The NASA Shared Services Center awarded a definitive contract to Astrobotic Technology Inc. for development of a photon counting sensor for in-space debris detection under the SBIR Phase II IGNITE program on October 8, 2024, with a ceiling value of $849,673 under a total small business set-aside. Place of performance is Pittsburgh, PA. The contract runs through October 8, 2026. Pricing is firm fixed price. Axiom Optics Inc. serves as the primary subcontractor, providing customized board-level...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $899,871 definitive contract to Advanced Nanophotonics, LLC for next-generation components for exoplanet detection and characterization technologies on August 3, 2024, under a total small business set-aside. This is an SBIR Phase II award. Place of performance is Harwood, MD. The contract is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026. The originating solicitation addresses...
This firm fixed price purchase order, with a potential value of one hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred eighty-eight dollars, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Advanced Nanophotonics, LLC. The award is associated with the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation to develop next generation components for exoplanet detection and characterization technologies. As a total small business set aside, the contract...
<p>NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $283,046 definitive contract to Advanced Nanophotonics, LLC for next-generation microshutter development supporting the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) exoplanet detection and characterization program on July 30, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.</p>
<p>This is an FY26 SBIR Phase III award. Place of performance is Harwood, MD. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure and an ultimate completion date of July 29, 2028.</p>
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to Astrobotic Technology Inc., a Pittsburgh-based small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The $149,212 contract is for the development of a photon counting sensor for in-space debris detection, with a completion date of August 21, 2024. Astrobotic, a manufacturer of space robotics and planetary mission technology, has...
<p>The Shared Services Center (Civilian) awarded a $149,928 definitive contract to Advanced Scientific Concepts, LLC for on-orbit reconfigurable LIDAR for mapping and hazard detection on September 29, 2025, under a total small business set-aside.</p>
<p>This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 award. The contract is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of June 17, 2026. Place of performance is Goleta, California.</p>
<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Airphoton, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, to develop a versatile system for the multi-angular measurement of the aerosol scattering matrix and aerosol aerodynamic size. The contract has a potential value of $124,107.00 and a completion date of November 19, 2021.</p>
<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Photonics Automation Specialties LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to provide a Hyperspectral VSF and Polarization Instrument. The contract has a firm fixed price of $117,406.00 and a completion date of March 1, 2021. The place of performance is in Tucson, Arizona.</p>
<p>NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $149,985 definitive contract to Advanced Space LLC for a Phase III SBIR planetary defense rapid reconnaissance study on September 15, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. The contract carries a firm fixed price and concludes on December 31, 2025. Place of performance is Denver, Colorado.</p>
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business, on August 31, 2020. The contract is for the development of a "High Efficiency Wide Bandwidth Balanced Detector/Preamplifier at 2 Micron Wavelength" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The potential value of the contract is $124,982.00, and the period of performance is from the award...