This is a firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to Keystone Engineering Company, a manufacturer of engineered products for aerospace and defense applications. The contract, with a potential value of $284,200.00, is for the design and fabrication of a 70-inch tank dome. The work will be performed in Long Beach, California. Keystone Engineering Company has previously served as a subcontractor on contracts supporting...
This is a $126,700.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Keystone Engineering Company, a small business manufacturer, for the design and development of a sub-scale toroidal tank spun from aluminum 2219. The tank is intended for use in critical aerospace and defense applications. Keystone Engineering Company has experience providing goods and services as a subcontractor to major prime contractors such as...
This $153,800.00 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Keystone Engineering Company's Nuspace division on April 3, 2017. The contract, which has a completion date of September 30, 2017, is for Pendulum Parameter Analysis Research, and was set aside for small businesses. Keystone Engineering Company, a manufacturer of engineered aerospace and defense products, has previously served as a subcontractor on...
This is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, LLC, a small business contractor, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The $219,045 contract is for the modification, heat treatment characterization and testing, and nozzle machining of NASA HR-1 and JBK-75 materials. This work is in support of NASA's research and development efforts. The contract has a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $2,781,352.23 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, for the Europa Solid Motor Breaking Stage Characterization project. This contract supports the continued maturation of the de-orbit stage for the Europa lander vehicle, with the objective of completing preliminary studies and analysis on the feasibility of a solid propulsion system to meet the notional...
This is a $839,574.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Vacco Industries, a for-profit manufacturer, for the delivery of 9 Low Pressure Latch Valves (8 for flight and 1 spare) to support the Europa Clipper Mission. The contract is a full and open competition with no set-aside designation. Vacco Industries, a subsidiary of Esco Technologies Inc., has previously served as a prime contractor to the...
This federal contract was awarded by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), a civilian agency under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. The $3,133,279.45 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract supports the Europa Program, providing engineering services for the de-orbit stage of a lander mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The contract has no set-aside designation. As a prime contractor, Aerojet Rocketdyne has subcontracted work to...
This is a $1,046,535.00 definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to Arde Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract is for the delivery of Europa Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) and does not have a set-aside designation. Arde Inc. is producing custom oxygen vessels to support the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit project for spacesuits used outside the International Space Station. Arde has...
This definitive, firm-fixed price contract was awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to Moog Inc. for the design, development, fabrication, and delivery of the Europa Project High Pressure Latch Valve (HPLV), a critical component for the Europa mission. The $1,588,512 contract supports the Europa mission, which is a joint partnership between the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Applied Physics Laboratory, with NASA Goddard responsible for the propulsion system. The HPLV design must meet...
This federal contract award, granted by NASA through the Shared Services Center, is for the NIMPH (Nano Icy Moons Propellant Harvester) project. The $99,891 grant was awarded to Exoterra Resource LLC, a solar electric propulsion company in Littleton, Colorado. The NIMPH project aims to develop a cubesat-scale in-situ resource utilization system that can harvest water to enable low-cost sample return missions to icy moons like Europa. The project will demonstrate the ability to conduct a sample...