The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,592 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Squid3 Space, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, which has a completion date of August 19, 2024, is for Phase I research and development of a "Software Definable Thermal Solution for Tactically Responsive Space Missions." As a SBIR Phase I award, this contract is set aside for small businesses. The place of performance is Marina Del Rey, CA.
This is a $149,900.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by a civilian federal agency to Opterus Research and Development, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Loveland, Colorado. The contract is for the development of "HIGH THERMAL PERFORMANCE BOOMS AND INTEGRATED ACS", which are advanced aerospace technologies for space exploration, defense, and scientific research. The contract has a fixed-price, definitive contract structure and is set...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $49,915.00 to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, for a Deployable Space Radar System Feasibility Study for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract is a Phase I SBIR action, which is research and development focused on evaluating the feasibility of the proposed technology. As a for-profit small business, Redwire Space...
This is a $1,249,776 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Spaceworks Enterprises Inc., a small business based in Chamblee, Georgia. The contract is for "AUTHORITY EXPERIMENTS IN JOINT EJECTION CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS FOR ROCKET CARGO," which aligns with AFRL's research and development efforts in advancing rocket cargo capabilities. The firm-fixed-price, definitive contract has a completion date of...
This is a $1,659,456.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Thermasat, Inc., a small business based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The contract is for the development of the Thermasat Plus Orbital Transfer Vehicle under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This contract is a follow-on effort to a previous SBIR Phase I award for a related technology called the Solar Powered Rocket with Impulsive Thermal Engine (SPRITE). 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 Geoplasma LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of a multifunctional composite material to provide radiation shielding, enhanced structural integrity, and durability for spacecraft or habitats for NASA's long-duration human space exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit. The contract has a...
This $1.5 million firm fixed price contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Spaceworks Enterprises Inc. Engineering Division, doing business as Spaceworks, for research and development services under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II topic SB161-007. The work will involve developing a persistent platform for geosynchronous Earth orbit and will be performed in Dunwoody, Georgia over a period of approximately two...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit research and development company, for the development of a passive thermal control skin (TCS) technology. The TCS will control the infrared emissivity as a function of thermal load while maintaining low solar absorptivity, enabling improved temperature regulation for future manned and unmanned spacecraft missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The $749,923...
This is a $749,321.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Redwire Space Solutions, LLC (formerly Roccor LLC) for the development of a "CONFORMED THERMAL GROUND PLANE FOR FIBER AMPLIFIER" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a performance period ending on August 31, 2017, and was set aside for small businesses. Redwire Space Solutions is a limited liability company that develops...
This is a $150,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Quadrus Corporation, a minority-owned small business. The contract is for research and development of next-generation enabling, extreme temperature Reusable Descent and Reentry Equipment (RDRE) under the FY24 SBIR program. Quadrus has previously received multiple SBIR contracts from NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Missile Defense...