<p>The Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Benchmark Space Systems Inc. for $149,895 on 21 February 2024, under a total small business set-aside, for a high-efficiency solid oxide fuel cell/turbogenerator hybrid electric propulsion system (SBIR Phase I IGNITE). Work is performed in Burlington, Vermont and must be completed by 21 August 2024. The procurement is firm fixed price.</p>
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC24PB275, was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Benchmark Space Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of space systems and components. The $148,438.00 firm fixed-price purchase order is for an SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase I project focused on a "Benchmark Single Asset Kick Stage." The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is set to conclude on February 6, 2025. Benchmark...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $2,999,435.37 definitive contract to Benchmark Space Systems Inc. on June 26, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure and concludes on February 25, 2027. The originating solicitation calls for conducting a thorough concept of operations and systems requirement review, refining design reference missions, and performing detailed mission simulations for advanced small-satellite propulsion...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $12.8M firm fixed-price contract to Benchmark Space Systems Inc., a Burlington, Vermont-based small business specializing in advanced propulsion technologies for space systems. The contract, which has no set-aside designation despite the contractor's small business status, calls for the development of a restartable ascent-based upper stage engine utilizing thermal ignition technology. This propulsion system represents advanced innovation in upper stage...
<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a $749,849 definitive contract to Benchmark Space Systems Inc. for a warm gas generator resistojet micropropulsion system on July 28, 2020, under a total small business set-away. Ultimate completion date is May 27, 2022.</p>
<p>Place of performance is South Burlington, Vermont. Pricing is firm fixed price.</p>
<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.9 million definitive contract to Benchmark Space Systems Inc. for rapid ascent propellant loading equipment on August 29, 2025, under a total small business set-aside.</p>
<p>Place of performance is Burlington, Vermont. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure and an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2027.</p>
This is a $148,663 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by a civilian government agency to Benchmark Space Systems Inc., a manufacturer of space systems and components specializing in propulsion technologies for small satellites. The contract is for the development of an "SBIR I DEORBIT OBJECT WITH NAVIGATION (DOWN)" system, which is likely a research and development effort related to spacecraft deorbit and navigation capabilities. The contract is a...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Benchmark Space Systems Inc., a small business manufacturer of space-related goods and services. The contract, valued at $121,437.00, is for the development of a Warm Gas Generator Resistojet Micropropulsion System under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. As a prime contractor, Benchmark Space Systems will provide this propulsion system to support precise...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Benchmark Space Systems Inc., a small business manufacturer of space systems and components, for the development of a "RESILIENT INDEPENDENT PROPULSIVE CONTROLLED ON-ORBIT RECOVERY DEVICE (RIPCORD)." The $849,688.00 contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and has a completion date of October 25, 2025. The contract was set aside for small business participation and was awarded by a...
This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Benchmark Space Systems Inc., a manufacturer of goods and full life cycle in space mobility provider. The $679,422.00 contract is for the development of an advanced ionospheric modeling code module to aid in analyzing high frequency signal propagation for the Air Force. This contract is a firm fixed price agreement with no set-aside requirements. Benchmark Space Systems has a...