Definitive Contract 80NSSC26C0080

This contract award to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. is for the development of a robotic sampling system suitable for future Venus or comet surface exploration missions. The award, valued at $124,164, is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The work will leverage Honeybee Robotics' prior component-level development of extreme temperature motors, sensors, brakes, and gearboxes to integrate these into a complete...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $248.5K firm fixed-price purchase order to Honeybee Robotics LLC on July 31, 2025, for mechanical engineering support related to Mars exploration technology research and development. The contract, which runs through September 30, 2026, supports the design, development, and testing of gas and liquid extraction module (GLEM) technologies and custom mechanical components for the Mars Sample Pre-Processing (SPP) project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center....

This is a firm-fixed price commercial contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Sierra Nevada Company, LLC for the design, development, fabrication, and delivery of three (3) Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Lunar Rover Solar Arrays, with an option for one (1) additional spare panel. The total potential contract value is $4,397,397.79. This full and open competition contract supports NASA's VIPER lunar rover...

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a $715,826 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) on May 24, 2023, with completion targeted for September 30, 2026. This delivery order supports science and science operations for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), NASA's planned robotic mission to the lunar south pole designed to prospect for water ice and other volatile resources that could support sustained...

Johnson Space Center issued a $317.9 million delivery order to Astrobotic Technology Inc. on June 11, 2020, for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. CLPS is a NASA program enabling commercial lunar lander providers to deliver scientific payloads to the Moon in support of exploration objectives. The order is firm fixed price with no set-aside applied. Place of performance is Pittsburgh, PA. The ultimate...

This is a $10,455.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract award to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The contract is for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission VIPER Review Team (VRT) support under the ARDES II contract vehicle. APL, a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center, will provide engineering, modeling, and simulation services to support NASA's VIPER mission, which is focused on...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, through its Shared Services Center, awarded a $15.4 million definitive contract to Honeybee Robotics, LTD. for one-meter class drilling systems for planetary exploration on September 14, 2020, under a firm fixed-price structure with no set-aside. Place of performance is Flagstaff, Arizona. The ultimate completion date is July 31, 2026. Honeybee Robotics, which operates as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, has delivered drilling systems and...

This federal contract award, valued at $680,146.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. for the development and demonstration of a Venus-durable actuator and electronics system. The goal is to enable long-term (60-day) operation on the Venus surface, which can support missions like the Long Lived In Situ Solar System Explorer (LLISSE) lander. The proposed work will leverage Honeybee Robotics' expertise in...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center awarded a $1.996 million firm fixed-price sustaining engineering support contract to Honeybee Robotics LLC on October 2, 2025, for continued operation and maintenance of the Sample Manipulation System (SMS) aboard the Curiosity rover currently operating on Mars as part of the Mars Science Laboratory mission. The contract, which runs through September 30, 2030, encompasses management of on-board SMS components, sample heating ovens, and maintenance of...

This $213,553.99 federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, on January 4, 2021. The contract supports research and development of autonomous robotic systems for surface exploration of ocean worlds such as Europa, Enceladus, and Titan. This work aims to address the unique and challenging requirements for robotic landers on these destinations. Honeybee Robotics has a history of...