This is a $124,994 federal contract award to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG), a small business aerospace and defense firm located in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC), a civilian agency, to develop the company's "No-Oven, No-Autoclave (NONA) Composite Processing Technology" for the repair of composite structures. The goal is to create a material and processing system that allows the design, infusion, and cure of composite repairs...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a small business based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract, valued at $748,321, supports the development of the company's "No-Oven, No-Autoclave (NONA) Cure" technology, which enables the fabrication of large composite structures without energy-intensive capital equipment. The NONA process allows for the simultaneous...
This is a $124,994.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG), a small business aerospace and defense firm based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract is for CRG to design and develop thermally-reversible polymeric materials that can function as reprocessable thermosetting matrices. These materials would enable the reclamation and repurposing of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG) in the amount of $754,816.00. The contract is for the continued development of "Reclaimable Thermally Reversible Polymers for AM Feedstock", which aims to enable the reclamation and repurposing of structural fiber-reinforced composites into new configurations during extraterrestrial missions, such as conversion to...
This is a $1,049,858 Small Business set-aside contract awarded by NASA to Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (CRG) for the development of hybrid composites for aerospace applications. CRG is leading a team including the University of Dayton Research Institute and Nanosperse LLC to demonstrate, justify the financial viability, and enable the transition of hybrid composite materials into commercial aircraft. The contract is part of NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles Program, which seeks to improve the...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a for-profit small business research and engineering services company. The contract, valued at $149,952.00, builds upon previous Phase I and Phase II SBIR work where Cornerstone Research Group demonstrated that carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns stitched into composite structures improved mode I and mode II damage tolerance. The...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a for-profit research and engineering services company. The $124,998.00 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of low pressure assisted composite molding technology. As a prime contractor, Cornerstone Research Group has a history of providing research, engineering, and technical services to the U.S. Department of...
This is a $749,860.00 Firm Fixed Price, Definitive Contract awarded to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a small business aerospace and defense firm based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II program. The contract's objective is the automated fabrication of ablation-resistant thermal protection systems and in-situ curing of thermoset resin mixtures. Cornerstone...
This $124,992 firm-fixed-price NASA SBIR Phase I contract was awarded to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a small business aerospace and defense firm based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract is part of NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles Program and aims to assess the value of hybrid composites to improve the safety and efficiency of aerospace structures. The Cornerstone Research Group team, which includes the University of Dayton Research Institute and Nanosperse LLC, will perform a systems-level...
This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nanosonic Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Pembroke, Virginia. The $125,000.00 contract is for the development of an innovative low viscosity, high glass transition temperature (Tg) copolymer injection repair material and methodology that enables rapid fiber-reinforced composite repair in areas with limited user access. The proposed solution...
This STTR Phase II contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG), its subsidiary Nona Composites, and the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI). The $754,913 contract is for the development of a rapid and robust method for on-site composite structural repairs that is cost-effective and flexible. The goal is to enable fast, effective composite repairs without the need for ovens, autoclaves, and expensive tooling. In Phase I, the program established the viability of the Nona Repair concept, demonstrating that the repair strength was considerably better than existing systems and could be completed in a single 8-hour shift. In Phase II, the team will establish allowable use parameters, design specifications, and quality control improvements for the repair kit, as well as conduct on-site testing at Kennedy Space Center. This contract is set aside for small businesses.