Masten Space Systems Inc., doing business as Masten Space, has been awarded a $50,000 cooperative agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to deliver an electric pump for a 5,000-pound class liquid oxygen/methane engine. The award has no set-aside designation and work is to be performed in Mojave, California through February 2018. As a for-profit small business, Masten specializes in vertical takeoff and vertical landing vehicles and...
This is a $80,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Flight Works, Inc., a for-profit small business manufacturer of aerospace components and systems. The award is for the development, spaceflight qualification, and low-rate initial production of solenoid valves for ascent propulsion systems, in collaboration with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The agreement has an ultimate completion date of March 29, 2024. This contract...
This federal contract award, valued at $7,681,980.49, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to the prime contractor Creare LLC, a small business manufacturer of goods based in Hanover, New Hampshire. The contract is a definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of a "Wide Range Pump" with a completion date of March 31, 2026. The original solicitation was for NASA's New Frontiers Program, which seeks Principal...
This is a $124,974 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Flight Works, Inc., a small business manufacturer of aerospace components and systems. Under this contract, Flight Works will develop and characterize a micro-gear-pump suitable for both Mono-Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) and Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON-25) bipropellants, initially sized for 22-30 Newton (5-7 lbf) class thrusters. The goal is to demonstrate this technology through pump-fed MMH/MON-25...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Flight Works, Inc., a small business manufacturer of aerospace components and systems. The contract is for the development and demonstration of a micropump for MON-25 and Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) bipropellant thrusters, which can provide significant performance benefits for NASA deep space and Moon/Mars missions, such as lunar landers and Mars ascent vehicles. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded Tec-Masters, Inc. a $72,084 firm fixed price delivery order against their Multiple Award Schedule contract to develop, evaluate, and implement innovative mechanical, thermal, and fluid system designs for nuclear thermal propulsion and cryogenic fluid tank system concepts. As the prime contractor, Tec-Masters will perform the work in Nashua, New Hampshire over a period of four months starting February 1, 2024. This delivery order...
This is a $749,995.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Frontier Astronautics LLC, a small business, to develop an "INNOVATIVE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TURBOPUMP DESIGN FOR AFFORDABLE SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLES" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a completion date of June 18, 2025. This award is part of NASA's efforts to support the development of technologies for affordable small...
This is a $200,650.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to P3 Technologies, LLC, a small business, for the delivery of a cryogenic methane pump, high-speed controller, and mounting skid. The contract has no set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by March 10, 2023. P3 Technologies, LLC is a small business that provides propulsion, pump, compressor, turbine, and power solutions to the federal...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Nexolve Corporation, a subsidiary of ManTech International Corporation, for the development of a Solar Sail TRAC Boom for the Near Earth Asteroid Scout program. The contract has a ceiling value of $673,526.00 and a completion date of September 30, 2018. The contract was not set aside for any specific business type. Nexolve Corporation, the prime...
This federal contract award to Astra Space Operations, LLC, valued at $124,586, is for Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of low-risk, electric-motor driven pumps for a liquid bipropellant engine to be used in a Mars Ascent Vehicle. This solution aims to address the challenges in obtaining "on-board" pressurization through a lightweight and low-complexity pump, which has hindered the realization of high-performance liquid...