This is a $1,122,574.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Vestigo Aerospace, Inc., a small business prime contractor, to develop and demonstrate aerodynamically stable drag sails for deorbiting small satellites from low Earth orbit. This contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Vestigo Aerospace has received several SBIR contracts from NASA to advance drag sail...
This is a $1,875,000.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Saber Astronautics, LLC, a veteran-owned small business located in Boulder, Colorado. The contract is for the INNOVATIVE DEFENSE-RELATED DUAL-PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES/SOLUTIONS requirement under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase II. The contract has a set-aside designation for total small business and an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2021. Saber...
The U.S. government agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has awarded a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract with a ceiling value of $1,205,742.00 to Redwire Space Solutions, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The contract, titled "SOLAR CRUISER," supports the development and delivery of a solar sail system for space exploration and operations. Redwire Space Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of Redwire...
This is a $124,949 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Pioneer Astronautics, doing business as Pioneer Invention, a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of a magsail system to support spacecraft deorbit under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I. The contract has a completion date of March 1, 2021. Pioneer Invention has extensive experience...
This is a $3,787,431.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Vestigo Aerospace, Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the flight demonstration of Spinnaker drag sails to aid in the deorbit of small satellites from low Earth orbit. Vestigo Aerospace, the prime contractor, will perform the work at its facilities in California, Indiana, and...
This is a firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to CU Aerospace LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, valued at $124,991, is for the design and development of a 25 kg spacecraft for initial flight testing of a 2,500 square meter ultrasail demonstrator called I-SAIL. This represents a next-generation high-risk, high-payoff solar sail system for the launch, deployment, stabilization and control of very...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a firm-fixed-price Definitive Contract to Sedaro Corporation, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $123,092.00, is for the development of Sedaro's SEDARO SATELLITE software, which enables model-based systems engineering for spacecraft and satellite systems. Sedaro has prior experience providing digital twin technology to support space system development,...
This is a $1,246,880.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Saber Astronautics, LLC, a veteran-owned small business located in Boulder, Colorado. The contract, which is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, is for the WINDU: THE DIGITAL GUARDIAN project, a sandbox for modeling threats in non-standard regimes. This award is set aside for small businesses. Saber Astronautics is a key player in developing cutting-edge space...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Agile Space Propulsion Company, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $124,545.00, is for research related to simple sample return. The contract is a definitive, firm fixed price contract, with a completion date of February 18, 2020. The place of performance is Durango, CO, USA. This SBIR Phase I...
This is a federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to CU Aerospace L.L.C., a for-profit limited liability company, for the development of the CUBESAIL-D module, an accelerated spacecraft deorbiting technology. The total potential value of the contract is $124,995.00. As a total small business set-aside award, this contract supports the growth of entrepreneurial space companies and...