mPower Technology, Inc. is a solar energy company that specializes in developing advanced, lightweight, and customizable solar power solutions for space applications. Their key product, DragonSCALES™, is a unique solar cell technology designed for scalability, affordability, and resilience in harsh space environments. They partner with companies like Airbus and GTM Advanced Structures to supply solar modules for satellite constellations and space panel manufacturing. mPower's solutions target satellite constellations, lunar and deep space missions, and space-based solar power initiatives.
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mPower Technology has opened a new high-volume solar module production line at Universal Instruments Corporation in Conklin, New York.
The new facility is producing solar modules for Airbus under a contract with mPower Technology.
mPower Technology received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures to develop space-based flexible solar power technology.
Gravitics will work with mPower Technology to provide solar power for its StarMax modules.
mPower Technology has raised $16,500,000 since it was spun off from Sandia National Laboratories in 2015.
mPower Technology plans to use the recently raised funds to expand production facilities in New Mexico to produce DragonSCALES.
mPower Technology aims for cumulative DragonSCALES production to be capable of producing 1.5 megawatts of power per year starting in the third quarter of 2022.
mPower Technology raised $10,000,000 on 2022-02-01 to accelerate production of silicon-based solar panels that gained flight heritage in 2021.
Sandia National Laboratories, a government lab run by Honeywell International, invested about $20,000,000 of research and development in the solar technology before spinning off mPower Technology.