TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Composite Meter-Class Monolithic Space Telescope Tender

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Country: USA

Summary: TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Composite Meter-Class Monolithic Space Telescope

Deadline: 28 Aug 2025

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 123512794

Document Ref. No.: IL-13823

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Description

Opportunity:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its Composite Meter-Class Monolithic Space Telescope.

Background:

LLNL developed a solid monolith telescope construction approach (U.S. Patent No. 9720223, IL-12599) that has driven a new paradigm for high-performance, multi-aperture space telescopes at previously unheard-of costs, mainly due to their intrinsic robustness. Unfortunately, solid monoliths mass becomes excessive beyond half-meter aperture, approaching 1000 kg at meter-scale. What is needed is a new construction approach to scale the advantages of solid monolithic telescopes to meter-scale and beyond.

Description:

The approach is to use foundational materials science, structural design, thermal analysis, optic fabrication, and space systems engineering, and to use optimize them through large-scale simulation to realize meter-scale telescopes at 10x cost reduction. LLNL-s folded Gregorian design integrates all alignment sensitive components into one static monolithic system. Like solid-monoliths, these composite monoliths eliminate all dynamic degrees of freedom. The entire assembly consists of (1) primary/secondary mirrors, (2) focal plane array, and an integrated Fold-Mirror strut.

Advantages/Benefits:

Reduce costs by eliminating risk associated with high sensitivity optomechanical components. Greater robustness and reliability by eliminating high-precision mechanical structures. Reduce SWaP (size, weight and power) factors

Potential Applications:

National security Free-space optical communications Astrophysics High-resolution space imageryDevelopment Status:

Current stage of technology development: TRL 2

LLNL has filed for patent p...
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Notice ID : IL-13823
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Department/Ind. Agency : ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Office: LLNS – DOE CONTRACTOR
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
Original Published Date: Jul 28, 2025 03:11 pm PDT
Original Response Date: Aug 28, 2025 06:00 pm PDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Sep 12, 2025
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NAICS Code: 333310 - Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Livermore, CA USA

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