This federal contract award to N&R Engineering Management & Services Corporation, a minority-owned small business, is for the development of a reliability analysis tool for ceramic matrix composite (CMC) turbine blades and vanes. The objective is to create an optimization software suite that integrates physics-based discipline-specific analysis codes and NASA's Fast Probability Integrator (FPI) to determine optimal material properties and geometries for cooled turbine components. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to N&R Engineering Management & Services Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $121,041 contract is for research and development focused on approaches to facilitate using silicon carbide/silicon carbide ceramic matrix composite (SiC/SiC CMC) materials for high pressure turbine (HPT) engine vanes and rotor blades. This...
This definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center is valued at $728,911 to N&R Engineering MGT Support Services for probabilistic/reliability software tool development to model ceramic matrix composite/environmental barrier coating interfaces. The research conducted under this Phase II Small Business Innovation Research program contract will provide probabilistic modeling software to analyze the interface between ceramic...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,871.00, is for the rapid fabrication of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) with aligned discontinuous reinforcement via reactive melt infiltration. This research and development effort is...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to N&R Engineering Management & Services Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $123,837 firm-fixed-price contract is for research to identify cycle improvements and verify the structural feasibility of shrouding a low aspect ratio high pressure turbine (HPT) rotor designed to use ceramic matrix...
This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to N&R Engineering Management & Services Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $791,389.00 contract funds research to determine the performance gains and weight reductions from using ceramic matrix composite (CMC) turbine blades in the high pressure turbine (HPT) and low pressure turbine (LPT) of turbofan engines. The work includes...
This federal contract award to Materials Modifications Inc., a minority-owned small business, is for the development of a novel out-of-autoclave processing method for fabricating nanostructured polymer matrix composites for large structural parts. The $130,000.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract is with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and is focused on advancing materials solutions for heavy lift launch vehicles. The contract work involves a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,970 firm fixed price contract to Materials Research & Design Inc., doing business as Mr&D, for domestically available ceramic matrix composites for hot structures under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The research will be conducted at Mr&D's facility in Wayne, Pennsylvania over a four-year period ending July 2024. The contract has a total small business set aside designation....
This federal contract award, valued at $124,998.00, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The contract is for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I and is focused on the "Evaluation of Alternative Carbon Fibers to Improve Joint Performance in 3D Woven Heatshields." Mr&D is a for-profit subchapter S corporation that specializes...
This is a $124,988 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to CFD Research Corporation, a small business specializing in computational fluid dynamics and materials modeling. The contract aims to develop a computational materials model to simulate the degradation of ceramic matrix composite materials under the high-temperature, high-velocity conditions of propulsion systems. This will provide NASA with a tool to assist in the selection and optimization of...