This contract award to Space Exploration Engineering, LLC (doing business as Space Exploration Engineering LLC) is for Cislunar and Lunar Mission Prep and Ops under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $1,611,862.00 Firm Fixed Price, Definitive Contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, a Defense agency, and is set aside for total small businesses. The contract supports research and services related to spacecraft operations and space exploration, including...
Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc., doing business as Esaero, has been awarded a $74,318 firm fixed price purchase order from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research in support of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I effort. Under this contract, Esaero will develop an electric small aircraft capable of air launch via the Valkyrie vehicle as part of the Air Force's efforts to explore advanced air launch technologies. The award is...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,799,886.78, was granted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Inversion Space Company, a small business located in Torrance, California. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and is focused on developing rapid cargo delivery systems from space. The contract's objectives include investigating modular payload containers for Earth re-entry, designing reusable capsules for orbital debris return, reducing the...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $73,805 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to Echelon Orbital Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to conduct research and development under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The contract is for the "Platform for In-Atmosphere Low Orbit Testing (PILOT)" and has a total small business set-aside. The contract will be performed in Scottsdale, Arizona and is scheduled for completion...
This is a definitive contract award to ABL Space Systems Company, a small business manufacturer based in El Segundo, California. The $14,999,988 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and supports research into disruptive access to space, rapid tactical launch, and other areas related to launch vehicle and launch systems...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Advanced Space LLC, a small business based in Westminster, Colorado. The contract, worth up to $180,000.00, is for the design and development of a single satellite in a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) at the Moon using Capsules for Autonomous Positioning Systems (CAPS) with cross-link capable radios for two-way ranging and communications relay with spacecraft clusters. This supports...
This is a $30,000,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to K2 Space Corporation, a small business manufacturer of advanced space technologies and satellite systems. The contract is for completing the first mega-class satellite bus, designing and building the satellite's payload interfaces, integrating those payloads onto the bus, launching the completed satellite, and operating it for a minimum of 1 year after launch. This contract is set aside...
Launcher Inc. has been awarded a $1,696,929 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center for the TACFI SBIR Phase II action. Set aside for total small businesses, this contract builds upon Launcher's past SBIR research to further develop technologies for liquid rocket engines, space tugs, and hosted payload platforms in support of the Department's space launch and on-orbit capabilities. Headquartered in Hawthorne,...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract with a ceiling value of $1,250,000.00 to Ensemble Space Labs Inc., a small business, for the "CIS-LUNAR AND X-GEO SPACE WEATHER MODEL DEVELOPMENT" project under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a period of performance through July 31, 2025. This contract is a set-aside for total small business participation.</p>
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to ABL Space Systems Company, a small business manufacturer based in El Segundo, California. The $749,952 contract was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase II. The contract is for the development of rapid tactical space launch capabilities. The award has a total small business set-aside designation. ABL Space Systems holds several major indefinite-delivery,...