The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $899,612 firm-fixed-price contract to Gendell Associates P.A., a small business doing business as Folditure, for the development of the Sunflake Extra Linear technology under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This contract, with a period of performance through July 4, 2026, is a follow-on to previous SBIR Phase I and II awards to Gendell Associates for the Sunflake Solar Array and Ultra...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $799,216 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Gendell Associates P.A., doing business as Folditure, a small business manufacturer of innovative folding furniture and space-saving technologies. The contract, awarded on May 19, 2022, is for the development of the Sunflake Solar Array and Ultra Compact Tripod Tower (UCTT) technologies, which have applications in both terrestrial and...
This contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Tentguild Engineering Co., is for the development of a lightweight, deployable photovoltaic (PV) array module architecture designed for Mars applications. The proposed system features a toroidal storage configuration that can encircle and integrate with various space transport and surface mission systems. Key requirements include modular or large-unit design, self-cleaning and dust mitigation, tilt...
<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Definitive Contract to Tentguild Engineering Co., a small business, for the development of software to enable the rapid comparative design of solar arrays. The $124,981.00 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract work is to be performed in Boulder, Colorado.</p>
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Tendeg LLC, a limited liability company. The $1,124,835 contract will focus on integrating solar cell blanket assemblies onto the inner disk of a starshade needed for potential exoplanet discovery missions. The work will design and analyze structural interfaces, harness requirements, harness routing, and survival and durability for packaging, launch, and...
This is a $124,532 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Angstrom Designs Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronic and lighting systems based in Santa Barbara, California. The contract is for the design and development of a Compact Telescoping Array (CTA), which is a highly scalable solar array technology that NASA has identified as enabling for many of its near-term and long-term missions, including the Asteroid...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,978 firm fixed price contract to Deployable Space Systems, Inc. (DSS), a division of Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc., for the development of a high-performance, ultra-compact solar array system for use on NASA and non-NASA space missions. This SBIR Phase I contract will fund research and development of a tensioned membrane blanket solar array that can be stowed in a very small volume, allowing larger solar arrays to...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Regher Solar LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,743.00, is for a research project titled "A PATH TO LOW-COST SPACE SOLAR ARRAYS BASED ON SI BLANKETS AND IN-ORBIT ARRAY CONSTRUCTION." The contract has a completion date of February 18, 2020 and was awarded on August 19, 2019....
This is a firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc. (Deployable Space Systems, Inc. Division), a small business. The contract is for the research and development of a next-generation, ultra-compact, and lightweight solar array system with extremely high specific power. This innovation is intended to enable higher-powered NASA science and solar electric propulsion (SEP) missions, as well as other...
This is a firm fixed-price Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC), a civilian agency, to Tentguild Engineering Co. The contract, valued at $729,793.00, is for the development and validation of a photovoltaic (PV) array design with unique and enabling characteristics, including the ability to be smoothly deployed from compact stowage with a total PV surface area up to and beyond 4,000 square meters. The design utilizes flexible PV...