The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a definitive contract valued at $749,999 to Stoke Space Technologies, Inc. for the delivery of advanced rocket nozzles applicable to planetary landers and reusable space vehicles. To be performed in Renton, Washington over a period of approximately 14 months concluding in October 2022, the firm fixed price contract was set aside for total small business participation. Stoke Space Technologies will provide rocket nozzle technology...
This $4,500,000 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) was awarded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to Stoke Space Technologies, Inc., a rocket company based in Kent, Washington, to support the delivery of a "Novel Response Space Delivery" capability. Stoke Space Technologies is a prime contractor that has previously received federal contracts and grants from NASA and the U.S. Air Force to develop critical components like advanced rocket nozzles and reusable heat shields for...
This contract award is for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 Launch Services Procurement, issued by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a defense agency. The $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order was awarded to Stoke Space Technologies, Inc., a small business manufacturer of rocket technology and spacecraft components. The contract supports the development of advanced reusable launch vehicle systems and heat shield technologies to enable more efficient and...
This is a delivery order awarded to Stoke Space Technologies, Inc., a Kent, Washington-based rocket technology company, under the Orbital Services Program 4 (OSP-4) Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) held by the U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center. The $482,064 firm-fixed-price contract is for "STOKE SPACE OSP-4 QUINTESSENTIAL STUDIES TASK ORDER" in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 481212. The award has a period of performance through July 7, 2025 and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to TGV Rockets, Inc., a minority-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business, in partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The contract, valued at $124,790, is for the development of a unique low-cost upper stage for affordable nano/micro launch vehicles. The proposed design features a novel eutectic fuel blend, lightweight avionics,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,953.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Physical Sciences Inc., a for-profit R&D company, to develop a regenerative cooling architecture and manufacturing method for a combined ceramic matrix composite (CMC)/metal structure for rocket nozzles. The objective is to reduce structural mass and improve specific impulse to enable larger payload fractions and lower mission costs. The proposed...
This is a $749,797 fixed-price contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc., a small business HUBZone firm. The contract is for the Phase II development of an additively manufactured liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane reaction control system (RCS) thruster, in response to a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) solicitation. The thruster is intended to provide a simple, robust, and low-cost solution for vehicle attitude control on...
This is a $849,999.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to STF Technologies LLC, a small business based in Newark, Delaware. The contract is for the development of "SINTERED POWDER TEXTILE SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS", which involves research and prototyping of advanced materials for aerospace applications. STF Technologies LLC has prior experience providing research,...
This is a $125,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc., an Alaskan Native Corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the company to demonstrate the feasibility of using an aerospike nozzle to provide increased payload capability to the Mars Ascent Vehicle, a two-stage, all-solid-propulsion system. The aerospike nozzle design is...
This $990,999.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by NASA to Quadrus Corporation, a minority-owned small business, for the continued development of an additive manufacturing (AM) approach to fabricate bimetallic combustion chambers for future NASA small launch vehicles. The contract, which is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II action, leverages Quadrus' expertise in selective laser melting (SLM) and magnetic pulse welding (MPW) to reduce manufacturing lead time and cost,...