Definitive Contract FA881411C0004

Boost Treadmills LLC has been awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $748,089 by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development of BOOST treadmills. The contract is associated with Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program and will involve further development and testing of BOOST treadmills over an 18-month period of performance ending September 2022. All work will be conducted in Palo Alto, California by...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Hi-Z Technology, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in San Diego, CA. The contract is for the design, build, test, and delivery of a new Radioisotope Power Supply (RPS) that uses a 1-watt Radioisotope Heater Unit (RHU) as a heat source. The key objectives are to increase the shock resistance of the RPS to withstand up to 10,000 g's, deliver approximately 40 milliwatts of electrical power, and have a...

This is a $749,934 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the Shared Services Center to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business R&D company, for the DAMAGE ADAPTIVE GUIDANCE FOR PILOTED UPSET RECOVERY program. The contract aims to develop an on-board system that can immediately guide pilots to a safe flight condition, even in cases of control failure or vehicle impairment. This builds on Barron Associates' prior work demonstrating a system for upset recovery...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Busek Co., Inc., a manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components, to develop a novel, universal, modular, 2.5kW discharge converter for Hall Effect Thruster (HET) Power Processing Units (PPUs). The proposed system aims to provide a universal solution for aerospace systems with different bus voltages by supporting a wide input voltage range...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a small business research and development company based in Andover, Massachusetts. The $1,779,090.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a Storable Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) Propulsion System. The contract has a period of performance ending on September 8, 2026. PSI is an experienced federal contractor,...

This is a $148,142.42 SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Ghkn Engineering, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the "Evaluation of Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines for Booster of Upper Stage Launch Vehicles" and is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. The contract has a firm fixed-price pricing type and a completion date of June 25, 2019. This SBIR Phase I award is...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $749,976 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components based in Natick, Massachusetts. The contract is for the development of a "HIGH DENSITY PLASMA THRUSTER" and has a period of performance through June 30, 2025. This contract is part of Busek's broader work with the Department of Defense and NASA,...

NASA has awarded a $122,528 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to TGV Rockets Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a modular pump based on the company's electrocycle motor technology to support the ground testing of nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. NTP is an advanced propulsion concept that NASA is pursuing for potential human missions to Mars. The research aims to address NTP start-up transients, evaluate design...

This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Frontier Astronautics LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,944.00, is for the development of a novel booster design for a launch vehicle. The booster uses a unique propellant combination of hydrogen peroxide and kerosene, along with a combination gas generator and electric pump-fed rocket...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a firm-fixed-price $50,656 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC, a small business, for the development of a low-cost orbital transfer vehicle. The contract has a completion date of August 19, 2024. Rocket Propulsion Systems is a for-profit small business that specializes in affordable rocket engines and related technologies, particularly for small satellite launch providers. The company...