Definitive Contract FA865013C5009

This is a $124,988 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to CFD Research Corporation, a small business specializing in computational fluid dynamics and materials modeling. The contract aims to develop a computational materials model to simulate the degradation of ceramic matrix composite materials under the high-temperature, high-velocity conditions of propulsion systems. This will provide NASA with a tool to assist in the selection and optimization of...

This federal contract award, with ID FA865115M0297, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to the small business Simmetrix, Inc. for a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project focused on developing a multi-scale simulation framework to model the effects of shock loading on energetic materials. The $149,470 firm-fixed-price contract has a completion date of June 30, 2016. Simmetrix is collaborating with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as a...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,981.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Victor Technologies LLC, a veteran-owned limited liability company, for the development of advanced algorithms to enable the nondestructive characterization of carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites using electromagnetic methods. The goal is to create sophisticated inversion algorithms that can distinguish between different types of damage in...

This is a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract, valued at $124,510, is focused on developing a mechanism-based damage model for linerless thin-ply composite pressure vessels, which could be used in space exploration applications. The research involves material testing and health monitoring...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $748,874 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Convergent Manufacturing Technologies US Inc., a small business, for thermal modeling and development of high-temperature polymer matrix composite (PMC) structural repair capabilities under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is focused on research and development for aerospace applications, with potential applications in areas such as...

This is a Small Business Set Aside STTR Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, doing business as Aurora Flight, for the development of a damage-detecting, self-healing "smart" material system. The team, which includes the University of Massachusetts Lowell, aims to advance the technology to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 5 during this $749,897 effort. The material system will be used to manufacture and test scaled-up...

Materials Sciences LLC, a subsidiary of Seemann Composites, LLC, has been awarded a $749,999 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to provide analytical tools for assessing the structural behavior of short fiber composites. To be performed over a 30-month period in Horsham, Pennsylvania, the contract supports the Department of Defense's research and development efforts to advance composite materials technologies. As a total small business set-aside, the...

This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Victor Technologies LLC, a veteran-owned limited liability company. The contract, valued at $749,906.00, is for the development of sophisticated inversion algorithms to improve the nondestructive characterization of advanced composites, such as carbon-fiber reinforced polymers, using electromagnetic methods. The goal is to better distinguish between different types of...

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....

This is a $124,994 federal contract award to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG), a small business aerospace and defense firm located in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC), a civilian agency, to develop the company's "No-Oven, No-Autoclave (NONA) Composite Processing Technology" for the repair of composite structures. The goal is to create a material and processing system that allows the design, infusion, and cure of composite repairs...