This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to CFD Research Corporation, a small business, for the development of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) technologies for in-space and extraterrestrial surface metal welding and joining. The $149,049.00 firm fixed price award has a completion date of February 2, 2024. The contract falls under the SBIR program, which...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,871.00, is for the rapid fabrication of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) with aligned discontinuous reinforcement via reactive melt infiltration. This research and development effort is...
This is a $849,949.00 Definitive Contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Vista Engineering And Consulting, LLC, a small business. The contract is for a Phase II STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) research project titled "RESISTANCE WELDING OF CARBON FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES FOR REPURPOSABLE APPLICATIONS". The contract has a firm fixed price and a completion date of February 27, 2027. This...
This is a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a Small Business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of refractory metal coated uranium nitride fuel for nuclear thermal propulsion systems. Key subcontractor University of Alabama will provide characterization services including X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The contract...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc. for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I project. The award has a potential value of $124,992.00 and a completion date of February 18, 2020. The scope of the contract involves selecting and testing one or two candidate welding technologies in Busek's vacuum chamber. Busek Co., Inc. is a manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion...
This is a $156,443.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Blueshift LLC, doing business as Outward Technologies, a small business contractor. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is for Phase I research and development of a solar on-orbit welder for assembly, repair, and manufacturing. This contract supports NASA's space exploration goals by developing technologies for...
This federal contract award, valued at $124,954.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Supercool Metals LLC, a woman-owned small business manufacturer of high-performance components using amorphous metals and novel thermoplastic forming processes. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I, and is focused on developing a novel, low-cost thermoplastic forming process to manufacture multifunctional components...
This $124,999.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer of engineered materials solutions. The contract was issued under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is for the development of "dispersion strengthened refractory metal claddings" for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) applications. Plasma Processes has previously supported...
This is a $155,625.61 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Exothermics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-performance ceramics, refractory metals, and thin film coatings. The contract is for the delivery of experimental braze development specimens, including coupons and tube assemblies that join ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials and refractory metals like TZM. These specialized...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order, awarded to MRL Materials Resources LLC (MRL), a small business, requires the additively manufacture of test specimens from a specialized superalloy powder provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract, valued at $26,000.00, has a period of performance ending on September 29, 2025. The original solicitation was a special notice published by NASA, seeking a vendor to develop suitable process conditions and print various...