Definitive Contract HR001111C0120

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,899.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Busek Co., Inc. to develop the Compact High Performance Plasma Propulsion System (CHPPPS). CHPPPS is an electric propulsion system designed for 12U and 27U CubeSats that requires high specific impulse, high reliability, and radiation tolerance for high-value science missions. The contract will fund the detailed system design and a proof-of-concept...

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 federal contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Froberg Aerospace LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, is for the development of a thruster capable of both chemical monopropellant and electrospray propulsion using a single "green" ionic liquid propellant. The contract, valued at $124,979.00, is part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I and is designated as a total small business set aside....

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...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,985.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Physical Optics Corporation (POC), a division of Mercury Systems Inc. The contract is for the development of a novel Balanced Electric Spacecraft Thruster (BEST) system to address NASA's need for high-thrust electric propulsion technologies that can enhance mission capabilities such as attitude control and dual manifest launch opportunities. The...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems. The $124,932 firm-fixed-price contract is for the design and fabrication of a durable C12A7 electride insert that will be compatible with an iodine-based electric propulsion thruster system. The proposed effort aims to mature the heaterless C12A7 electride hollow cathode technology to...

This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Zin Technologies, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop a qualification model of a sub-kilowatt integrated electric propulsion system. The system, based on magnetically shielded Hall-effect thruster technology, is optimized for use with ESPA-class spacecraft. The contract has a potential value of $3,133,695.51 and a completion date of June 30, 2022....

This is a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Orbital Technologies Corporation (Orbitec) to develop the Advanced Carbothermal Electric (ACE) Reactor. The ACE Reactor is intended to efficiently extract oxygen from lunar regolith using new electric resistant heating elements, which eliminates the need for concentrated solar or laser energy used in current carbothermal...

This is a $124,927 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components based in Natick, Massachusetts. The contract requires Busek to develop an innovative hybrid direct-drive power processing unit (HDD PPU) for CubeSat electric propulsion systems. This technology will directly feed the solar array's raw high voltage into the propulsion system's PPU, minimizing...

This is a $149,806 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Digital Solid State Propulsion Inc., a small business manufacturer. The contract is for research under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I to develop safe, environmentally friendly liquid ionic propellants for electrochemical propulsion systems. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Digital Solid State Propulsion specializes in developing...