NASA awarded a $854,979 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract to Tech-X Corporation to develop a standalone cross-platform application called RSIM. RSIM will have a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows users to set up radiation transport simulations using the GEANT4 and MCNP6 codes without writing code in C++ or FORTRAN. The application will integrate with computer-aided design (CAD) tools and implement the DAGMC technology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to improve simulation...
This is a $73,839 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ebase, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business firm. The contract is for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I development of a "Space Threat Simulator for Training and Testing". This contract, which has a total small business set-aside, supports AFRL's research and development efforts to advance the U.S. Air Force's capabilities in space warfare...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $149,550 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates LLC (doing business as Orion Space Solutions), a small business specializing in smallsat manufacturing, space science, and atmospheric research. The contract, titled "MODELING IMPACTS OF COHERENT AND RANDOM TID STRUCTURES ON OTHR PERFORMANCE," focuses on modeling the impacts of ionospheric disturbances on...
The Department of the Air Force Space Command awarded a $898,147 cost plus fixed fee delivery order contract to Ensco Inc. to support its Environmental Modeling and Simulation Program. The work will be performed over a one year period in Melbourne, Florida. No major subcontractors or set aside designations were identified. The Space Command utilizes modeling and simulation to support its space situational awareness and space control missions. This award indicates the agency is leveraging...
This SBIR Phase I contract, valued at $149,997, was awarded by the Shared Services Center of NASA to Space Environment Technologies, LLC, a small business. The contract is for the development of a commercial data assimilation tool to support operational thermospheric density modeling, which is relevant to space weather monitoring and prediction. Space Environment Technologies specializes in space weather solutions and has a history of prime and subcontract awards from federal agencies like NASA,...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,996.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates LLC, doing business as Orion Space Solutions, for the development of a Global Equatorial Scintillation Model. Orion Space Solutions is a small business that specializes in smallsat manufacturing and space science, providing research, engineering, software development, and hardware...
Radiasoft LLC has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $749,883 from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop an integrated modeling and simulation platform under the Small Business Innovation Research program. As a small business concern, this contract contains a total small business set aside designation. Radiasoft will leverage its expertise in scientific computing, particle beams, and modeling and simulation to establish a hub...
This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Benchmark Space Systems Inc., a manufacturer of goods and full life cycle in space mobility provider. The $679,422.00 contract is for the development of an advanced ionospheric modeling code module to aid in analyzing high frequency signal propagation for the Air Force. This contract is a firm fixed price agreement with no set-aside requirements. Benchmark Space Systems has a...
This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center of a civilian federal agency to Remcom Inc., a small business company that specializes in electromagnetic simulation software and wireless propagation solutions. The $849,803 firm fixed price contract is for the development of "Wireless Channel Simulation and Coverage Analysis for Lunar Environments", which will likely support the agency's space exploration and communications efforts. As an SBIR Phase II award,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to ATA Engineering, Inc., a small business based in San Diego, California. The contract is for the development of an innovative multiphysics simulation framework to improve the modeling of hypersonic reentry environments for space exploration vehicles. The framework will couple various physics solvers, including a charring ablator model, computational fluid dynamics, and nonlinear structural dynamics, to...