The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $599,981 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to Advanced Systems & Technologies Inc. (Asatech), a small for-profit subchapter S corporation, for the development of a "Wireless Hybrid Identification and Sensing Platform for Equipment Recovery" (WHISPER). This contract was a follow-on to previous SBIR awards received by Asatech from NASA, demonstrating the agency's continued confidence in...
This is a federal contract award from NASA to Advanced Systems & Technologies Inc. (Asatech), a small for-profit subchapter S corporation, for the development of a "Wireless Hybrid Identification and Sensing Platform for Equipment Recovery (WHISPER)." The WHISPER solution combines RFID smart tags with IR sensors to enable wireless location tracking of a large number of individual crew items in a space habitat microgravity cabin. The $1,247,912 firm fixed-price contract was...
This is a $124,728 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Advanced Systems & Technologies Inc. (Asatech), a small for-profit Subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of an "Interferometric Correlator for Acoustic Radiation & Underlying Structural Vibration (ICARUSV)" system, which uses optical non-contact sensing to enable direct capture and observation of structural...
This federal contract award is for the design of an ultra-low noise ventilation fan for space applications, awarded to Whisper Aero Inc., a small business specializing in propulsion solutions for drones and aircraft. The contract is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action with a firm fixed price of $150,000.00 and an ultimate completion date of February 6, 2025. The award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a firm-fixed-price, Definitive Contract to Antech Systems, Inc., a small business, for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project titled "Improved Passive Phased Array Sensor System for Enhanced Health Monitoring of Large Complex Structures". The contract has a potential value of $121,048 and a completion date of March 1, 2021. Antech Systems has previously performed prime contracts and subcontractor work...
This is a $749,706 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Advanced Systems & Technologies Inc. (Asatech), a small business, for the development of a Spatially Coherent Optical Vibrometer Array (SCOVA) technology. The SCOVA system will combine advanced sensor technology for rapid wide-area capture of ultrasound wave-field data with signal processing techniques to enable new methods of guided wave non-destructive evaluation (NDE) for complex NASA spaceflight structures. The contract is a...
This is a $50,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Rocketstar, Inc. on June 17, 2024. The contract is for the development of WHISPERHUNTER software under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. Rocketstar, Inc. is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and for-profit organization focused on developing innovative aerospace technologies, including aerospike rocket engines and propulsion systems....
Systems Technology, Inc., doing business as S T I, has been awarded a $150,000 firm fixed price purchase order contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and involves advanced aerservoelastic control research for a zero emission blended wing body transport. Performance will take place in Hawthorne, California over a 7-month period concluding in January 2023....
This is a $599,410.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Espace Inc., a small business manufacturer of propulsion systems and spacecraft components. The contract is for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) action, which indicates it is part of a larger multi-phase SBIR program. Espace Inc. performs research and development on advanced propulsion technologies, including ion propulsion, chemical propulsion, and...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Area-I, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to perform final integration, testing, and flight campaigns for the SAW (Structural Acoustic Waves) hardware and software on the PTERA (Preliminary Test and Evaluation Research Aircraft) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The contract, valued at $298,562.00, is a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract under the Small Business...