This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, tasks Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business, with developing and demonstrating a novel manufacturing process based on severe plastic deformation to refine and enhance the microstructure and properties of bulk tungsten. Tungsten is a refractory metal that plays an important role in nuclear reactors, including for nuclear thermal propulsion engines,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is for $125,000.00 to develop a severe plastic deformation (SPD) manufacturing technique to refine and control the microstructure and properties of titanium alloys. The goal is to demonstrate a production-level approach to manufacturing high-performance...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The contract examines the feasibility of an innovative surface modification technology incorporating friction stir reaction processing to produce engineered alloy structures or conventional parts with enhanced wear, environmental, and/or creep-fatigue...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business. The $600,000 contract examines the feasibility of an innovative fabrication technology incorporating sand casting and friction stir processing (FSP) to produce affordable near-net-shape components made from high-performance nickel-based superalloys. This technology has the...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business. The $125,000 fixed-price contract seeks to develop a novel grain refinement technology to produce microstructurally enhanced nickel-based superalloy materials (IN625 and Monel 400) with higher strength capabilities for in-space propulsion applications. The work aims to demonstrate a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business, for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop more durable pin tools for friction stir welding. The contract is set aside for small businesses and the work will take place in Orange, CA. Transition45 Technologies Inc. has previous experience conducting SBIR research for government agencies on...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business, for $125,000.00 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The objective is to develop an innovative additive manufacturing/metal injection molding technology to rapidly produce prototype high-power electric propulsion components from refractory alloys. This addresses the need for increased design...
This is a $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a limited liability company that provides materials solutions and manufacturing services for the aerospace, defense, and energy industries. The contract is for research and development of innovative tungsten alloys for advanced propulsion systems. Plasma Processes has previously...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,954.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to LER Technologies Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, to conduct a feasibility study on an in-situ inspection unit that can be added to an existing additive manufacturing (AM) tool. The goal is to provide real-time information about part quality and detect flaws during the AM process, enabling immediate feedback and process correction to save...
<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Applied Tungstenite Corp, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $123,359.00, is for the delivery of a composite dry film lubricant product called TI, CU, AL / WS2. This is a firm fixed-price, definitive contract with a completion date of March 1, 2021. The contract was set aside for small businesses.</p>