Definitive Contract FA930015C2005

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a research and development company. The contract, valued at $749,988, is for the development of an innovative cryocooler technology to support superconducting systems for turboelectric aircraft. Creare previously developed a cryocooler concept that meets NASA's requirements for cooling to 50 Kelvin, and this Phase II contract will extend the...

This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer specializing in advanced materials for extreme environments. The contract is focused on the design and development of a lightweight, low-cost transpiration-cooled liquid oxygen (LOX)/liquid methane (LCH4) rocket engine in the 10,000 to 25,000 lbf thrust range. Ultramet will leverage its expertise in...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Concepts Nrec, LLC, a for-profit manufacturer of turbomachinery components and engineering services. The $749,482 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of an "Integrated Brayton Cryocooler for LOX and LH2 Applications", with a period of performance through February 28, 2025. This SBIR award is part of NASA's research and development...

This is a firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Powdermet Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company. The contract, valued at $124,455.00, is for the design and fabrication of an integral thermal protection system (TPS) cryogenic storage tank using integrated materials computational engineering. The project aims to develop a multilayered thermally insulating syntactic foam core structure...

This is a $128,619 SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Quest Thermal Group, LLC, a small business, to design and develop an innovative thermal insulation system for cryogenic propellants on launch vehicles. The contract is focused on the "Launch Vehicle Load Responsive Multi-Layer Insulation (LV-LRMLI)" system, which aims to provide high performance thermal insulation during launch ascent, on-orbit, and on the surface of Mars. The Phase I effort will model, design, build, and test...

NASA awarded a $124,885 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Quest Thermal Group, LLC to design and develop an innovative, lightweight thermal insulation system for cryogenic propellants. The "Multi-Environment MLI (MEMLI)" system is intended to perform and insulate cryogenic propellants in multiple environments, including on Earth, in space, and on the surface of Mars. The insulation system is being developed to support NASA's Evolvable Mars Campaign, Mars...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Geoplasma LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of advanced thermal protection coatings using additive manufacturing techniques. These coatings are intended for use on spacecraft and spacecraft components, such as the Orion Crew Capsule, Exploration Upper Stage (EUS), space habitats,...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,953.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Physical Sciences Inc., a for-profit R&D company, to develop a regenerative cooling architecture and manufacturing method for a combined ceramic matrix composite (CMC)/metal structure for rocket nozzles. The objective is to reduce structural mass and improve specific impulse to enable larger payload fractions and lower mission costs. The proposed...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I research contract to UES Inc., a for-profit science and technology company, to develop erosion resistant coatings for large-diameter gas turbine engine compressor integrally-bladed rotors (IBRs) and lift-fan blades. The firm-fixed-price purchase order, valued at $150,000.00, was awarded on December 12, 2019 with a completion date of September 14, 2020. As a...

This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Creare LLC, a small business engineering R&D company based in Hanover, NH. The $124,997 firm-fixed-price contract is for the design and assessment of a high-capacity turbo-Brayton cryocooler that can provide 150 watts of refrigeration at 90 Kelvin. This technology is intended to address NASA's need for long-term cryogenic propellant storage in space, where typical cryocoolers are not suitable for the high...