This is a Firm Fixed Price, Definitive Contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Near Space Corp, a for-profit, SBA-certified HUBZone manufacturer. The contract is valued at $747,769.00 and has a completion date of November 15, 2023. The contract is for the SBIR Phase II effort titled "Techniques to Support the Aerial Deployment and Inflation of Venus Aerobots," which is part of the agency's research and development programs. Near Space Corp, the prime...
This federal contract award is for the development of a deployable unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed to perform targeted sampling of the atmosphere on Venus while continuously extracting energy, even on the dark side of the planet. The $124,324.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Black Swift Technologies LLC, a small business engineering firm that specializes in...
This is a $759,995.00 Firm Fixed Price, Definitive Contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a small business specializing in the development of custom analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, microelectronics, sensing systems, and electronic control systems for extreme environments. The contract is for the development of "EXTREME ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES FOR VENUS...
This federal contract award, valued at $122,120.00, was granted to MKF Interests, LLC (doing business as Thin Red Line USA) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of an "Adaptable Multi-Segment Altitude Control (AM-SAC) Balloon for Planetary Exploration", a unique multi-segment balloon system with low-power, rapid mobility altitude control capabilities applicable to...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero), a small business aerospace engineering and manufacturing company. The $124,874.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract is to explore the application of powered paragliders enabled by flexible solar cells for science missions to Venus. The effort will define the design space and parameters for this concept,...
The federal contract award, with ID NND15AP09B|NND15AP11T, was issued by the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), a civilian agency under NASA. The purpose of this Delivery Order task order is for a standard SBS (Small Balloon System) full manifest flight and standard payload integration, with a firm fixed price of $199,858.01 and a completion date of December 31, 2018. The prime contractor for this award is Near Space Corp, doing business as Near Space Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer...
This is a delivery order (task order) contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to Near Space Corp, a for-profit manufacturer and SBA-certified HUBZone firm. The purpose of this $425,106.28 firm-fixed-price contract is for the integration and flight of the ORS Space Effect 2.0 Bi-Static Imager (143-B) payload(s) to enable the performance of a flight experiment and recover the payload(s) upon...
This Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas. With a potential value of one hundred fifty-six thousand four hundred forty-two dollars, the firm fixed price purchase order is for the delivery of high temperature additively manufactured materials for Venus surface operations under the EO14042 program. The total small...
Paragon Space Development Corporation has been awarded a definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to deliver a Mechanical-Compression Aerobot for Extended Range Venus Exploration (MARVEL). Valued at $759,983, this firm fixed price contract has a period of performance from July 2021 through July 2023 and will be performed in Tucson, Arizona. The contract has a total small business set aside designation. As part of NASA's ongoing...
This federal contract award was issued by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency of the U.S. government, to Near Space Corp, a for-profit manufacturer doing business as Near Space Corporation. The contract, valued at $80,280.40, is for the delivery of a "Mars Electric Reusable Flyer" and has been designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. Near Space Corp is an SBA-certified HUBZone firm with over 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry, specializing in...