<p>This firm fixed-price STTR Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Multi3D Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract, valued at $124,905.00, is for the rapid prototyping of beam-shaping metamaterial antennas via additive manufacturing using a highly conductive filament. This effort supports NASA's research and development programs, particularly related to lunar exploration. The contract was set aside for small businesses.</p>
This is a $125,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Engi-Mat Co., a small business manufacturer of advanced materials. The contract is for the development of a high-performance Ka-band electrically steered antenna with phased array architecture using Engi-Mat's proprietary barium strontium titanate (BST) based tunable dielectric materials. This technology is intended to address the size, weight, and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Multiscale Systems, Inc., a Small Business, to conduct accelerated aging experiments on products developed with metamaterials. The $124,981.00 contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I and is intended to help understand how these metamaterial-based products will perform over time. Multiscale Systems, Inc. is an advanced...
This is a $124,967.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Polaronyx Inc., a small business manufacturer of laser 3D manufacturing solutions and other laser micro structuring technologies. The contract is for the development of a cost-effective laser additive manufacturing system for SiC mirror support architecture, with integrated functions of additive manufacturing, subtractive manufacturing, in-process...
This is a $223,750.00 Firm Fixed Price federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Space Foundry Inc., a small business contractor. The contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III effort, which allows the contractor to continue the research and development of advanced printing technologies, including plasma jet printing systems for in-space manufacturing and in-situ resource utilization. This SBIR...
This is a $848,690.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optomec Inc., a manufacturer of 3D printers and additive manufacturing solutions. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, specifically for Phase II of a project focused on "Additive Manufacturing of Robust, Nonplanar Electrical Interconnects." The contract is set aside for small businesses. Optomec has previously received SBIR...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,972 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to MMA Design LLC, a limited liability company that manufactures innovative packaging solutions for space missions. The contract is for the research and development of a deployable, dual-band cylindrical parabolic antenna operating at 35 gigahertz (GHz) and 94 GHz frequencies. This technology is intended to enable future satellite missions with...
This federal contract award is for the development of high-frequency antenna modules capable of use in phased arrays for radar applications. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $748,975 Firm Fixed Price contract to Nuvotronics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-frequency electronic products, to re-design and validate the fabrication and assembly processes for an antenna array operating at W-band frequencies. The objectives include optimizing the design...
This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $129,946.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc., a small business. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and focuses on developing real-time monitoring capabilities for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The key innovation is the use of a line-laser profilometer to perform 3D, in-situ, sub-micron profilometry on each...
This is a $220,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Superconducting Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturing organization. The contract is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III action, which indicates it is a follow-on to previous SBIR Phase I and II awards. SBIR is a competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and...