheses for Accelerating the Lunar Economy (Shale)

Deadline : 15 Apr 2024

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 98925307

Document Ref. No. : DARPA-SN-24-48

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : DEPT OF DEFENSE
Contracting Office Address : ARLINGTON, VA 222032114
Primary Point of Contact : Dr. Michael Nayak
DARPA-SN-24-48@darpa.mil

USA
Email :darpa-sn-24-48@darpa.mil

Tender Details

Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) supports a future model where the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), international governments, and commercial industry can rapidly scale up lunar exploration and commerce, enabled and supported by the deployment of an efficiently combined, integrated lunar infrastructure framework. An integrated framework would upend the current technical paradigm, whereby each lunar lander or activity must organically support all required resources for survival such as power, communications, and data storage. In November 2023, to support NASA civil space and US commercial space goals in accordance with the National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy (2022), DARPA launched the 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) study . LunA-10 studied the business and technical case for non-terrestrial technology concepts designed to move away from individual scientific efforts within isolated, self-sufficient systems and toward a series of shareable, scalable, resource-driven systems that can operate jointly. LunA-10 focused on creating monetizable services for future lunar users in a mass-efficient manner, while complementing existing NASA and international partner (Artemis Accords ) lunar investments. This model for operations is envisioned to advance the responsible and safe use of the lunar/cislunar environment. Analytical frameworks for the future lunar economy created by LunA-10 are intended for future use by the United States and all nations with a declared commitment to the peaceful use of the Moon per the Artemis Accords. DARPA envisions the continuation of this model. While DARPA-s traditional purview has been programs in support of national security, as America and its allies return to the Moon, DARPA will support NASA to develop technology purely for civil applications, to include use by NASA on the surface of the Moon. This RFI will not result in hardware or technology delivered to the Moon...
Active Contract Opportunity Notice ID DARPA-SN-24-48 Related Notice Department/Ind. Agency DEPT OF DEFENSE Sub-tier DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) Office DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
Original Published Date: Mar 14, 2024 04:01 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Apr 15, 2024 04:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: Manual
Original Inactive Date: May 23, 2024
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: AC12 - National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research
NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Place of Performance:

Documents

 Tender Notice

DARPA-SN-24-48.pdf