Makel Engineering, Inc. (MEI) was awarded a $124,968 firm-fixed-price purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This Phase I contract supports the development of high-temperature, solid-state sensors to monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2) in the atmosphere of Venus. MEI has previously received SBIR awards from NASA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business based in Chico, California. The contract is for the development of a high-temperature, radiation-hard electronics sensing architecture to enable a chemical sensor array for measuring key chemical species in the Venus atmosphere. The goal is to apply NASA's advancements in silicon carbide (SiC) electronics to the previously developed Venus Microsensor Chemical Array...
This is a $130,299.04 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business contractor. The project will develop silicon carbide-based electronics capable of operating at 500 degrees Celsius to support previously demonstrated high-temperature chemical sensors for use in harsh environments such as the surface of Venus. The goal is to enable long-duration, uncooled operation of the Venus Chemical Microsensor Array...
This is a $749,946.00 firm fixed price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business, for the development of the Venus In-Situ Mineralogy Reaction Array (VIMRA) sensor platform. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and is set to be completed by June 8, 2023. Makel Engineering is a leading provider of chemical sensing systems for aerospace and military...
This is a $124,916.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business, for the Venus In-Situ Mineralogy Reaction Array (VIMRA) Sensor Platform. The contract was awarded under NASA's SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. Makel Engineering specializes in chemical sensing systems for aerospace and military applications, and has previously received SBIR awards from...
This is a $754,792 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of a low-cost, lightweight, and robust chemical microsensor instrument package for detecting carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and methane from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The proposed solid-state microsensor technology is...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, for the development of a miniature Stirling cooler capable of keeping conventional electronics cool in the high-temperature environment of the surface of Venus. This technology is intended to enable the use of temperature-sensitive cameras and optical sensors for in-situ analysis of the...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Makel Engineering, Inc. (MEI), a small business based in Chico, California. The contract is for the development of flight-capable chemical microsensor arrays to monitor high-temperature bleed air and turbine exhaust in jet engines. The goal is to provide a new class of on-board engine instrumentation for real-time monitoring of engine and bleed air system...
Makel Engineering, Inc. (MEI) has been awarded a $749,299 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop flight capable chemical microsensor arrays for in situ monitoring of high temperature bleed air and turbine exhaust in jet engines, as requested in Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. MEI will build upon their Phase I demonstration of sensor miniaturization and robust probe...
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...