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Redwire Corporation Procures Contract from Boeing to Build Roll-Out Solar Arrays for International Space Station

The IROSAs expand the space station’s power supply to assist crucial research and space operations.

June 28, 2023. By EI News Network

Redwire Corporation declared that it has procured a follow-on contract from Boeing to develop two additional Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA) for the International Space Station.

The IROSAs expand the space station’s power supply to assist crucial research and space operations. This award is a follow-on to Redwire’s contract to serve six IROSAs, which were made in alliance with Boeing’s Spectrolab and catered to NASA under contract with Boeing, NASA’s major supplier for space station operations.

Speaking upon the development, Peter Cannito, Redwire Chairman and CEO, added, “We are proud of the successful deployment of six IROSAs on the ISS to date, making it the gold standard for large-scale power generation with proven flight heritage. The continuation of the program with the award of an additional two IROSAs, bringing the total to eight arrays, is a testament to the excellence and dedication of our team and the coordination amongst our suppliers and partners”.

John Mulholland, Boeing Vice President and Program Manager for the ISS, said, “The six IROSAs installed on the ISS are innovative examples to support further utilization with technologies and systems that were not envisioned when the ISS was designed and built”.

Redwire Corporation deals in mission-crucial space solutions and high-reliability parts and components for the coming generation space economy, with valuable assets for solar power production, in-space 3D printing and manufacturing, avionics, critical components, sensors, digital engineering and space-based biotechnology.

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