Definitive Contract 80NSSC21C0103
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- This is a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The objective of the research is to use probability theory to combine physics-based models for additive manufacturing processes like selective laser melting (SLM) and electron beam melting (EBM) in order to predict and mitigate defects, achieve...
- This is a Federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a Minority Owned Business, Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business. The total potential value of the contract is $124,995.00. The research objective of the work is to demonstrate the feasibility of using extensible modeling to create an additive manufacturing (AM) knowledge base for the copper alloy GRCOP-84 and utilize it to design an AM process for this alloy. The...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,954.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to LER Technologies Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, to conduct a feasibility study on an in-situ inspection unit that can be added to an existing additive manufacturing (AM) tool. The goal is to provide real-time information about part quality and detect flaws during the AM process, enabling immediate feedback and process correction to save...
- This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer. The $124,957 contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project to develop an in-line inspection system using laser ultrasonics to detect defects in additively manufactured parts. The goal is to create a real-time qualification process that can ensure finished parts meet requirements...
- This federal contract award to Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC, a small business, is for the implementation of novel techniques for feedforward and feedback control to improve the control, validation, and documentation of selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing (AM). The key innovations include integrating fringe pattern projection profilometry (FPPP) into the SLM process to capture high-resolution dimensional measurements, and developing integrated computational adaptive AM...
- This is a $123,687 Phase I STTR contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Advratech, LLC, a small business, for an empirical optimization framework for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The project aims to leverage in-situ sensor data and process parameters to construct a "physics-capturing" empirical model that can be used to quantify AM process uncertainty, analyze sensitivities, and optimize each layer of selective laser melting (SLM) builds in real-time. The...
- This is a $799,973 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Additive Manufacturing Innovations LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business. The contract is for the development of a "Microstructure-Informed Multiscale Structural Analysis and Design Framework for Next Generation High Performance Material Systems and Structural Components." This builds...
- This is a $2,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for research and development related to demonstrating a prototype feedforward control system for the laser powder bed additive manufacturing process to produce higher quality builds. The prime contractor is partnering with 3D Systems, Inc. and The...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. (IOSi), a small business manufacturer, to develop a three-step layer-by-layer inspection and validation system for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The $754,974.00 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will integrate optical profilometry, laser ablation, and laser ultrasonic testing (LUT) to detect,...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc., a small business and certified HUBZone firm. The contract, valued at $124,994, is for the development of a novel additive manufacturing method that enables the use of multiple dissimilar materials in an additively manufactured parent part. This innovation aims to expand the capabilities of additive...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Applied Optimization, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for a Real-Time Defect Detection, Identification, and Correction in Wire-Feed and Fused-Filament Additive Manufacturing project. The $124,999.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract, with a period of performance ending on November 19, 2021. As a subcontractor, The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will support Applied Optimization by integrating sensors, performing deposition trials, and providing reporting to demonstrate open-loop and closed-loop additive manufacturing process monitoring and correction capabilities, particularly for 316 stainless steel wire-fed parts. This contract supports NASA's technology development priorities in the areas of advanced manufacturing and materials science.
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| Not listed | Not listed | $125.0k | 5/17/21 |