Definitive Contract HR001112C0034

This is a $500,000.00 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Ohio State University. The objective is to develop advanced computational models that integrate process parameters, microstructural evolution, and material properties to predict the weld quality and performance for self-reacting friction stir welding (FSW). The approach involves creating a microstructure-integrated material model, a hybrid fluid dynamics-solid mechanics process...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a small business, to develop tailored airframes and structures to reduce structural mass in support of NASA's Aeronautics Strategic Implementation Plan. The work focuses on manufacturing approaches that enable more efficient composite structures, including "unitized" fuselage configurations that combine skin, stringers, and frames into a single process for...

NASA's Langley Research Center awarded a $85,070 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to The Aerospace Corporation on March 15, 2019, for assessing risks associated with frangible joint designs used in human-rated launch vehicles and applications. The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of various frangible joint designs to determine how design parameters and flight environmental factors affect single Mild Detonating Fuse (MDF) frangible joint...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to STF Technologies LLC, a small business, for the development of an innovative hybrid composite material. The hybrid composite combines shear thickening fluids (STFs) with hard upper torso composite materials to create new structures with superior impact and damage resistance, as well as self-healing functionality. This aligns with the subtopic H04.01 need for thin, lightweight composite materials that can...

<p>This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Weidlinger Associates, Inc., a small business, for the development of a &quot;MULTISCALE-MULTIPHYSIC TOOL FOR LINKING COUPON TO COMPONENT BEHAVIOR OF CMCS IN RELEVANT SERVICE&quot;. The contract has a ceiling value of $149,916 and is a firm fixed price purchase order. The period of performance is from June 4, 2015 to March 4, 2016.</p>

This is a $1,530,624 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to the University of Southern California (USC) to develop physics-based process models capable of predicting bond-line defects during the fabrication of honeycomb core sandwich structures. The contract supports NASA's Advanced Composites Project, which aims to reduce the development and certification timeline for composite aircraft structures by 30%. The...

This contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hill Engineering LLC, a small business manufacturer based in California. The $109,842 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research effort to improve legacy stress intensity solutions to support modern-day fracture mechanics analyses of aerospace structures. This work is intended to enhance the company's capabilities in areas such as adaptive milling, nondestructive...

This contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Veritox, Inc. (doing business as GT Engineering), a small business. The contract is for the development of a Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) tool for detecting heat damage in composite materials, as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract has a firm fixed price of $749,603.00 and a completion date of February 28, 2020. This award is for research and...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $304,800.00 grant to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on &quot;Topology Optimization for Additively Manufactured Structures Accounting for Material Variability and Flaws.&quot; This research seeks to address uncertainties in designing components produced through additive manufacturing (AM) by leveraging topology optimization with gradient-based algorithms. The goal is to develop methods that directly relate the...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded The Boeing Company's Engineering, Test &amp; Technology Division a definitive contract valued at $2.42M on March 11, 2020, for the development of syntactic metal matrix composites for multifunctional and tunable hypersonic airframe hot structures. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, with performance completion targeted for December 31, 2025, supports AFRL's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in advancing structural materials technologies...