<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>
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Gennext Materials & Technologies LLC, a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB). The contract is for Dissimilar Metal Welding of Refractory Metals, an effort funded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The potential value of the contract is $124,957.00, and the period of performance is from the award date of August 31, 2020 through...
<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $250,000 firm fixed price contract to Questek Innovations LLC of Evanston, IL. The contract is for Phase III of the Small Business Innovation Research program and involves tool material design for friction stir welding of high-strength materials. The period of performance is from September 28, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The contract was set aside for total small business.</p>
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Brimrose Technology Corp, a small business, for the development of a novel radiation shielding material system. The objective is to create a lightweight, high-strength, and thermally conductive composite material using boron carbide, tungsten carbide, and either an aluminum or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene matrix. The innovative fabrication approach leverages...
This is a $124,884 firm fixed price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Ceramic Fibers LLC, a small business, to develop ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites. The contract is focused on a low-risk approach to high-payoff materials research. Advanced Ceramic Fibers has prior experience in federal contracting, including several Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards from the Department of the Navy to develop...
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 $748,428.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Tungstenite Corp for the development of COLD SPRAY LOW-FRICTION COMPOSITE METAL-SOLID LUBRICANT COATINGS under the STTR Phase II research program. The contract has a period of performance ending on November 2, 2023. As a Firm Fixed Price contract, the full value of $748,428.00 is the ceiling amount that can be paid to the...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Alphastar Technology Solutions LLC, a woman-owned small business. The $123,390.00 firm fixed-price contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and supports the development of an in-situ monitoring system for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The system will enable real-time quality assessment of AM parts, which is critical for the...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd., a small business, for the development of a metal matrix composite (MMC) fabric that can be combined with additive manufacturing to reduce weight, increase structural performance, and reduce fabrication costs of structural components within launch vehicles. The $123,883.00 firm fixed-price contract is funded through the Small Business...
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,...