Definitive Contract 80NSSC20C0057

This is a $129,423.00 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Quest Thermal Group, LLC, a small business based in Arvada, Colorado. The contract is for the design and development of an innovative Vapor Cooled Structure Multi-Layer Insulation (VCSMLI) system that uses boil-off propellant to cool structural elements like skirts and struts, reducing heat leak by nearly 50%. This aligns with NASA's technology roadmap, which identifies zero boil-off storage of cryogenic...

This is a $128,619 SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Quest Thermal Group, LLC, a small business, to design and develop an innovative thermal insulation system for cryogenic propellants on launch vehicles. The contract is focused on the "Launch Vehicle Load Responsive Multi-Layer Insulation (LV-LRMLI)" system, which aims to provide high performance thermal insulation during launch ascent, on-orbit, and on the surface of Mars. The Phase I effort will model, design, build, and test...

This contract is for the design, fabrication, and installation of large-scale multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets for exploration missions. The goal is to improve the fundamental understanding of MLI systems. The MLI will be applied to a tank, which will then undergo thermal vacuum and reverberant acoustic testing. The contract was awarded to Aerospace Fabrication & Materials LLC, a manufacturer of thermal insulation products, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA)...

This is a $124,946.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Quest Thermal Group, LLC, a small business, for the development of a lightweight, high-performance Integrated MultiLayer Insulation (IMLI) dewar for cryogenic balloon instruments under the SBIR Program Phase I. Quest Thermal Group is a world leader in advanced thermal insulation systems and has provided research, prototypes, testing, and thermal insulation...

This is a $124,780 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Peregrine Falcon Corp, a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a multi-layer radiation shield (MLRS) that can provide thermal isolation and micrometeorite protection for fission power systems on the surface of Mars. The MLRS is designed to have superior insulation properties to traditional multi-layer insulation...

This is a firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Powdermet Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company. The contract, valued at $124,455.00, is for the design and fabrication of an integral thermal protection system (TPS) cryogenic storage tank using integrated materials computational engineering. The project aims to develop a multilayered thermally insulating syntactic foam core structure...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to S.d. Miller And Associates P.L.L.C., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business. The contract, valued at $125,000, aims to demonstrate the ability to produce a thin, flexible aerogel insulation using paper-making methods in a continuous, scalable manufacturing process. The effort follows previous successful experiments to develop...

Cornerstone Research Group Inc. was awarded a $124,996.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to demonstrate magnesium (Mg) syntactic as a lightweight, high-temperature insulation material for future space exploration applications. The proposed Mg syntactic insulation includes a combination of CRG's proprietary Mg resin binder, insulation fillers for reduced weight and thermal conductivity, and fiber...

This is a Phase III SBIR contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Quest Thermal Group, LLC, a small business. The contract is valued at $257,083 and has a completion date of March 15, 2024. Quest Thermal Group is a world leader in advanced thermal insulation systems and has previously provided research, prototypes, testing, and thermal insulation materials and systems to NASA and its partners through SBIR contracts and subcontracts. This Phase III award is...

This is a $124,988 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Industrial Measurement Systems Inc. (IMS Inc.), a for-profit Subchapter S corporation located in Aurora, Illinois. The contract is for the development of an ultrasonic thermometry technique to precisely measure and provide real-time temperature feedback during the Thermal Stir Welding (TSW) process. TSW is a solid-state welding...