The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $149,779 firm fixed price purchase order to Crystal Sonic Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. This contract is for research and development services to reduce the cost of space photovoltaics via sound-assisted substrate reuse. This is a follow-on effort to a previous $899,561 SBIR Phase II contract awarded to Crystal Sonic Inc. by NASA....
Nanosonic Inc., a small business manufacturer, was awarded a $124,316.00 firm fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop an International Space Station (ISS) experimental package to demonstrate the on-board production of photovoltaic cells and arrays. The contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase I, will leverage Nanosonic's expertise in advanced materials and Perovskite solar cell...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,124,935.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Solestial, Inc., a solar energy company based in Tempe, Arizona. The contract is for the research and development of ultra-thin silicon solar cells with improved radiation hardness and qualification for space applications. This work supports NASA's efforts to advance solar power technologies for use on spacecraft and satellites. The contract has a...
This is a $125,000 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Nanosonic Inc., a small business manufacturer, for lightweight radiation shielding composites for small spacecraft. The contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I, a set-aside for small businesses. As a prime contractor, Nanosonic has experience providing research, prototypes, and products to the Department of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Nanosonic Inc., a small business specializing in advanced materials and sensor systems. The contract, titled "ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH, NANOMEMBRANE-BASED PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS FOR ENTRY, DESCENT, AND LANDING APPLICATIONS," is for research and development of pressure transducer technology to support NASA's entry, descent, and landing applications. As a...
This is a $149,987 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Solestial, Inc., a solar energy company, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for research and development of next-generation silicon-based solar arrays for use on space stations and other permanent space infrastructure. The work is part of the EO14042 SBIR PHASE I IGNITE program, which is focused on developing advanced solar technologies for...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned and Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer of goods, to develop large-area epitaxial lift-off (ELO) inverted metamorphic (IMM) solar cells designed specifically for low-intensity, low-temperature (LILT) space applications. The solar cells are expected to achieve 45% power conversion efficiency at 125°C and 5.2 astronomical...
This federal contract award to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer, is for the development of a low-cost, manufacturable, 6-inch wafer bonding process for next-generation 5-junction inverted metamorphic (IMM+Ge) photovoltaic devices. The award, valued at $900,000.00, is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program, and is set aside for small businesses. The goal is to enable the production of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm-fixed-price, definitive contract to Great Lakes Crystal Technologies Inc., doing business as Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, for the development of radiation-tolerant, high-voltage, high-power diamond electronics under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The $124,429.00 contract, which was set aside for small businesses, tasks the company with producing diamond materials,...
This federal contract award is for the PHOTOVOLTAIC AND THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING FOR SATELLITES project, which was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the prime contractor, Nanosonic Inc. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a potential value of $150,000.00. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract is set aside for small businesses. Nanosonic Inc. is a private, for-profit manufacturer specializing...