Vertical arrays of carbon nanotubes have been shown to yield values as low as 0.1 % of total hemispherical reflectance, while this improvement would afford significant gains for in-space telescopic…
Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC18C0172
- Awardee
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Applied Sciences Inc. UEI KFNNH3CBM7Q9
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $749,762
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $749,762.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 500 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Cedarville, OH 45314, USA
- Research
- SBIR Program Phase II Action
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
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| Original award | $749,762 |
About this award
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Sciences Inc., a for-profit small business. The contract is for the development of affordable and practical spray-coated carbon nanotube (SCCNT) materials to provide stray light suppression for aerospace applications, such as telescopic imagery. The contract has a potential value of $749,762 and was awarded as a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract. The SCCNT coatings are intended to offer significantly lower reflectance values compared to legacy materials, while being easier and less costly to apply. This effort builds on the company's previous SBIR Phase I work demonstrating the viability of the SCCNT approach. The Phase II work will focus on optimizing the reflectance performance across relevant spectral ranges and further developing the technology for aerospace qualification.
Description
Vertical arrays of carbon nanotubes have been shown to yield values as low as 0.1 % of total hemispherical reflectance, while this improvement would afford significant gains for in-space telescopic imagery, the complexities and cost with fabrication pose significant barriers to capturing this level of stray light suppression. The current work is directed to capturing the same or comparable levels of reflectance, with sccnt coating which can be applied at room temperature using conventional spray-up method onto flat and curved objects. Applied sciences sccnt coatings demonstrated a total hemispherical reflectance of 1%, 5X better than the legacy material Z306, in phase i. The proposed innovation seeks the development of practical and affordable sccnt coatings into an aerospace qualified polymer for stray light suppression. In phase II, the cost and simplicity of this approach will be exploited to optimize reflectance over the desired spectral range. The sccnt can be tuned for absorption/scattering over a broad spectral region by altering the geometry and functionality, allowing degrees of freedom in optimizing absorption. Additionally, a novel method of graphene growth on sccnf offers further enhancement of absorption of stray light, at low cost and ease of application. This new approach comes at a much lower cost, is readily scalable and safer than the competing technology.
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Who was awarded contract 80NSSC18C0172?
80NSSC18C0172 was awarded to Applied Sciences Inc. by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on July 10, 2018.
How much is contract 80NSSC18C0172 worth?
The government has obligated $749,762 on 80NSSC18C0172.
Was contract 80NSSC18C0172 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC18C0172 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 500 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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