This federal contract award, valued at $5,812,567.00, was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to HRL Laboratories, LLC, a corporate research and development laboratory owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors. The contract, titled "EO14042 NOVEL ORBITAL AND MOON MANUFACTURING, MATERIALS, AND MASS-EFFICIENT DESIGN (NOM4D)", is for research and development of new materials, manufacturing technologies, and design approaches to enable the construction of...
This is a $1,167,271 cost-no-fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the University of Florida for the Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass-efficient Design (NOM4D) program. The contract supports innovative research to develop advanced materials, manufacturing methods, and design approaches to enable construction of large structures in space and on the lunar surface. There is no set-aside designation for this contract....
This is a $2,726,183 definitive cost-no-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan for the Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass-efficient Design (NOM4D) program. The contract has no set-aside designation. Under this contract, the University of Michigan will conduct research and development on new materials, manufacturing technologies, and design approaches to enable the construction of large...
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $750,253.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) to execute the Novel Orbital and Moon, Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-Efficient Design (NOM4D) program. This delivery order is part of a larger DARPA research and development program, but no set-aside designation is provided. APL, a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center, will leverage...
This is a $5,026,632.00 definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the "NOVEL ORBITAL AND MOON MANUFACTURING, MATERIALS, AND MASS-EFFICIENT DESIGN (NOM4D) PROGRAM." The contract is not a set-aside and has a period of performance through June 2026. Caltech, as the prime contractor, has subcontracted a portion of the work to the University of Pennsylvania. The contract aims to advance...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC a $3.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to support the Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass-efficient Design program. Under this 54-month effort, Teledyne will conduct research to develop new materials, manufacturing technologies, and structural design approaches utilizing earth and lunar resources to enable the construction of large structures in space. Key activities involve...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the University of Illinois to provide a demonstration platform for dynamic mission planning with multi-domain autonomous systems. The $550,781 cost-reimbursement contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2020. The University of Illinois, as a renowned public land-grant research university, has extensive capabilities in federal contracting and research across various disciplines,...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $168,046.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois, doing business as The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, for a project titled "OPTIMALLY TAILORED ARCHITECTED MATERIALS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH-STRENGTH PART DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING." This award is not associated with a set-aside contract and is part of the agency's broader efforts in advanced materials research and development. As a...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to CU Aerospace L.L.C., a for-profit limited liability company based in Champaign, Illinois. The contract, valued at $999,966.00, is for research in accordance with a Statement of Work entitled "Transforming the Battlespace: Space Systems." The contract does not have a set-aside designation. CU Aerospace is an experienced small business contractor that has secured numerous...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Physical Sciences Inc. a $5.2 million definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to support Phase 1 of the Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass-efficient Design program. Under the three-year award running from November 2021 through November 2024, Physical Sciences Inc. will conduct research and development to advance high-performance feedstock materials, efficient off-Earth manufacturing methods utilizing lunar resources,...