NASA awarded a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Innosense Corporation, a small disadvantaged business, to develop a Micro-Electro-Analytical Sensor for Rapid Monitoring of Hydrazine (Micro-ZIN) in spacecraft cabin atmospheres. This effort aims to address NASA's need for a sensor that can detect hazardous hydrazine vapor within 30 seconds, as opposed to the current 15-minute timeframe. Innosense will leverage its expertise in nanomaterial-based...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Mesa Photonics LLC, a small business limited liability company. The $125,000.00 contract is for the development of an innovative, fast, sensitive, and selective hydrazine measurement technology specifically designed for spacecraft cabin monitoring applications. The target instrument will be compact, robust, and low-power with a...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ashwin-Ushas Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $124,990 fixed-price contract is for the development of a unique, patented voltammetric electrochemical sensor technology capable of detecting toxic gases, chemical warfare agents, and other analytes. The sensor features a 3-module construction, is small,...
This is a $120,387 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to N5 Sensors Inc., a small business, to develop an ultra-small, highly reliable, and power-efficient sensor architecture for monitoring trace chemicals in the spacecraft environment. The contract is part of NASA's Nanoengineered Hybrid Gas Sensors for Spacesuit Monitoring major program, and aims to demonstrate sensor elements for oxygen, carbon dioxide, and ammonia on a single...
This is a $759,999.00 firm fixed price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innosense Corporation, a small disadvantaged, woman-owned business in Torrance, California. The contract is for the development of a nanomaterials-based in-line sensor to detect ionic silver in spacecraft potable water systems. This contract is part of the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, which aims to facilitate the transfer of technology from...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop a rapid, high sensitivity, personal monitoring device for hydrazine. The device is based on the surface triggering of propagated crystal lattice destabilization (STPCLD) phenomenon, a novel approach to rapid, high sensitivity sensors using noncovalent derivatization (NCD). The sensor...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innosense Corporation, a small disadvantaged business, for the development of a nanomaterials-based in-line sensor to detect ionic silver in spacecraft potable water systems. The $124,998 firm-fixed-price contract has a period of performance through September 30, 2021. Yale University is a subcontractor on this award. This contract is part of NASA's...
This is a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Seacoast Science, Inc. to develop a microsensor array for detecting carbon dioxide and ammonia in the atmosphere inside spacesuits. The goal is to enable the unambiguous detection and quantification of carbon dioxide, which is crucial for the long-term mission, as well as the detection of other gases like oxygen. Seacoast Science will leverage...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Amethyst Research Inc., a small business based in Norman, Oklahoma. The contract, valued at $124,999, is for the development of a non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor system capable of measuring multiple gases with high accuracy and sensitivity, in the parts-per-billion range. The sensor system is intended to support NASA's airborne science missions,...
This is a $156,499.00 Firm Fixed Price federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innosense Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract is for a Phase I SBIR project to develop electrochemical detection of salts using MOF-composite electrodes for space applications. The contract is set aside for small businesses and has an ultimate completion date of February...