Definitive Contract 80NSSC25C0229
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- This federal contract award, valued at $144,328.00, was made by the Shared Services Center to Lunar Outpost Inc., a small business specializing in autonomous robotic systems and advanced space technologies. The contract is for the Design and Implementation Tools for Lunar Surface Regolith Structure Construction, which falls under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research program. As a prime contractor, Lunar Outpost has secured numerous contracts from agencies such as...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Interlune Corporation, a Seattle-based small business specializing in lunar resource extraction technologies. Awarded on August 26, 2025, this Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and will conclude on March 1, 2027. The contract focuses on strengthening the defense industrial base supply chain resiliency for critical materials,...
- The U.S. government agency, referred to as the Shared Services Center, has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Lunar Resources, Inc. (Lunar Resources) for the project "FY24 SBIR PHASE I- LUNAR JOINING OF ELEMENTARY STRUCTURES (LUJES)." The contract has a ceiling value of $149,999.00 and is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of February 6, 2025. As a total small business set-aside, this award reflects Lunar Resources' status as a...
- Lunar Resources, Inc., a Houston-based small business specializing in in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and space manufacturing technologies, has been awarded a $150k Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by NASA's Shared Services Center. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside and structured as a firm fixed price purchase order, supports development of the Immortal Molten Regolith Electrolysis Anode, a technology designed to extract oxygen and...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,937 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Tethers Unlimited, Inc., a small business based in Bothell, Washington. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to enable future lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) missions to more effectively explore, sample, and excavate within the permanently shaded polar craters. This contract leverages Tethers Unlimited's expertise in...
- The U.S. government agency, Shared Services Center, awarded a $110,364 grant to Interlune Corporation, a for-profit organization, for the "STIRRED COMMINUTION OF REGOLITH USING MILLING FOR BENEFICIATION OF LUNAR EXTRACT (SCRUMBLE)" project. This research grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is focused on developing technologies to process lunar regolith for resource extraction, supporting NASA's lunar exploration and resource utilization initiatives. The award has a...
- Cislune Inc. was awarded a $150,000 firm fixed price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, EO14042 STTR PHASE I CISLUNE REGOLITH PATHWAYS AND LANDING PADS, will support Cislune's research into regolith pathways and landing pads to enable future lunar surface operations. Work will be performed in Alhambra, California over a one-year period ending in August 2023. The contract...
- Cislune Inc., a small business specializing in advanced space technology research and development for NASA, was awarded a $174,888 firm fixed-price contract on September 29, 2025, for SBIR Phase I research under the Terrain Regolith Evaluation and Degradation (TREAD) program. The contract, set aside for total small business participation, is funded through NASA's Shared Services Center and will be performed at the company's facility in Alhambra, California, with an ultimate completion date of...
- This is a Fiscal Year 2023 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Lunar Resources, Inc., a small business space industrial company. The $849,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract supports the development of an "ultra-electrical-efficient process to perform regolith additive manufacturing of complex structures" for space exploration applications. The contract has a completion date of June 29, 2025 and...
- Spacefactory Inc. Ai Spacefactory Division has been awarded a $149,904 firm fixed price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research titled "STTR 2023-I REGOLITH OVERBURDEN STRUCTURES ON THE MOON: DESIGN AND CONOPS FOR EMPLACED PROTECTION" to develop designs and concepts of operation for structures built using lunar regolith to provide protection on the...
Interlune Corporation, a Seattle-based space technology firm specializing in lunar exploration and resource utilization, has been awarded a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to develop a scalable implementation for lunar trenching. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with a firm fixed-price structure, was awarded on September 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of April 29, 2026. The work will be performed at the company's Seattle, Washington facility under funding from the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. This Phase I research contract represents part of the SBIR/STTR program's effort to support innovative small business research initiatives. Interlune's award builds on the company's established expertise in lunar regolith processing and resource extraction technologies, demonstrated through prior federally-funded research projects focused on comminution, beneficiation, and particle size sorting of lunar materials. The lunar trenching implementation contract aligns with broader national interests in advancing sustainable lunar exploration and in-situ resource utilization capabilities that support future space missions and resource management on the lunar surface.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $150.0k | 9/19/25 |