Cooperative Agreement 80MSFC19M0011

This is a $23,438 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Auburn University, a public land-grant university in Alabama. The contract is for cryogenically fueled, hot fire testing of ultra-high performance, additively manufactured injector elements for liquid rocket and rotating detonation rocket engines. This work supports NASA's ongoing research and development efforts in advanced propulsion technologies. The agreement has a period of...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $248.9K firm fixed-price purchase order to Additive Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. (AME), a Huntsville, Alabama-based HUBZone-certified small business, for fabrication of rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) components under the INRODES project. The contract, awarded on March 28, 2025, was conducted as a sole-source procurement under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) based on AME's unique capabilities in powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to General Electric Company, through its GE Additive division, to provide one Concept Laser X-Line 2000R additive manufacturing machine to support the Liquid Engine Office (LEO) Development program for the RS25 liquid rocket engine. The contract has a potential value of $700,000.00 and a completion date of December 30, 2020. The procurement was not set aside for any...

Auburn University was awarded a $33,637.69 cooperative agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a working relationship between NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Materials Directorate and Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence. The goal of this cooperative agreement is to create a database architecture conducive to applying artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. The two-year agreement will support...

This is a $96,849.84 cooperative agreement between NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Dm3D Technology LLC, a minority-owned limited liability company, for the free-form fabrication of a demonstration RS25 jacket part using large-scale direct metal deposition (DMD) additive manufacturing techniques. The agreement is focused on advancing in-space manufacturing capabilities, aligning with NASA's goals. Dm3D Technology LLC is an experienced federal contractor, having secured multiple prime...

This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract, valued at $36,390.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Additive Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the production of a GRCOP-42 L-PBF RDRE "Core" Piece. The contract has a completion date of August 4, 2024. The original solicitation was a special notice issued by NASA seeking capabilities and qualifications from...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Additive Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. (a certified HUBZone small business) for the additive manufacturing of large platform GRCOP-42 chambers. The $348,445.00 contract was a total small business set-aside and tasked the vendor with providing a range of additive manufacturing products and services, including GRCOP-42 chambers, calorimeter chambers, igniter...

This federal contract award to Masten Space Systems, a small business, supports the preliminary development of a 25,000 lbf additively manufactured (AM), aluminum alloy, liquid oxygen (LOX)/methane engine for in-space propulsion. The proposed engine design leverages AM processes to achieve transformative mass, cost, and schedule savings compared to the current state of the art. The $121,211 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort will build on Masten's experience in engine...

This federal contract award is a $12,860 cooperative agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories Inc. (GTL Company), a small business manufacturer of advanced aerospace technologies located in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The contract, awarded on January 8, 2024, is for the "Rapid Model Based Assessment of RDRE Injector and Chamber Designs" project, with a completion date of April 7, 2025. The contract is not set aside for any...

The University of Alabama Office for Sponsored Programs Division has been awarded a $550,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct research developing an integrated rocket propulsion system utilizing features of both axial and radial rotating detonation combustors. The four-year research effort will be performed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and aims to significantly reduce weight and improve performance for rocket applications through...