This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Astral Forge, LLC, a for-profit, woman-owned small business. The contract, valued at $150,000.00, is for the development of a high-temperature (1200 C) crystal growth furnace that could be used for semiconductor production applications in low-Earth orbit (LEO) for terrestrial use. The contract has a completion date of August 21, 2024 and is a firm...
Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $131,416 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to deliver an induction furnace nozzle for forming and placing lunar regolith bricks for landing pad construction under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I Action. The total small business set-aside contract supports NASA's efforts to develop technologies for future lunar surface missions and...
This SBIR Phase I contract, valued at $149,988.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged, Hispanic American-owned business based in San Antonio, Texas. The contract is for the technology demonstration of Astroport's BrickBot induction furnace-nozzle 2.0 system, which is intended to support lunar landing and launch pad construction as part of NASA's Artemis program. As a Small Business...
<p>This is a $149,677 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Astroforge, Inc. under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The contract is for Phase I of a project titled "COLD ABLATION DRILLING: NON-CONTACT PLANETARY SAMPLING TECHNOLOGY" and has a completion date of February 6, 2025. The contract is set aside for small businesses.</p>
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $149,835.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Outpost Technologies, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The contract, with a performance period ending on January 25, 2023, is for the research and development of a "Low-Cost, High-Performance Metal Matrix Composite for Advanced Optical Systems." This SBIR Phase I action...
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 is a $187,500.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Atsp Innovations Inc., a small business, for the development of a Reversible Adhesion Concept for In-Space Assembly. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III, which allows the agency to further develop and transition promising SBIR/STTR-funded technologies. The contract has a period of performance through September 2025 and is...
The U.S. government agency, Shared Services Center, awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II IGNITE contract to Astral Forge, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, woman-owned limited liability company. The $899,803.00 firm fixed price contract is for the development of a high-temperature microgravity assisted crystal growth furnace for in-space manufacturing of low defect wide bandgap semiconductors. This SBIR Phase II award supports the agency's mission-critical research and...
This is a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The objective of the research is to use probability theory to combine physics-based models for additive manufacturing processes like selective laser melting (SLM) and electron beam melting (EBM) in order to predict and mitigate defects, achieve...
This is a $149,991 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged and Hispanic American-owned business based in San Antonio, Texas. The contract is for the development of a "Deployable Surface Cover for Lunar Surface Operations During Launch and Landing," a technology to support lunar surface preparation and infrastructure construction for...