This is a $598,293.65 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Advanced Thermal Batteries Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer, for the development of long-life thermal (high temperature) batteries to support NASA's future Venus surface exploration mission. The contract has an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2025.
The original solicitation indicates that NASA intends to award this contract sole-source to Advanced Thermal Batteries Inc. due to the company's specialized capabilities in designing and producing thermal batteries capable of operating at the extreme temperatures of the Venus surface environment. The batteries must meet specific energy and energy density requirements between 25V and -25V under Venus atmospheric conditions, with a minimum 60-day design life. The contract tasks include battery design, component selection, fabrication, and testing.
There is no set-aside designation for this award. Advanced Thermal Batteries Inc. is the prime contractor, and its parent company is ASB - Aerospatiale Batteries, which has previously provided thermal batteries and related components as a subcontractor to prime contractors supporting various Department of Defense and NASA programs.
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