POWER: Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay, Subscale Aerial Demonstration (Phase 2)

Location: Federal
Posted: Jun 24, 2025
Due: Jun 30, 2025
Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE
Type of Government: Federal
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  • A - Research and development
Solicitation No: DARPA-PS-25-17
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  • Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Jun 24, 2025 04:25 pm EDT
  • Original Published Date: Jun 04, 2025 02:31 pm EDT
  • Updated Date Offers Due: Jun 30, 2025 05:00 pm EDT
  • Original Date Offers Due: Jun 30, 2025 05:00 pm EDT
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: Feb 20, 2026
  • Original Inactive Date: Feb 20, 2026
  • Initiative:
    • None
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  • 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)
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6/24/25 - Please see the attached Q&A.





The Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program seeks to build, demonstrate, and validate an airborne wireless energy relay capability that can provide for the redirection of ground-sourced high-energy laser beams over long distances for power delivery. The 6-month Phase 2 effort described in this solicitation seeks to reduce risk in the realization of this capability through the development of a single, integrated subscale relay hosted at an altitude of at least 1.5 km for demonstration of beam redirection, correction, and harvesting relay functions. The culminating demonstration is planned to be held at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) at White Sands Missile Range and will employ an existing HELSTF laser as the source. The subscale relay shall redirect the beam to a receiver site on the ground.


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Jun 4, 2025[Solicitation (Original)] POWER: Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay, Subscale Aerial Demonstration (Phase 2)
Jun 25, 2025[Solicitation (Updated)] POWER: Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay, Subscale Aerial Demonstration (Phase 2)
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