Definitive Contract HR001113C0002

This is a $4,072,446.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to SRI International, a non-profit research and development organization. The contract is for the Material Synthesis Technologies for Universal and Diverse Integration Opportunities (M-STUDIO) program, which aims to develop nano-scale heterogeneous material synthesis capabilities on lattice mismatch substrates. The goal is to realize defect-free multi-layer...

LOC Performance Products LLC has been awarded a $1,000 firm fixed price delivery order against the Department of the Air Force's Mobility Platform Prototyping indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This minimum guarantee order has a completion date of July 2026 and was awarded on July 21, 2021. To be performed in Plymouth, Michigan, the order is for an unspecified prototype or prototypes in support of the Air Force's mobility platform prototyping program, with no set-aside designation...

This is a $798,222 research grant awarded by NASA to Materials Development Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The grant supports an international collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to conduct microgravity-based experiments using JAXA's Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) to measure the thermophysical properties of supercooled molten metal oxides. These materials are precursors to high-value glass used in photonics, lasers, optical communications, and...

This federal contract award, valued at $7,374,321.00, was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for the Material Synthesis Technologies for Universal and Diverse Integration Opportunities (M-STUDIO) program. The contract aims to develop a universal, defect-free heterogeneous integration methodology for nano-scale materials synthesis on lattice mismatch substrates. The original solicitation, which was not set-aside, sought...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Physical Sciences Inc., a for-profit research and development company. The $131,498.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the "Structural Printing of Solar Melted Regolith", which involves research and development work related to advanced materials and manufacturing technologies relevant to space exploration. As a STTR Phase I contract, it focuses on...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a small business based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract, valued at $748,321, supports the development of the company's "No-Oven, No-Autoclave (NONA) Cure" technology, which enables the fabrication of large composite structures without energy-intensive capital equipment. The NONA process allows for the simultaneous...

This federal contract award was issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Matsys Incorporated, doing business as Matsys Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced materials and novel alloys. The $749,920.09 Firm Fixed Price contract is for research and development of "High Density High Entropy Reactive Materials" under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase II. The contract is for the delivery of test fixtures,...

This is a $2,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for research and development related to demonstrating a prototype feedforward control system for the laser powder bed additive manufacturing process to produce higher quality builds. The prime contractor is partnering with 3D Systems, Inc. and The...

This is a $999,996 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II award issued by the Defense Logistics Agency to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a leading provider of advanced fiber optic sensing systems. The contract is for the development of a "smart baseplate" system with embedded fiber optic sensors to monitor and detect defects during metal additive manufacturing processes. Key subcontractors include Fabrisonic, LLC, which will fabricate test articles and samples,...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG), a small business aerospace and defense firm based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract is for the continued development of reversible copolymer materials that can be used to recycle NASA's packaging plastics into feedstock for 3D printing. This will enable in-situ manufacturing of replacement parts and tools from waste materials during space missions, reducing the need...