The contract follows a milestone for the technology in orbit. Redwire recently completed the installation of the eighth and final Roll Out Solar Array on the International Space Station. With that deployment complete, the company now plans to repurpose the same array design for conditions on the Moon.
The Roll Out Solar Array sits at the center of the award. NASA is paying a commercial supplier to show that hardware validated on the space station can function as surface infrastructure for a sustained lunar presence. Redwire’s plan is to take the flight-proven array and adapt it for lunar operations under the Moon base program.
Redwire Corporation, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RDW, is based in Jacksonville, Florida. The company confirmed the $40 million value of the contract in its November 10 announcement.
Surface power remains one of the mission-critical gaps for any long-term presence on the Moon. The award represents a direct case of technology developed and proven aboard the International Space Station being carried over to Artemis-era surface needs, with NASA engaging a commercial provider to demonstrate that capability.
The next step is the demonstration itself, in which Redwire will show that its Roll Out Solar Array can generate power on the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Moon base program.
