Definitive Contract FA865013C5008

This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded to Composites Automation LLC, a small business, by NASA, is focused on evaluating automated tape placement (ATP) processing of thin-ply composites. The $749,962 contract involves material and process development, modeling, test panel fabrication, and performance evaluation. The goal is to enable the fabrication of uniform, high-fiber-volume, low-void-content composite parts using thin-ply ATP processing. The contract builds upon prior Phase I work and...

This $749,995 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Continuous Composites Inc., located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, under its SBIR Phase II program. The small business set-aside contract calls for Continuous Composites to produce a 1:1 scale continuous fiber 3D printed topology optimized wing structure using continuous carbon fiber reinforcement and a photoiniated thermoset resin system. Testing efforts led to the down selection of this...

NASA Langley Research Center awarded a $525,749 firm fixed price purchase order to COI Ceramics, Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, to deliver 100 kilograms of Hi-Nicalon silicon carbide 1800 denier fiber tow. The fiber tow will be used to support NASA's flexible thermal protection system development efforts for atmospheric entry vehicles as part of the agency's High Density Ablator project. Over the past eight years, NASA has extensively tested Hi-Nicalon fiber and determined...

This is a $124,982 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to NextGen Materials & Processing LLC, a small business, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The objective of this contract is to leverage NextGen and the University of Massachusetts Lowell's prior experience with automated fiber placement (AFP) of thin-ply composite materials to identify critical parameters that influence...

This federal contract award, valued at up to $4,817,308.00, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Battelle Memorial Institute, a large nonprofit research and development organization. The contract is focused on "Variability Reduction and Monitoring in 2D and 3D Carbon/Carbon Composites Manufacturing" and does not have any set-aside designation. Battelle Memorial Institute will serve as the prime contractor, with several subcontractors supporting the effort, including...

This contract, awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Fiber Materials Inc., is for the fabrication of at least 22 fiberform billets and the phenolic impregnated carbon ablator (PICA) infusion of the fiberform billets. The contract, valued at $127,057.97, is a firm fixed price BPA call order with no set-aside designation. Fiber Materials Inc. is a manufacturer of fiber reinforced plastics, carbon/carbon, and ceramic matrix composites, operating as a division of Spirit Aerosystems Holdings,...

This $124,992 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Composites Automation LLC, a small business limited liability company. The contract is for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop an ultra-thin and formable prepreg material from reusable short carbon fiber composites (CFC). The key objectives are process and material development, test panel fabrication, and mechanical...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $749,998 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Global Engineering & Materials Inc., doing business as Gem-Innovation, for coupled infusion-cure modeling simulation for low-cost composite materials. The contract calls for Gem-Innovation to deliver modeling and simulation of composite material infusion and curing processes to support the Air Force's research and development of low-cost composite structures....

Endeavor Composites, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been awarded a $1,147,081.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. This contract, set aside for small businesses, is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and focuses on accelerating the development of reinforced carbon-silicon carbide (C-SiC) heat shields for hypersonic...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Sic Technologies, Inc., doing business as Sic Brakes, a $1.25 million definitive cost plus fixed fee contract to conduct Phase II Small Business Innovation Research work on Affordable Rapid Manufacturing of Fused Carbon Fiber Reinforced Ultra High Temperature Composites. The prime contractor Sic Brakes will perform the research, development, and testing of carbon fiber composites capable of withstanding extremely high...