The Air Force awarded a $1,588,939.34 firm fixed price definitive contract to Igneon Aerospace LLC for development of a small throttlable ascent thruster on March 16, 2026, with ultimate completion by December 16, 2027. Igneon Aerospace LLC is a woman-owned small business. Place of performance is Triana, Alabama. The contract was not set-aside; however, the awardee's prior work includes multiple SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards from Air Force Research Laboratory focused on advanced propulsion...
<p>The Shared Services Center, a civilian shared services entity, awarded a $383,507 definitive contract to Plasma Processes, LLC for the 100MN Thruster Enhancement Program on December 13, 2022, under a total small business set-away.</p>
<p>Work is performed in Huntsville, AL. The contract carries a firm fixed price and an ultimate completion date of June 12, 2023.</p>
<p>The Shared Services Center, a civilian agency within the federal government, awarded a $599,410 definitive contract to Espace Inc. for a Phase III bimodal ion-chemical thruster system on May 17, 2023, under a total small business set-aside.</p>
<p>The contract carries a firm fixed price structure and an ultimate completion date of May 15, 2025. Place of performance is Hull, MA.</p>
Plasma Processes, LLC, an AS9100-certified aerospace and defense contractor, was awarded a $283,291 firm fixed-price Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by a civilian federal agency on September 29, 2023, for 110N Ascent Thruster Development. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, is scheduled for completion on March 29, 2025, with performance taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. This Phase III award represents the commercialization phase of the...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25M firm fixed-price contract to Hyperion Aerospace LLC, a woman-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, supports the development of a novel dual-mode Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) reaction control subsystem and 40 pound-force thruster propulsion technology. Performance will be conducted in Triana, Alabama, with an...
This is a $125,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc. (ASTS), an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an electrically-heated, stored gas thruster for small spacecraft and satellites. The thruster is designed to provide excellent specific impulse...
<p>The Shared Services Center (Civilian) awarded a $156,483 definitive contract on a firm fixed-price basis to Uhv3D, Inc. for SBIR Phase I Ignite research on AI-coupled design agents for real-time adaptive spacecraft architecture under a total small business set-aside.</p>
<p>The contract runs through December 17, 2026. Place of performance is Santa Fe, NM.</p>
<p>NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $937,065 definitive contract to Espace Inc. for performance demonstration of a bimodal ion-chemical thruster system, including rotating detonation engine and dual-mode ionic liquid technology, on January 26, 2021, under a total small business set-aside.</p>
<p>Place of performance is Hull, MA. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure with an ultimate completion date of May 4, 2024.</p>
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21C0615, was issued by the Shared Services Center of a civilian federal agency to Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC), a minority-owned small business. The $3,195,617.00 Firm Fixed Price contract supports the development of a "High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for CubeSat Missions" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. This work directly supports NASA's goals of advancing propulsion...
The Shared Services Center (civilian agency) awarded a $339,680 definitive contract to Spaceworks Enterprises Inc. on April 28, 2026, under a total small business set-aside. The contract is a firm fixed-price engagement with an ultimate completion date of August 27, 2026. Place of performance is Atlanta, Georgia. The award represents Phase III funding for FY25 work. Spaceworks, an engineering services and space technology development firm based in Chamblee, Georgia, specializes in innovative...