This is a $148,855.00 firm fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a for-profit organization located in Ithaca, NY. The contract is for the research and development of erosion-tolerant passive anti-icing materials for urban air mobility (UAM) rotor blades. This contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Innovative Dynamics Inc. has previously performed research, development, and prototype...
Innovative Dynamics Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price, definitive contract valued at $743,870 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract calls for the development of an icing hazard management system for urban air mobility vehicles. This system will incorporate fast response icing sensors and look-ahead light detection and ranging integrated with a low power rotor blade anti-icing system, as...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a small business that specializes in ice protection systems. The contract, valued at $849,077, is for the development of "erosion tolerant passive anti-icing materials for UAM (Urban Air Mobility) rotor blades." This work involves the research and prototyping of passive anti-icing coatings, icing sensors, and integrated...
This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a small business. The contract has a total small business set aside designation and a firm fixed price of $238,905.00. The contract is for research and development work related to ice protection systems for rotorcraft and urban air mobility vehicles, including passive anti-icing coatings, icing sensors, and integrated ice detection and rotor blade heating systems....
This is a $124,944.00 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NEI Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a new generation of icing mitigation technology for manned and unmanned vehicles, combining a durable anti-ice coating with an active deicing device. This effort is intended to improve the performance and durability of...
This is a $749,947 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Continuum Dynamics Inc., a small business research and development firm. The contract supports NASA's strategic objectives of increasing safety and promoting growth in low-carbon propulsion vehicles, particularly by enhancing icing detection on electric aircraft. This contract is a Firm-Fixed-Price definitive contract with a total small business set-aside. Continuum Dynamics leverages its expertise in areas like aerodynamics,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Microengineered Metals Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is focused on developing a hybrid solution to mitigate the in-flight icing hazard for the aviation industry. The proposed approach involves polishing aluminum airfoils to ultra-low surface roughness levels (down to 10 nm) to significantly reduce ice adhesion strength, as...
This is a firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Materials Modifications Inc. (MMI), a minority-owned small business, for the development of a thin-film hybrid coating to mitigate ice accumulation on aircraft. The $125,000 contract aims to develop and evaluate a two-layer coating solution, with a super-hydrophobic top layer to combat supercooled water droplets and a silicone elastomer base layer to reduce ice adhesion. Phase I efforts...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier, a Department of Defense agency, to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a for-profit small business entity. The $149,688 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of "LIDAR ON A CHIP - A183-154-0368", which involves research and prototyping of ice protection systems for rotorcraft and urban air mobility vehicles. Innovative Dynamics Inc. has previously supported...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,997.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to The Innovation Laboratory, Inc., a woman-owned small business located in Portland, Oregon. The contract is for research and development of "Technologies Enabling Urban Air Mobility All-Weather Vertiport Operations", which aligns with NASA's focus on advanced aviation and aerospace technologies. The Innovation Laboratory has previously received...