The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems, to develop a precision spacecraft pointing and attitude control system. The $124,805 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract will focus on acquiring and analyzing data on the performance characteristics of Busek's BET-1MN electrospray thrusters, which can achieve sub-milliarcsecond pointing accuracy, to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,990.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Busek Co., Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a new passive electrospray thruster control system that will enable extremely fast thruster operations and minimum impulse bits for precision attitude control of CubeSats and small spacecraft. Busek's BET-300-P thruster is being developed as a reaction control system to...
This is a $749,954 firm-fixed-price federal contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems, for the development of a low-impulse bit electrospray thruster control system. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program and has a completion date of December 20, 2021. Busek Co., Inc., a Subchapter S Corporation based in...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components based in Natick, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $3,380,078.00, is for the development of a "HIGH TOTAL IMPULSE BET-MAX SYSTEM FOR SMALL-SAT DEORBITING", which likely involves advanced electric propulsion technologies to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000 Firm Fixed Price contract to Busek Co., Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The contract is for the development of a highly modular Attitude Control System (ACS) that will provide significant improvements over state-of-the-art alternatives for CubeSats. Busek proposes to leverage its expertise in electrospray thrusters, which demonstrated precise control capabilities on the ESA...
This federal contract award to Busek Co., Inc. is for the development of a highly modular Attitude Control System (ACS) for CubeSats. The contract, valued at $749,859.00, is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II action from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. Busek, a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems, will work to address critical technology gaps in both thruster-heads and a multi-axis power processing unit...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,978.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Busek Co., Inc. for the development of a High Impulse Electric Upper Stage for Small Launch Vehicles under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is set aside for total small business and will be performed in Natick, MA. Busek Co., Inc. is a manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components supporting government and commercial space programs, with...
This is a $124,890 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems. The contract is for the development of a compact electrospray propulsion system with unprecedented capability, providing more thrust than available gridded ion engines at lower power and without greatly penalizing specific impulse. The system will be scalable to higher capacity and capable of over 700 grams of...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., doing business as Busek Co Inc. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price contract with a potential value of $250,000.00 and is set aside for a Total Small Business. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III, which focuses on the development and transition of SBIR/STTR-funded technologies into NASA programs and other...
This federal contract award to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems, was made by the Air Force Test Center (AFTC) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The $149,948.00 firm fixed-price contract is for a Phase I SBIR research effort to develop advanced electric propulsion technologies. The place of performance is Natick, Massachusetts. In addition to this SBIR contract, Busek has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV)...