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U.S. Air Force funds Ascent Solar Technologies' high-efficiency solar cell program
LITTLETON, Colo., 25 Oct. 2007. Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., a developer of thin-film photovoltaic materials, announced that the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has contracted to increase funding of Ascent Solar's development of high-performance thin-film tandem photovoltaics (PV) based on flexible monolithically integrated CIGS technology. The contract modification represents up to $749,000 of additional contract value over a 27-month period.