Definitive Contract 80NSSC19C0012
- Not listed
- This federal contract award to Texas Research Institute - Austin, Inc., a small business, is for the development of a field-deployable prototype of a Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) sensor system for advanced structural health monitoring applications. The $124,906 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) effort is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and will focus on designing a ruggedized FSS sensor that can be used in space environments. FSS sensors...
- This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, valued at $149,994.00, was awarded to Texas Research Institute - Austin, Inc., a division of Texas Research International Inc. The contract is for research and development on frequency selective surfaces for passive, unpowered, wireless, and non-contacting softgood structural health monitoring. This SBIR...
- This is a $149,992 firm-fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Texas Research Institute - Austin, Inc., a small business division of Texas Research International Inc. The contract is for the development of an active microwave thermography prototype to be used as an in-space nondestructive evaluation tool. This contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program and has a total set-aside for small businesses. The...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Texas Research Institute - Austin, Inc. (Tri/Austin), a subsidiary of Texas Research International Inc. The primary objective is to design and build a practical millimeter-wave imaging system capable of effectively addressing nondestructive inspection issues related to complex composites and structures during manufacturing and use. The system is expected to...
- This is a $99,684.00 firm fixed price contract awarded by the NASA Ames Research Center to Sensanna Inc., a woman-owned and veteran-owned small business, under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of passive surface acoustic wave (SAW) temperature sensors with enhanced sensitivity and detection range for NASA applications, specifically for remote wireless sensing of temperature distributions in composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) and development flight...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Texas Research Institute - Austin, Inc., a division of Texas Research International Inc., a small business. The $149,997.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a millimeter/microwave inspection system for concrete and concrete structures to support lunar and Martian habitation and infrastructure. This award is part of NASA's SBIR program, which provides...
- This $124,983 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Industrial Measurement Systems Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation. The contract addresses NASA's needs for advanced manufacturing, structures, and materials technologies under Technical Area TA12. Specifically, it aims to adapt ultrasonic thermometry methods to enable real-time temperature measurements during...
- Texas Research Institute - Austin, Inc. (Tri/Austin), a small business based in Austin, Texas, received a $156,378 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop phase reflectors as an in-situ passive unpowered wireless structural health monitoring system for lunar excavation vehicles. The contract, awarded on September 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of March 27, 2026, is a...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Albido Corporation, a for-profit organization located in Colorado Springs, CO. The $754,999.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a passive wireless sensor system for structural health monitoring of space and aerospace vehicle components operating in extreme environments. The proposed system uses a network of surface acoustic wave (SAW)...
- This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Quest Integrated, LLC, a small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $125,000, focuses on developing innovative additive manufacturing technologies for ultra-high temperature strain and temperature sensors. These sensors are intended to enable non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring of atmospheric and space flight vehicles...
This is a $749,994.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Texas Research Institute - Austin, Inc., a division of Texas Research International Inc. The contract is for the research and development of frequency selective surface (FSS) sensors that can be used for wireless, passive monitoring of strain and temperature on structures. The sensors are designed to be embedded or surface-mounted and can be interrogated through non-conductive materials. This Phase II effort builds on prior Phase I work to improve sensor designs, materials, and bonding methods, as well as to test the complete prototype system on various structures. The goal is to deliver the final sensor system to NASA Langley and develop a commercialization plan.