Definitive Contract FA945313C0007

This federal contract award to Flight Works, Inc., a small business manufacturer of aerospace components and systems, is for the development of a low-cost, compact, low-tank pressure, high-performance propulsion system using LMP-103S green propellant. The $124,866 SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aims to expand Flight Works' micropump-fed propulsion technology to create a high delta-V capability system suitable for secondary payloads...

Streamline Automation LLC, doing business as C3 Propulsion, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to further develop its novel Hybrid Propulsion System (HPS) technology. The HPS is non-toxic, stable, and has energy management capabilities, making it suitable for robotic science missions to Mars and outer planet moons. In Phase I, C3 Propulsion demonstrated the proof-of-principle, and now in Phase...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Streamline Automation LLC, doing business as C3 Propulsion, a limited liability company. The contract, valued at $124,994, is for the development of C3 Propulsion's hybrid propulsion technology to be applied to a NASA-selected sample return mission. The Phase I effort will demonstrate proof-of-principle, and the subsequent Phase II will design, fabricate,...

This is a $1,125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a limited liability company that specializes in materials solutions for industrial applications. The contract is for the research, development, testing, and delivery of a miniaturized propulsion system compatible with non-toxic "green" monopropellants for small spacecraft, including CubeSats. This addresses a...

This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer of coatings and propulsion technologies. The contract is for the design, fabrication, and demonstration of a miniaturized propulsion system compatible with non-toxic, green monopropellants for small spacecraft. This addresses a key challenge in the widespread implementation of small satellites -...

This federal contract award is to Modularity, Inc., doing business as Modularity Space, a small business providing modular spacecraft, infrastructure, and lunar/deep space architecture components. The $1,249,670.99 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the development of an intelligent wireless instrumentation network to support on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. This award is part of the Small Business Innovation...

This federal contract award is for a research project on multimode micropropulsion (MM) technology, which combines different types of propulsion systems into a single device. The award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Illinois. The $319,474 grant will fund research to investigate the interactions between the chemical and electric propulsion modes in a combined chemical microtube and electrospray microthruster. This...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Digital Solid State Propulsion Inc., a small business based in Reno, Nevada. The contract is for the continued development of a multi-pulse solid rocket motor (MPM) using green, safe electric solid propellants (ESPs) for CubeSat applications. The MPM will enable desaturation of reaction wheels on 6U and 12U CubeSats for interplanetary missions, addressing the lack of storable, green, and safe propulsion...

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 $3,999,526.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded to Flight Works, Inc., a small business manufacturer of aerospace components and systems, by the Shared Services Center of an unspecified civilian federal agency. The contract is for the development of a "HIGH-PERFORMANCE, REFUELABLE, GREEN PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR MULTI-OBJECT REMOVAL RETRIEVAL SYSTEM" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The period of performance runs through January 2,...