The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,594.00 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase I contract to Concepts NREC, LLC, a small business, for the development of an Integrated Brayton Cryocooler for Liquid Oxygen (LOX) and Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) Applications. The contract work is to be performed in White River Junction, Vermont and is set to be completed by November 19, 2021. As a world leader in turbomachinery design software, engineering, and cryogenic...
This is a $749,901 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a research and development company located in Hanover, New Hampshire. The contract is focused on developing a high-capacity turbo-Brayton cryocooler that can provide 150 watts of refrigeration at 90 Kelvin to support NASA's future missions involving long-term cryogenic storage in space. The proposed cryocooler exceeds the original...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Creare LLC, a small business engineering R&D company based in Hanover, NH. The $124,997 firm-fixed-price contract is for the design and assessment of a high-capacity turbo-Brayton cryocooler that can provide 150 watts of refrigeration at 90 Kelvin. This technology is intended to address NASA's need for long-term cryogenic propellant storage in space, where typical cryocoolers are not suitable for the high...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a firm fixed price contract to Creare LLC, a small business based in Hanover, NH, to develop and demonstrate a two-stage turbo-Brayton cryocooler that can provide refrigeration at 10 Kelvin (K) with additional cooling at 50 to 70 K. This contract, valued at $749,901.00, is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II to advance cooling technologies for space-borne instruments that require sub-10 K...
Creare LLC, a small business engineering research and development company, was awarded a $124,938 firm fixed price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for the development of an advanced, high-efficiency turbine for Brayton cycle cryocoolers that can provide cooling at temperatures from 4 to 10 Kelvin to support future NASA astrophysics missions such as the Lynx X-ray...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract award to Concepts Nrec, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in turbomachinery design, engineering, and testing for aerospace applications. The $149,994.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and is for the development of a hydrogen boost pump to support NASA's space exploration efforts. The contract is set aside for small...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a research and development company. The contract, valued at $749,988, is for the development of an innovative cryocooler technology to support superconducting systems for turboelectric aircraft. Creare previously developed a cryocooler concept that meets NASA's requirements for cooling to 50 Kelvin, and this Phase II contract will extend the...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Creare LLC, a small business engineering and research and development company. The contract has a potential value of $749,951 and is for the development of a low-cost cryocooler control electronics package to support future small spacecraft missions. Many of NASA's future space science missions will utilize small spacecraft, which...
This is a $124,967 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a for-profit engineering research and development company. The contract is focused on developing an efficient, reliable, and vibration-free refrigerant pump for space applications to support NASA's future remote sensing science missions. The pump is intended to circulate subcooled liquid refrigerant in two-phase pumped loops, which are...
This is a $500,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a small business, for the development of low-cost cryocooler control electronics for small space platforms. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Creare, a limited liability company that specializes in engineering research and development, will provide the required products and services under this 24-month contract...